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Was the New Dr. Who Leaked on Purpose?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the wouldn't-surprise-me-a-bit dept.

Static-MT writes "The pilot episode of the BBC's highly anticipated new Doctor Who series may have been intentionally leaked onto file-sharing networks to generate buzz, a source who instructed the network on viral advertising told Wired News."

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  1. Make's sense... by ZephyrXero · · Score: 5, Funny

    Once again proving that "illegal" file sharing only helps good media and hurts bad media.

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    "A truly wise man realizes he knows nothing."
    1. Re:Make's sense... by ZephyrXero · · Score: 5, Funny

      I don't really see why this was moderated as "funny"...lol. I was being serious ;)

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      "A truly wise man realizes he knows nothing."
    2. Re:Make's sense... by ZephyrXero · · Score: 4, Funny

      I thought about that too...lol.

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      "A truly wise man realizes he knows nothing."
  2. Who let the daleks out? Who? Who? Who? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who let the daleks out? Who? Who? Who?

  3. My dad's been saying the same thing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    But we don't believe him and are taking him to see the urologist.

  4. Re:So whats wrong with this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ha-ha!

    The "bootleggers" have been turned into marketing tools! Not only did you torrent hosts use your bandwidth to advertise a product, you did it without getting paid a cent.

    pwned!

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