Knitted aliens spark Dr Who row

A big row's broken out after a Doctor Who fan put instructions on how to knit aliens from the show on the internet.

The fan, known only by her online name Mazzmatazz, published her patterns for the knitted Ood and Adipose toys to share them with her friends and family.

But the BBC told her to take them down because she didn't have permission to use the Doctor Who name and people were making money by selling the toys.

Mazzmatazz said it wasn't fair and that the BBC was making an example of her.

Writing on her blog, she said: "I'm just an ordinary fan, who happens to like knitting and sci-fi, and everything has just gone a bit crazy.

The patterns I created, inspired by Doctor Who, were never for sale - they were shared so that other fans could enjoy and share the fun too."

The BBC said it had no problem with fans like Mazzmatazz creating things like the knitted Ood and Adipose, as long as no-one's making money from them.