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This controversy is largely based on Twitter hearsay and the claims of Coburn's son, and a lot of it is disputed without any official confirmation, so I feel we should be a bit careful with how we present this for now.
Brigadier-tc (talk | contribs) (I have expanded this page to include the current controversy regarding the rights to An Unearthly Child. I have avoided making judgements, and presented the events factually, fully referenced and cited.) |
(This controversy is largely based on Twitter hearsay and the claims of Coburn's son, and a lot of it is disputed without any official confirmation, so I feel we should be a bit careful with how we present this for now.) |
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In 1992, Titan Books published his scripts for the above mentioned unproduced episode. | In 1992, Titan Books published his scripts for the above mentioned unproduced episode. | ||
== Career == | == Career == | ||
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== "The Tribe of Gum" Controversy == | == "The Tribe of Gum" Controversy == | ||
In both 2013<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/who-owns-the-tardis-son-of-man-who-invented-doctor-who-s-time-machine-is-challenging-bbc-over-breach-of-copyright-8930947.html</ref> and 2023, Coburn's son, Stef Anthony Coburn, made repeated claims and allegations that he owned the copyright for ''An Unearthly Child'', which he refers to as "The Tribe of Gum",<ref>https://twitter.com/Stef_Coburn/status/1710642035189772654</ref> and by default, also the rights to the TARDIS itself. In October of 2023, | In both 2013<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/who-owns-the-tardis-son-of-man-who-invented-doctor-who-s-time-machine-is-challenging-bbc-over-breach-of-copyright-8930947.html</ref> and 2023, Coburn's son, Stef Anthony Coburn, made repeated claims and allegations that he owned the copyright for ''An Unearthly Child'', which he refers to as "The Tribe of Gum",<ref>https://twitter.com/Stef_Coburn/status/1710642035189772654</ref> and by default, also the rights to the TARDIS itself. In October of 2023, soon after the announcement that a complete Doctor Who archive was to be placed onto [[BBC iPlayer]] in November of that year, Coburn claimed he withdrew the licence to the BBC for the story. Coburn has also generated controversy due to his remarks concerning [[Ncuti Gatwa]]'s casting as the [[Fifteenth Doctor]].<ref>https://twitter.com/Stef_Coburn/status/1642957294127161355</ref> The BBC have currently yet to comment upon the events. | ||
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