The BBC’s stance on Doctor Who fanfiction
(From here)
This was all over Doctor Who fan twitter today. Three initial thoughts:
- As pointed out in many of the aforementioned tweets, it was Doctor Who fans and their creativity that kept the fandom alive when the show was off air. If not for those fans there might never have been a revived series at all. What a kick in the teeth to them.
- I gather this particular FAQ has been around for a while and only went viral today, but uh, I don’t think the showrunners want/the show itself can handle any more bad publicity right now, even the tiniest bit?
- FUCK OFF
May 12, 2021 @ 8:11 pm
Ultimately I don’t see how the BBC could intervene if people posted fan fiction on any of the numerous sites out there that are made for it. Their own grounds to take action would be if someone was making money off their copyright.
May 12, 2021 @ 8:16 pm
Yeah I was thinking that, there must be literally millions of Doctor Who fanfics out there at this point. Surely they’ve got better things to point their legal team towards!