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|name            = ''Have You Seen This Man?''
|image            = Have You Seen This Man?.jpg
|main character  = [[Clive Finch]]
|featuring        =
|setting          = [[Earth]], [[21st century]]
|release date    = [[2005 (releases)|2005]]
|writer          = [[BBC Web Team]]
|publisher        = BBC
|format          = Web-based segmented flash fiction
|anthology        = ''[[Who is Doctor Who (fictional website)|Who is Doctor Who]]''
|series          = [[Who is Doctor Who (fictional website)|''Who is Doctor Who?'' short stories and features]]
|next            = Dummy Massacre (short story)
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'''''Have You Seen This Man?''''' was a segmented collection of {{w|flash fiction}} spread across three webpages published on the ''[[Who is Doctor Who? (fictional website)|Who is Doctor Who?]]'' website in [[2005 (releases)|2005]] by the [[BBC Web Team]] to coincide with the [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|2005 revival]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. The overall narrative comprised lots of information being given about [[the Doctor]]'s [[The Doctor in Earth history|role in Earth's history]]. The narrative also included the images of the [[Ninth Doctor]] at [[Sumatra]] in [[1880]], with the [[Daniels family (Rose)|Daniels family]] in [[1912]], and at [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|the assassination]] of [[John F. Kennedy]] in [[1963]], which had been previously seen in [[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''.
 
Most of the flash fiction was contained in ''Have You Seen This Man?'' was collected on a webpage entitled "Contact Clive", which was a place for real world people to submit brief {{w|anecdotes}} of their encounters with the Doctor, which were officially released by the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]]. For obvious reasons, nothing inappropiate, defamatory, or fourth wall breaking was approved, thus maintaining the in-universe and consumer friendly nature of the ''Who is Doctor Who?'' website as a whole. Furthermore, as nothing in ''Have You Seen This Man?'' breaks any of our [[Tardis:Valid sources|valid sources criteria]], this collection of flash fiction is a valid source.
 
== Plot ==
 
 
== Characters ==
* [[Clive Finch]]
*
 
== References ==
* There are images of the [[Ninth Doctor]] at [[Sumatra]] in [[1880]]; at [[Southampton]], [[England]], in [[1912]]; at [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], in [[1963]]; and on a [[security camera]] sometime in the [[20th century|20th]] or [[21st century|21st centuries]].
 
== Notes ==
* From the content seen on the website, this site is probably set prior to [[TV]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', although no explanation is given for the absence of the "Contact Clive" page.
 
== Continuity ==
* Clive Finch later
 
== External links ==
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Revision as of 17:50, 22 May 2022

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Have You Seen This Man? was a segmented collection of flash fiction spread across three webpages published on the Who is Doctor Who? website in 2005 by the BBC Web Team to coincide with the 2005 revival of Doctor Who. The overall narrative comprised lots of information being given about the Doctor's role in Earth's history. The narrative also included the images of the Ninth Doctor at Sumatra in 1880, with the Daniels family in 1912, and at the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, which had been previously seen in TV: Rose.

Most of the flash fiction was contained in Have You Seen This Man? was collected on a webpage entitled "Contact Clive", which was a place for real world people to submit brief anecdotes of their encounters with the Doctor, which were officially released by the British Broadcasting Corporation. For obvious reasons, nothing inappropiate, defamatory, or fourth wall breaking was approved, thus maintaining the in-universe and consumer friendly nature of the Who is Doctor Who? website as a whole. Furthermore, as nothing in Have You Seen This Man? breaks any of our valid sources criteria, this collection of flash fiction is a valid source.

Plot

Characters

References

Notes

  • From the content seen on the website, this site is probably set prior to TV: Rose, although no explanation is given for the absence of the "Contact Clive" page.

Continuity

  • Clive Finch later

External links

Template:Who is Doctor Who sources