The Stig

[st3ph3n]

I find it quite strange they're doing odds on a new Stig - surely the whole point of getting a new one would be that no one would know who they were anyway?

I say keep Collins - the man's just writing a book about playing a great character. He can still play said character afterwards!

[john_mchutchison]

I personally think he should have wrote his book as the Stig, not Ben Collins. IMO it would have sold more.

Or would the BBC not allow that?

Edited September 6, 2010 by hutch1973

[thefastone]

No, because the whole point is that it is copyrighted to the BBC, its their intellectual property... and they are trying to stop the book... If they wanted that book to come out, I'm sure that they would have released it themselves...

[st3ph3n]

No, because the whole point is that it is copyrighted to the BBC, its their intellectual property... and they are trying to stop the book... If they wanted that book to come out, I'm sure that they would have released it themselves...

The character is copyrighted - but he's writing the book as himself about his time being employed to play said character. What's to stop Harrison Ford writing a book about playing Han Solo? Nothing! In both cases they'd simply be stating the facts.

[thefastone]

I do see your point there Stephen, but then Harrison Ford's identity was never kept secret as part of the show, and he never had to sign a secrecy contract...

The whole point of the character is that no one knows who it is, it's half the fun... I know that it's been "known" for a long time, but It's never actually been confirmed... no matter how many rumours there was...

[mystery machine]

The whole point of the character is that no one knows who it is, it's half the fun... I know that it's been "known" for a long time, but It's never actually been confirmed... no matter how many rumours there was...