--- title: Game of Thrones Deployed Drone Killers to Prevent Spoilers description: Sounds like the Game of Thrones crew is absolutely willing to go to extreme measures to prevent season 8 spoilers. canonical: https://time.com/5420724/game-of-thrones-drone-killer/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-10T19:26:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:24.437Z og:title: Game of Thrones Kills Drones to Save You From Spoilers og:description: The Game of Thrones crew isn't taking any chances og:url: https://time.com/5420724/game-of-thrones-drone-killer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte80e78713a5c350a/6988d8a322fb8520b4e22472/game-of-thrones-spoils-of-war-daenerys-05.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Game-of-Thrones-The-Spoils-of-War-Daenerys-Targaryen og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Game of Thrones Kills Drones to Save You From Spoilers twitter:description: The Game of Thrones crew isn't taking any chances twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte80e78713a5c350a/6988d8a322fb8520b4e22472/game-of-thrones-spoils-of-war-daenerys-05.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Game of Thrones_ Deployed a 'Thing That Kills Drones' to Save You From Spoilers. What Is That?  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 10, 2018 7:26 PM UTC  Emilia Clarke in Game of Thrones Emilia Clarke in Game of ThronesHBO  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 10, 2018 7:26 PM UTC Sounds like the [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/5389324/game-of-thrones-cast-season-8-hints/) crew is absolutely willing to go to extreme measures to prevent [season 8](http://time.com/4913247/game-of-thrones-season-8-premiere-date/) spoilers. According to [Sophie Turner](http://time.com/5418669/game-of-thrones-sophie-turner-ned-stark-reunion/)—who plays Sansa Stark on the HBO drama—the production team deployed “drone killers” to disable any camera drones attempting to capture footage of the show’s sets during filming for the final season. “If a drone flies above sets, there’s a thing that can kill the drones, which is really cool,” she told [_Entertainment Weekly_](https://ew.com/tv/2018/10/06/sophie-turner-game-of-thrones-new-york-comic-con/)during an appearance at New York Comic-Con. “It creates a field around it and the drones just drop. It’s very _X-Men_. However, these so-called “drone killers” are special electronic devices that are typically used by police to force drones to the ground in the event of an emergency, not keep fans from learning the fate of Jon Snow. “The purpose is primarily for emergency situations,” Oceanside police Lt. Aaron Doyle told the [_Los Angeles Times_](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-drone-killers-20180407-story.html). “It won’t be used when someone complains about a neighbor flying a drone. It’s pretty much for a life-or-death situation, to save lives.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5420724/game-of-thrones-drone-killer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5420724/game-of-thrones-drone-killer/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones Deployed a 'Thing That Kills Drones' to Save You From Spoilers. 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