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Of course, neither the Doctor nor River was the originator of the term. [[The Doctor]] had certainly heard and used it long before meeting River. While being tortured by [[Little Brother (Unnatural History)|Little Brother]] of [[Faction Paradox]] in [[San Francisco]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] strongly cautioned him against revealing any spoilers. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'') | Of course, neither the Doctor nor River was the originator of the term. [[The Doctor]] had certainly heard and used it long before meeting River. While being tortured by [[Little Brother (Unnatural History)|Little Brother]] of [[Faction Paradox]] in [[San Francisco]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] strongly cautioned him against revealing any spoilers. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'') | ||
Other [[companion]]s also knew the term. [[Fitz Kreiner]] once wrote a song called "[[Contains Spoilers]]" which he assured his audience did indeed contain spoilers. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') | Other [[companion]]s besides River also knew the term. [[Fitz Kreiner]] once wrote a song called "[[Contains Spoilers]]" which he assured his audience did indeed contain spoilers. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') | ||
== Alternate meanings == | |||
In the [[newspaper]] trade, spoilers were a marketing tactic. According to [[James Stevens]], when one newspaper scored an exclusive in an early edition, competing newspapers would spoil their competitors by printing the substance of the scoop in an edition that came out mere hours later. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'') | |||
In | In [[television]], a spoiler was any information about an episode that had yet to be broadcast. [[KWJM3]] broadcast an hour-long trailer for their upcoming fall season, something that was full of spoilers about upcoming content. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Synthespians™ (novel)|Synthespians™]]) | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
