I see your point
but those stories are almost exclusively the preserve of red tops such as The Sun, Star, Mirror. That Dr. Who story was covered in The Times, Telegraph and Guardian. It was a lead Headline on the Today program every hour.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Wed 15 Feb 2017, 14:22,
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They all have plenty of stories
speculating about the next Bond. Dr Who is culturally pretty similar.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Wed 15 Feb 2017, 17:48,
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