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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 leaker was a Dalek.
Could always ask the GCHQ as it is in the nation interest. On the grounds of national security.
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
The BBC has long since addressed this error. Quit wasting your time--or at least quit wasting ours.
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The Doctor, at one point, was given a choice about the body he would regenerate with. At the end of The War Games, the Timelords punished Patrick Troughton's Doctor and forced him to regenerate. They offered him several possible appearances, all of which he declined. After that, the Timelords chose for him.
Doctor Who has a much bigger problem than a female Doctor, which I'm not sure is a problem at all. The real issue is that the stories just haven't been that interesting the past few series. The format of the show doesn't help here. Classic Doctor Who told longer stories, allowing for more complex and more interesting plots. That was part of the appeal of the show, at least for me. The stories were simpler under Davies due to the shorter length, but were at least still interesting and compelling. When Moffat took over, the writing seemed to decline and the plots became increasingly confusing and less interesting. I don't have a whole lot of confidence that the new showrunner will improve things, and that's unfortunate. I don't care that the Doctor is a woman. I do care that the writing sucks.
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.
The show jumped the shark when it became all about Clara. Especially the episode where Matt Smith spent a thousand years at the Christmas planet? What the fuck?
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Still no official explanation. ae911truth org
Does it really have to be spelled out for you?
Okay, fine: who do you know who lives in the UK, is frequently seen on the BBC, and has the ability to send information backwards through time?
I don't care if it's 90,000 hectares. That lake was not my doing.
Dr. Who, as it is in demand worldwide, makes the BBC, and effectively the UK tax payer, a profit. So defending it is defending that revenue stream. However, I am not sure a 53 second clip makes much odds to that revenue stream.
The show jumped the shark when it became all about the Doctor.
The show was at its best when he was a clever resourceful time-traveller who landed unexpectedly in interesting situations and helped people. Then Moffat retconned him into an omniscient god who was literally the reason for the existence of the Universe.
Moffat's biggest problem is that he never gives you the pay-off. Every episode feels like it's building towards something big, but it never comes. The end is always just some nonsense deus-ex-machina and setting up the /next/ big thing for next season.
Anyway, he is gone now so maybe things will improve.
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Woman can be doctors and men can be nurses. They're not gender specific jobs.
But you're right, how dare a TV show adjust its stories to align with their target demographic!
This doctor isn't that kind of doctor, or any kind really as far as I can tell but there is a big difference between adjustment and pandering.
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How it became a cult hit in the UK, I will never understand.
Because we love how shit some things are.
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Quite what the fuss is about Dr Who I have no idea. The storylines are childish (but then it is really a kids show I suppose), overblown and never live up to their promise - the season denouement is usualy more a "meh" that a "wow!", the dialogue is often amateur to say the least, the special effects are dire (and there's no excuse for that in 2018 when even a standard graphics card can do some pretty impressive stuff), and now the BBC have bowed to feminists and made him a woman. Hint - there's a reason he's called a Time Lord and not a Time Lady. I watched a couple of series then gave up.
Maybe it used to be when it at least pretended to be impartial, these days it's just another thinly veiled tory mouthpiece. Look at the blatant plants on QT, the massive discrepancy between tory coverage and coverage of any other party. Just look at how many ex tory ministers get parachuted into top level bbc jobs. Channel 4 seems to becoming the new gold standard as worrisome as that is. I would be more than happy for bbc to go subscription or ad supported but you can tell just how beneficial it is to the tories as that is the one thing they won't consider for privatisation anytime it comes up.
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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.
Other, of course, than cynical opportunism, cashing-in on the mood, as it were, and demographic shifts of the audience?
Or maybe they've just gotten with the times and realised sexism isn't as acceptable as it once was?
Also, have people started using the expression Nurse Who yet?
Why would they? Last time I was in hospital my nurse was male and my doctor was female. I also used to dive with a doctor who was maleish ,... I do wonder if she got her surgery yet I haven't seen her in 2 years.
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Doctor Who has a much bigger problem than a female Doctor, which I'm not sure is a problem at all. The real issue is that the stories just haven't been that interesting the past few series. The format of the show doesn't help here.
This, its down to lazy writing and larger FX budgets being used to compensate. Just throw in another Angel/Dalek/Cyberman story and move on. Its become as bad as Star Trek. It doesn't bother me about the Doctor's gender, what bothers me is that it was thrown in to compensate for crappy writing.
Calling someone a "hater" only means you can not rationally rebut their argument.
I suspect the worry is; if whoever leaked it had access to that 53 seconds- what else did they have access to- and could they leak whole shows in the future. This is plugging the small hole in the dam before it becomes a massive hole.
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That's because the story is actually that Vote Leave admitted to it ahead of publication of the report. When the report comes out there will doubtless be more coverage of what the report says and any action taken over it. Sadly I doubt there will be any real punishment or redress for this.
I think Vote Leave actually screwed up here by jumping the gun. They made the top headlines today, first item on the Radio 4 news, and when the actual report comes out they probably will again.
Kuenssberg is annoying but no more so than any other news programme. Humphries is more of a problem, he really needs to go.
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