Seems like BBC don’t like us knitting folks.
A knitter, known by the nick-name Mazzmatazz, posted some knitting patterns of Doctor Who aliens on her website. She did not make any money from the patterns as they were free to use.
Apparently someone used her knitting patterns and put the knitted products up for sale on eBay.
The BBC didn’t like this and wanted to cut the source off. They contacted Mazzmatazz to ask her to remove the patterns and it looks like BBC succeeded.
This case has stirred quite a bit controversy among Doctor Who fans so BBC has offered to talk with Mazzmatazz to reach some kind of settlement. We will see how this turns out.

Here is some pictures of the original animated Adipose and the knitted version:

I have never seen this TV-series myself, but after reading about Doctor Who this seems like a really cool series for a sci-fi fan like me. I guess BBC scored some publicity from this, although in my opinion a bit silly of the mighty BBC.

Photos courtesy of bbc.co.uk