Doctor Who Travels Through Facebook
Source: mashable.com
28 July 2011: Fans of the popular BBC series, ‘Doctor Who’, will be able to rent out episodes on Facebook. In exchange for Facebook’s credit currency, BBC Worldwide will rent out TV episodes to the social network’s members in Europe, U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
BBC will start with everyone’s favorite time-traveling physician. The Doctor Who Facebook page contains nine stories, each with several episodes to stream. The episodes include digitally remastered versions of classic ‘Doctor Who’ episodes like “Tomb of the Cybermen” and modern-day favorites like “Silence in the Library” and “End of the World.” The Facebook exclusive — 1988’s “The Greatest Show in the Galaxy,” isn’t available on DVD.
Once rented, the episodes are available to view for 48 hours. It is all part of BBC’s innovative plan to serve fans and provide a fix of ‘Doctor Who’ until Series 6 continues in the fall.
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