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Saturday 26 May 2007

Shame on The Sun (an editorial)

no need for The Sun, Freema's got the moon

Official statement from the BBC:
“It is absolute rubbish that Freema Agyeman has been axed or sacked from Doctor Who. However we do not comment on future storylines.”

On a day where Freema should be celebrated in the press for her lovely first appearance on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, it instead has been horribly ruined by the cruelty of a tabloid desperate for attention by any means. While we are not an official voice for Freema, we would like to at least express our outrage against The Sun’s nonsense.

Having failed to cash in on their attempts to damage her established co-star, David Tennant, by trying to ignite and ride on rumours of his impending departure from Doctor Who, “The Sun” has turned their eye to a far easier target, an actress who has just barely gotten her momentum going in mainstream media and therefore can less easily defend herself.

Freema had been their darling until recently and they could not print enough nice things to say about her. But she seems to have outlived her usefulness to them since every other paper was also praising her and their voice was being drowned out. So “The Sun” has changed their tactics, now forming their words into a knife and trying to plunge it into her career for no apparent reason but for their own depraved gossip and readership numbers.

Rest assured, there is an ever growing list of logical reasons why what they say is hopelessly incorrect and full of falsehoods, including a recent statement* by Russell T. Davies that he hasn’t even written the Christmas Special yet, let alone any of series four. But The Sun made one glaring mistake in their attempt to trash Freema: there is no-one in the BBC that high in authority who would ever talk to them on that kind of topic. It just wouldn’t happen. Such a person would lose their lucrative job in a heartbeat, it wouldn’t be worth risking discovery.

To attempt to poison Freema’s fanbase by eroding the will to commit to her character emotionally is nothing short of a crime in our book. It’s bad behaviour expected from a bully, not from any entity claiming to be “press”.

So in conclusion, all we can do is ask you to boycott The Sun. There is simply no reason to read it anyway and if this is going to be their new trend why do you need such negativity in your day? Entire towns have successfully boycotted The Sun, we dare say a fandom can do so as well. We are compiling a list of their associated products and companies to boycott, as well as previous claims by them that were complete fabrications so that you may more readily defend yourself against their rubbish and will publish it as soon as reasonably possible. Ask your friends and family to join this action.

We thank you for your loyalty to Freema.



Update: The BBC have now given us a short statement Saturday morning strongly denying The Sun’s claim, which has been placed at the top of this page. In addition at the end of the day we received further confirmation from other solid sources (which unfortunately we cannot name) who assure us that The Sun’s article is untrue.

* Russell T. Davies told Ariel in an interview at the end of April:
Don’t be stupid, I haven’t even written the script yet

The Daily Star reports on 2 June: Freema’s agent confirms she is in series 4

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create your own avatar at http://site.gravatar.com GB Qwerty 6546965 2.5 years ago #51

Excellent news.

I will never buy the Sun newspaper again.

create your own avatar at http://site.gravatar.com GB Chelle 2.5 years ago #52

Er…. just been to the BBC website and their press releases page, and I’m sorry to say, they haven’t released an offical statement regarding this.

create your own avatar at http://site.gravatar.com GB Sec 2.5 years ago #53

Glad to hear that there doesn’t seem to be any truth in this rumour -though like the reports about David leaving, they press will probably drag it out for as log as they can. Freema has had a great ‘first year’ so far, especially in the last two episodes!

create your own avatar at http://site.gravatar.com GB Anonymous 2.5 years ago #54

Could you please link to the page where you got the BBC statement, cos there’s nothing there that I can see.

create your own avatar at http://site.gravatar.com GB Tanya 2.5 years ago #55

thats horrible how could the sun do that THEY OBIOULT DONT KNOW GOOD TALENT WHEN THEY SEE IT -( !!!!!! martha was excelent on jonathon ross and im reall sorry i didnt notice her before when i watched crossroads grin

GTK

GB rabbits_united 2.5 years ago #56

I hate the Sun. They’re so mean to everyone. And it’s just harsh to pick on Freema, especially at the moment.

create your own avatar at http://site.gravatar.com GB Kavanaugh 2.5 years ago #57

Well, as I don’t buy The Sun boycotting it won’t be hard anyway, but I’m disgusted at them printing such utter tosh. Ok, so Doctor Who sells papers, but why they have to make up such rubbish is beyond me; maybe the Beeb haven’t been giving them access to interview the stars?

After this rot I sincerely hope they don’t in future, either. I love Ten and Martha and I want a series 4 with them BOTH!

create your own avatar at http://site.gravatar.com GB Steve 2.5 years ago #58

First off i read this on IMDB and i was felt sick thinking that the BBC would have been ready to axe in a lot of my Dr who’s friends “The breath of fresh air since Rose became annoying”.

The Sun is trash and i never even touch that paper and i will refuse to read it now.

GB editor 2.5 years ago #59

We forgot to “congratulate” the The Sun for their similar scoop last year (by the same author) where they state Billie Piper quit before series two, would only do 3 more episodes, and that Noel Clarke (Mickey) would become the full-time companion. All 100% wrong.

create your own avatar at http://site.gravatar.com CA Dean Who 2.5 years ago #60

Congratulations on your stand against the Sun. They have been guilty of doing a lot of damage to too many people over the years and I’m glad you’re taking them on…

You have my support.

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