It's not the first time Arby's has focused on the Whovian community: <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You've been a good man, Twelve <a href="https://t.co/0yqtQtX40G";>pic.twitter.com/0yqtQtX40G</a></p>— Arby's (@Arbys) <a href="https://twitter.com/Arbys/status/880818219140882434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw";>June 30, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"; charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="ro" dir="ltr">Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! <a href="https://t.co/SNzWfQk4d1";>pic.twitter.com/SNzWfQk4d1</a></p>— Arby's (@Arbys) <a href="https://twitter.com/Arbys/status/943888819660529665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw";>December 21, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"; charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Refrigerate! <a href="https://t.co/PP9vgk86WV";>pic.twitter.com/PP9vgk86WV</a></p>— Arby's (@Arbys) <a href="https://twitter.com/Arbys/status/732617891837841409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw";>May 17, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"; charset="utf-8"></script> Clearly, someone on their social media team is of the geek persuasion. On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 2:17:32 AM UTC-4, David Bruggeman wrote: > > Scanning their recent Tweets, it seems Arby's has been reaching out to > various geek-ish communities of late. Mostly anime, so I'm not sure how it > swerved to the Weeping Angels other than there are several other short GIF > animations and photos of various characters and Arby's stuff. > > I doubt it's a big-time promotion unless it's recut with Ving Rhames > commanding us not to blink while having the meats. > > David > > On Sunday, July 29, 2018, 4:58:05 PM EDT, Jon Delfin <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > Thoughts: > > 1. I agree with the commenter that some of the food should have > disappeared at each stage. > 2. If it's a tie-in with the new Doctor, they should have held it for the > fall. The new series doesn't start airing until October. > 3. I don't really get what they're going for. > > On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 2:44 PM Steve Timko <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > My favorite "Dr. Who" episode is "Blink." It involves an alien life form > that is frozen as a statue as long as you look at it but if you blink, it > moves at light speed to get you. > Arby's has done a promo that appears to take off on this. > LINK <https://twitter.com/Arbys/status/1022904457086943239> > I don't know if it is sanctioned or if they had to pay someone money to do > it. I also wonder if the timing coincides with the unveiling of the new > doctor. > It's a little hipper than I would have expected for a fast food promotion. > Any thoughts from the group? > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
