Irish Daily Mirror

Doctor Who fans: Beeb are Comic Conning us

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Had enough of Brexit? No, well filming has just started on a Channel 4 series about the referendum, starring Benedict Cumberbatc­h as Dominic Cummings, the Vote Leave strategist.

Richard Goulding is Boris Johnson, Oliver Maltman is Michael Gove, while Nigel Farage is played by Paul Ryan.

The series focuses on the behind-thescenes shenanigan­s in the Leave and Remain camps. BRITISH Doctor Who fans are furious viewers in the US will be shown clips from the new series before they are.

BBC America has revealed a special Doctor Who panel at next month’s San Diego

Comic Con featuring many of the new cast, including 13th Doctor Jodie Whittaker.

But angry UK fans still haven’t got over US fans seeing a trailer for the 50th anniversar­y special, The Day of the Doctor, first.

And they now feel producers will favour US devotees yet again by giving them the first glimpse of series 11 at Comic Con.

A fan called

Scrotnig said: “Most production is funded by UK taxpayers, in the form of the licence fee.

“What grates on people is their money funds it and the BBC show bits of it to the US first.” American Whofansaif agreed: “I hope the Brits have a similar event. It’s their show, their money goes into making it.”

But a BBC source says that Who fans were getting worked up over nothing. He says: “They’re making assumption­s. They are certain that clips will be shown at Comic Con and be the first chance to see the new series but not all of that is necessaril­y true.”

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SNEAK PEEK? Whittaker will be at Comic Con

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