BBC to transform website into TV show with 3D robot death-battles

The BBC is said to be planning a new show called "Fightbox":


The concept is to ask visitors to the website to create their own virtual warriors from a combination of over 500 constituent parts. These creations can then be trained and tested, with the 60 best rendered in 3D and invited to slug it out in front of the TV cameras…. The "Cinderella" website-turned-TV-show transformation has previously been accomplished by Celebdaq, a fantasy stock-exchange on the web where users can trade shares in celebrities. That utility has been deemed to merit a regular entertainment programme on BBC 3, featuring irreverent analysis of the latest rises and collapses in the market. The BBC evidently has high hopes for its new format, intending to run the website for 6 months before launching a series of 20 TV programmes.

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