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Amazon inadvertedly streamed an upcoming episode of 'Doctor Who'
Fans who tried to watch the latest episode of the show ("Kerblam!") on Amazon the evening of November 21st found themselves watching "The Witchfinders" instead -- an episode that wasn't supposed to air until November 25th. Yes, the time travel jokes pretty much write themselves here. The io9 team notes that Amazon even had the subtitles for "Kerblam!" instead, leading to some unintentionally funny mash-ups of text from the future with the 17th-century past.
In a statement, BBC Studios acknowledged that the future episode had been released "in error" and that it was looking into how this happened. It also apologized if the series had been "spoiled by this mishap." If you're determined to keep plot points a secret until the intended air date, you might want to shield your eyes when checking social networks over the next few days.
The kicker: the episode you were meant to see is a not-so-subtle dig at Amazon, complete with an increasing emphasis on robotic labor and complaints about working conditions.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 25 2018, @07:39PM (7 children)
Yea, but the author didn't want it to be. They really wanted it to be about how bad Amazon is, but they enjoy prime too much and it showed in the script.
That's OK, I'm sure "The Witchfinders" is is a not-so-subtle dig at white men for witch hunts conducted hundreds of years ago, by a not-so-subtle doctor in a quirky outfit with a not-so-subtle rainbow t-shirt.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 25 2018, @09:27PM (1 child)
The Doctor is a witch waving her magic wand around.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 25 2018, @09:45PM
This isn't 1978 toto.
(Score: 2, Flamebait) by Bot on Sunday November 25 2018, @10:27PM (1 child)
> "The Witchfinders" is is a not-so-subtle dig at white men for witch hunts conducted hundreds of years ago
Yes it's good to make females aware of the white men who might grill you at the stake, so they can find refuge in the caring arms of the darkies who totally treat them well and don't snip clits and don't blackmail girls under 12 to become prostitutes and don't enslave teens with drugs...
Thank you doctor who.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 26 2018, @03:57AM
The Sontaran jab at trans women every time they want to have an episode of lizard person Sherlock and lesbian Holmes is where I lost interest in Doctor Who.
(Score: 2) by sjames on Monday November 26 2018, @01:41AM
It couldn't possibly be a balanced view that understands that Amazon is far from saintly but also isn't a mustache twirling bad guy!
(Score: 5, Informative) by isostatic on Monday November 26 2018, @11:29AM
> That's OK, I'm sure "The Witchfinders" is is a not-so-subtle dig at white men for witch hunts conducted hundreds of years ago
Except the villan was a white woman who was fighting an infection (she wasn't possessed other than by fear). The only village in england won by a woman and they had to eradicate it from history because of how badly she managed it.
But yes, it's all SJW. Bad guys are always the white men, good guys are always the black muslim lesbian transgender women.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday November 26 2018, @08:02PM
Wow, you can be victimized by just about anything, can't you?