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BBC Apologizes To Who Star

Posted by Zonk on from the sorry-doc dept.

An anonymous reader writes "SciFi Wire is reporting that 'The BBC, which earlier reported that Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston was leaving the show after the first season, issued an unusual apology to the actor for mischaracterizing his reasons for departing...the network broke an agreement with Eccleston not to reveal that he had planned to film just one season of the hit show all along.'" We covered the announcement of his resignation late last month.

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  1. The BBC seems to apologize a lot by brandonp · · Score: 5, Informative

    The BBC seems to apologize a lot for their reporting, do a quick search and you will find many examples. Here is a few:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ifs/hi/newsid_4220 000/newsid_4222300/4222353.stm
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ifs/hi/newsid_4270 000/newsid_4273300/4273385.stm
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ifs/hi/newsid_4030 000/newsid_4032600/4032665.stm
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_ra dio/1544897.stm
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1050290.s tm
    http://www.vermontguardian.com/dailies/0904/0322.s html
    http://cbsnews.cbs.com/stories/2003/03/21/iraq/mai n545215.shtml
    http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/12/03/news/beeb.h tml
    http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/jan/28bbc.htm

    Some are serious, some are ridiculous. But in the end, apologies result from improper reporting, much different than a simple correction.

  2. For those who do not know who Dr. Who is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    There is a wikipedia article on Dr. Who:
    Doctor Who - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  3. Re:Air it in the United States already! by Omnieiunium · · Score: 3, Informative

    -cough- bittorrent -cough- Here in Canada, they are only on episode 2, yet you can just go and download episodes 1, 2, 3 off some torrent site.

  4. Re:David Tennant by TomV · · Score: 3, Informative

    There's a reasonable chance Tennant will stick around. He's on record saying that he's a massive Who fan and has been since childhood, that Who was a major motivator in his becoming an actor, that he's wanted the part since he was five years old (all this well before the new Series was announced in 2003). He's also taken part in several of Big Finish Productions' Doctor Who audio stories, as well as their Dalek Empire series, for money that's massively below what he could earn elsewhere, which is another positive sign.