====== Inspector Spacetime ======

{{ :inspector_spacetime.jpg?200|Inspector Spacetime poster}}In late September 2011, as [[http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/09/the-sudden-emergence-of-inspector-spacetime-fandom|Tor.com explains]], "popular geek sitcom //Community// [[http://io9.com/5843192/must-watch-communitys-dead-brilliant-parodies-of-doctor-who-and-2001|threw us a 45-second //Doctor Who// parody]] in the form of //Inspector Spacetime//. In seemingly no time at all, a fictional fandom for this non-existent TV show emerged online, complete with a TV Tropes page, message boards, at least one Tumblr, and t-shirts for purchase."

In early January 2012, [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/26362.html?thread=114576122#t114576122|a Gentlefailer]] innocently asked where they could possibly watch or download some //Inspector Spacetime// eps. "All of my friends are really into this so I thought I'd give it a shot." It was assumed to be a joke in that thread.

Later in the same post, in a thread titled, "What's the angriest you've ever gotten in an internet argument?", another Gentlefailer [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/26362.html?thread=115343098#t115343098|deadpanned]], //"Right here. When a nonnie asked about Inspector Spacetime and someone posted that it wasn't a real show, admitting that they'd actually been suckered by that kind of thing before, and had a couple of assfaces show up accusing 'em of lying and going on with the pretense that it was real."//

Not everybody was in on the joke, it seemed, and [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/26362.html?thread=115362810#t115362810|one comment]] excoriated the jokers for "being a complete asshole to someone explaining the inside joke for the benefit of outsiders." And tempers were lost...



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