Terry Pratchett’s daughter has said that The Watch, a forthcoming BBC adaptation of her late father’s stories, “shares no DNA” with his work.
She wrote on Twitter: “Look, I think it’s fairly obvious that The Watch shares no DNA with my father’s Watch.
Rhianna Pratchett, who is also a writer, made the comments in response to criticism of the series, which is inspired by the author’s Discworld novels about police force Ankh-Morpork’s City Watch.
One Pratchett fan tweeted: “Oh god I just saw the trailer for The Watch and now I’m concerned the spinning from Pratchett’s grave will throw the earth off its axis.”