New Dr. Who Leaked on Purpose?

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New Dr. Who Leaked on Purpose?


By Daniel Terdiman | Also by this reporter Page 1 of 1

02:00 AM Mar. 16, 2005 PT

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.

Earlier this month, the 45-minute premiere episode, entitled “Rose,” showed up on BitTorrent. The appearance of the episode generated a flood of discussion in online forums, blogs and the mainstream media. As a result, interest in the show, which debuts March 26 on BBC One, has skyrocketed.

Full article here:

http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,66913,00.html?tw=wn_8culthead

The New Doctor Who website here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/


Interested enough to miss a session to see the version of Doctor Who. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was a coproducer with the BBC in this new versio.

MarkB

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Has it been picked up for broadcasting in the U.S. yet?

No, probably. Grrr.

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The new Dr Who is leaking? :confused: :astonished: :boggle:

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watch out for it because its filmed in WALES 8)