# First five S8 Doctor Who scripts leaked online **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 8, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-five-s8-doctor-who-scripts-leaked-online/692603 "2014-07-08T02:37:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-five-s8-doctor-who-scripts-leaked-online/692603/1 "2014-07-08T02:37:03Z")
> **["Doctor Who" season 8 scripts leaked online](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doctor-who-season-8-scripts-leaked-online/)** > > BBC Worldwide urges fans not to share spoilers after the first five episodes of the upcoming season were leaked > [@](#): > > In a statement, BBC Worldwide (the British corporation’s commercial arm) confirmed the leak, which happened just weeks before the season – starring Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor – is set to premiere on Aug. 23. > > “BBC Worldwide is currently investigating a security issue around ‘Doctor Who’ Series 8 where unfinished material has inadvertently been made public,” the statement said. “We deeply regret this and apologize to all the show’s fans, the BBC and the cast and crew who have worked tirelessly making the series.” The guy who leaked them, or allowed the scripts to be uploaded, or forgot them on his desk without locking them, or whatever is somebody working at the BBC Miami office named Marcelo Camagro. I wouldn’t want to be in his shoes, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Why\_Bother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@Doctor\_Why\_Bother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Why_Bother)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-five-s8-doctor-who-scripts-leaked-online/692603/2 "2014-07-08T06:20:21Z")
I _would_ want to be in his shoes…so I could walk myself under a bus. What a dickhead! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-five-s8-doctor-who-scripts-leaked-online/692603/3 "2014-07-08T15:00:03Z")
I hope if he sold them or leaked them on purpose he gets fired. What a dickhead. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-five-s8-doctor-who-scripts-leaked-online/692603/4 "2014-07-08T15:45:45Z")
It’s not clear whose fault it is - this blog has more details: > **[Doctor Who scripts leak online – fans rush to download](https://grahamcluley.com/doctor-who-scripts-download/)** > > Scripts for five episodes of the upcoming series of BBC’s “Doctor Who” TV show have leaked online, weeks before they are due to air, sending feverish fans into a frenzy. If the screenshot in the blog is kosher, it looks like the first six episodes themselves were also publically available… ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-five-s8-doctor-who-scripts-leaked-online/692603/5 "2014-07-08T23:33:52Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I hope if he sold them or leaked them on purpose he gets fired. What a dickhead. Looks more like he just didn’t understand how computers work. I certainly wouldn’t leak a bunch of files where every single file name was my real name. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-five-s8-doctor-who-scripts-leaked-online/692603/6 "2014-07-08T23:41:43Z")
I’d enjoy reading them if I can find them. Why? to compare whats written to what gets on the screen. How the director and actors interpret the script. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-five-s8-doctor-who-scripts-leaked-online/692603/7 "2014-07-09T09:26:18Z")
I’m in possession of them, but I’m not reading them. (I may end up breaking, but the premier isn’t too far off). All I’ve heard is that they’re **extremely** Moffatastic. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-five-s8-doctor-who-scripts-leaked-online/692603/8 "2014-07-09T17:19:55Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > I’m in possession of them, but I’m not reading them. (I may end up breaking, but the premier isn’t too far off). All I’ve heard is that they’re **extremely** Moffatastic. It is unfortunate, looking back over the really good episodes, that like 90% of them are written by Moffat. And then sadder when you realize the remaining 10% was written by Davies. I think the only great episode written by anyone outside of those two (in the modern incarnation) is the Vincent Van Gogh episode. They really need to find someone else who can spin a great Dr Who story, in case Moffat ever decides to step down. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-five-s8-doctor-who-scripts-leaked-online/692603/9 "2014-07-09T21:19:19Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > I think the only great episode written by anyone outside of those two (in the modern incarnation) is the Vincent Van Gogh episode. Paul Cornell wrote the Human Nature two-parter (adapted from his own novel, granted) and Father’s Day. I wish he’d do more but I think he’s busy in comics these days. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-five-s8-doctor-who-scripts-leaked-online/692603/10 "2014-07-10T02:02:28Z")
It’s all a plot by The Master. Having given up on the idea of actually defeating The Doctor, The Master has decided to be content with just annoying him. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-five-s8-doctor-who-scripts-leaked-online/692603/11 "2014-07-15T03:38:11Z")
Update: the work prints of the first two episodes have been leaked. They’re watermarked black and white footage with incomplete CGI, but more or less the full episodes.