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Culprit of Leaked Doctor Who Episode Found

marekk writes "The person responsible for leaking the premeire episode of the new BBC Doctor Who series has reportedly been uncovered and fired according to BBC . Looks like the speculation over possible viral advertising by the BBC didn't pan out. "

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  1. QUICK! by DragonMagic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Find the phone booth and go back to tell yourself NOT to leak the show!

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    1. Re:QUICK! by hal2814 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Can't do it. My phone booth always runs on San Dimas time.

    2. Re:QUICK! by fr2asbury · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's because when he meets himself he usually IS a different character.
      I can't believe that so few people have caught on that James Bond must also be a Time Lord.

  2. Fired? Or fired upon? by Megane · · Score: 5, Funny
    The BBC has denied rumours claiming that they sacked him while chanting "EX-TER-MI-NATE! EX-TER-MI-NATE!"

    /planning to download and watch the official broadcast version too

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  3. Re:zerg by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    He wasn't fired. He was exterminated.

  4. Lame, but... by nottsp1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    At least they know who the tard is...

  5. Re:Sounds like a cover up now more than before! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It was a rough cut with unfinished editing, audio work, and SFX. They're not going to leak that deliberately, as it would (and did) reflect negatively on the show.


    It's Doctor Who... it's always got bad editing, audio and SFX!

  6. Tough read ... by gstoddart · · Score: 5, Funny
    Culprit of Leaked Doctor Who Episode Found

    Culprit of leaked, Doctor Who episode found.
    Culprit of leaked doctor, who episode found.
    Culprit of leaked Doctor Who, episode found.
    Culprit, of leaked Doctor, Who, episode found.

    Man. It took several false starts to actually be able to fully decode this headline. It seemed strangely right-recursive.
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    1. Re:Tough read ... by Enigma_Man · · Score: 3, Funny

      That reminds me of one of my favorite bash quotes:

      Capitalization is the difference between:
      I helped my uncle Jack off a horse.
      and
      I helped my uncle jack off a horse.

      I salute you!

      -Jesse

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  7. Picture of the culprit by raider_red · · Score: 5, Funny

    A picture of the culprit can be found here.

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  8. Different ways to misread the subject by Timothy+Chu · · Score: 2, Funny

    Culprit of Leaked Doctor Who Episode Found

    I had no idea how to read the subject line until I jumped into the comments. Might have been easier if they had put "Doctor Who" in quotes.

    Different ways to have read the subject:
    Culprit of the Leaky Doctor (he soiled himself) was found (while watching) an Episode (of Desperate Housewives)
    Culprit of leak? A clumsy Doctor! Who found the episode?

  9. Those responsible for the sacking... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    have just been sacked.

  10. Re:Sacked! by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 2, Funny
    We apologise for the early release of the episode. Those responsible have been sacked. [Then it becomes known the released episode is higher quality that what you'll get on TV] We apologise again for the accidental release of such a high-quality version. Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked have been sacked.

    In fact the whole team responsible has been sacked, and the episode was re-done at the last minute, and at great expense, buy a bunch of Peruvian Llamas.

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  11. Re:Doctor who by TomV · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you have any information about "The Doctor", if you or anyone you know has seen him, please submit a report to this site, which is trying to put together some sort of coherent answer to the question in the parent post.

    Do not approach him if you see him however, as he has a long history of association with death and destruction. Don't bother reporting him to the authorities, as there is evidence of a long-running cover-up, but be very careful as he is clearly an extremely dangerous man.

  12. Spelling correction? by AndroidCat · · Score: 2, Funny

    Since the show has BBC Wales in the credits, shouldn't it be "Culprit of Leeked Doctor Who Episode Found"?

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  13. linehead is it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    A headline which can actually be improved by translation into yoda-speak:

    Culprit of Leaked Doctor Who Episode, Found Is He

    Reminds me of a series of stories SF writer Gene Wolfe published some years ago which were all titled as variations of the same phrase:

    The Island of Doctor Death
    The Death of Doctor Island
    The Doctor of Death Island