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The BBC Is Heading To Court To Hunt Down a Doctor Who Leaker (gizmodo.com)
After someone leaked an incomplete scene featuring Jodie Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor, the BBC headed to court to track down the perpetrator. Gizmodo reports: In fact, the corporation has filed an application in a California court this week in an effort to expose the person who put the leaked footage online -- hoping California's Federal Court would put pressure on Tapatalk, whose messaging service was used to upload and disseminate a non-final, 53-second clip of Whittaker's Doctor in action. The BBC isn't accusing Tapatalk of any wrongdoing; rather, it just wants details on the user that uploaded the clip, so it can attempt to isolate just where in Doctor Who's long line of production the clip got leaked.
In a statement provided to, well, itself sort of, the BBC said that it was taking court action so that fans could "enjoy the final and fully completed version of the episode when it premieres," but it's about more than the integrity of the fan experience here, given that the clip was allegedly pretty clearly unfinished. And while the BBC would prefer that no sneaky footage of one of the most highly anticipated seasons of Doctor Who in a while is out there before it says so, it especially doesn't want it out there if it's footage that's not been edited into the version fans will eventually see on TV.
In a statement provided to, well, itself sort of, the BBC said that it was taking court action so that fans could "enjoy the final and fully completed version of the episode when it premieres," but it's about more than the integrity of the fan experience here, given that the clip was allegedly pretty clearly unfinished. And while the BBC would prefer that no sneaky footage of one of the most highly anticipated seasons of Doctor Who in a while is out there before it says so, it especially doesn't want it out there if it's footage that's not been edited into the version fans will eventually see on TV.
The BBC has long since addressed this error. Quit wasting your time--or at least quit wasting ours.
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Now this is a reason for bothering courts, unleashing lawyers and inquisite online activities: finding out who dared to desecrate a few unfinished seconds of a silly show.
How it became a cult hit in the UK, I will never understand.
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1. Doctor Who cannon had time lord (the fictional species that Doctor Who is) regeneration where Sex change was a possibility. It was casually brought up in the old series. Then in the new series with the start of the Matt Smith Doctor he first thought he regenerate into a woman because of his long hair. Then The Master (a reoccurring villain who is also a Time Lord) had regenerated into a woman. Then a random Time Lord General had the same thing. Writers have been preparing the viewers for this for over a decade.
2. I work in a teaching hospital about 2/3 of the student are women who are going to be doctors. Also male nurses are on the rise and are being more common.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
What news? the Big Black Cock is the UK statetelevision channel for the british crown,the last time they did actual news David Kelly had to be murdered.