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« on: August 27, 2011, 03:26:14 pm » |
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 io9 have an interesting report.
If you're watching today's Doctor Who midseason premiere on BBC America, you'll get to see an extra 60-second sequence which was sponsored by AT&T. At one point in the episode, Amy and Rory take off on a motorcycle in pursuit of someone — and then they arrive, soon after.
The BBC wanted to include a chase sequence with Amy and Rory on their motorcycle, but there wasn't enough money. Enter AT&T, which is sponsoring a 60-second vignette, done in motion-comic style with much lower production values. The scene is written by Steven Moffat and directed by the episode's director, Richard Senior. And it will carry AT&T branding, which I'm guessing will not be subtle. AT&T's new slogan is "Rethink Possible," and the Doctor already says that "nothing is impossible" in the episode, so it all dovetails nicely.
The vignette will air in the middle of a bloc of commercials and will have a "stay tuned" tag at the start of the commercial break, making it "the ultimate DVR-buster."I have to say, I am a little bit bitter about this. We don't get adverts, thankfully, and I will probably sound quite bratty here, but I want a 60 second animated bike chase scene too. It's not fair!! |
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Aneurin
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« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2011, 08:11:40 pm » |
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I too am bitter about this!!! It will no doubt be on youtube in couple of hours though
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« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2011, 08:42:33 pm » |
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It'd be nice to see, but I'd still really hate to have ad breaks in my Doctor Who. Much prefer things the way they are.
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« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2011, 08:52:54 pm » |
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Yea I agree. Ads would be bad. When they show repeats on Watch and they have ad breaks it's always frustrating
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« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2011, 09:02:44 pm » |
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Did they show it on Confidential or something? I missed it so didn't see. Perhaps it will be a DVD extra or something
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« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2011, 09:18:25 pm » |
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No, it wasn't on Confidential. As Aneurin says, it'll be on YouTube soon, though.
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« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2011, 08:04:13 pm » |
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Yep, didn't take long. In all honesty, I don't think we missed much.
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« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2011, 01:30:09 am » |
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It's OK, but to be honest I'm glad we didn't get that stuck in the middle of the episode. It would have been really off-putting.
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« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2011, 09:37:42 am » |
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Thanks for popping it up Dame Roger, it was an interesting little knick knack but I kinda agree with you and Nyki - we don't seem to have suffered too much for not having it.
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« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2011, 02:06:11 pm » |
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It's a nice little addon, but I don't really think we missed anything
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« Reply #10 on: September 02, 2011, 03:47:18 pm » |
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It's a nice bit of fun, but I don't think we particularly missed out on anything by not having it. I wouldnt be surprised if we got it on the DVD release. Though I also wouldn't be surprised if it was excusively on the part two DVD or something like that as a way of getting more people to buy it
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