Class, the BBC's science fiction spin-off from Doctor Who has been cancelled - not due to Daleks but a more familiar, earthly foe: low ratings.
Class is available on Naspers' subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) streaming service in South Africa and Africa.
Viewers won't see any more of the students of Coal Hill School than the 8 episodes of the short first season of Patrick Ness' young adult series.
British media has an organisation called a Broadcasting Press Guild representing British journalists covering the media, and when the BBC's BBC Three channel boss, Damian Kavanagh, took questions from them at an event and was asked about Class returning for a second season, he said "no".
"There was nothing wrong with it – I thought Patrick did a great job, he explored an amazing world," reported DigitalSpy UK and other media that attended.
"In honesty, it just didn't really land for us on BBC Three. Things sometimes don't, and I've got to make decisions about what we're going to do from a drama point of view," he said.
"There are always times when you do something and you have to decide that it's not going to come back. Class is just one of those things."
Patrick Ness in a social media message on Twitter wrote that: "I'm not an unopinionated man, but all I'll say regarding the Class news is how proud I am of that show and how lucky I am to have had the opportunity."
"What a great experience to make it. And SUCH a great cast. And thank you for all the love for it, too! Would that things were different..."
