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|range = Who is Doctor Who? (tie-in website){{!}}Who is Doctor Who? | |||
|number in range = #4 | |||
|name = ''Rose sighting confirmed'' | |name = ''Rose sighting confirmed'' | ||
|image = | |image = Dickens4 RSC.jpg | ||
|main character = [[Mickey Smith]] | |main character = [[Mickey Smith]] | ||
|featuring = | |featuring = [[Ninth Doctor]], [[Rose Tyler|Rose]], [[Charles Dickens|Dickens]] | ||
|setting = [[Earth]], [[ | |setting = [[Earth]], [[2006]] | ||
|release date = | |release date = 10 April 2005 | ||
|writer = BBC webteam | |writer = BBC webteam | ||
|publisher = BBC | |publisher = BBC | ||
|format = Online short story | |format = Online short story | ||
|website = ''[[Who is Doctor Who? ( | |genre = Science fiction | ||
|series = [[Who is Doctor Who? ( | |website = ''[[Who is Doctor Who? (tie-in website)|Who is Doctor Who?]]'' | ||
|series = [[Who is Doctor Who? (tie-in website)|''Who is Doctor Who?'' fiction]] | |||
|prev = The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre (short story) | |prev = The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre (short story) | ||
|next = Alien landing confirmed (short story) | |next = Alien landing confirmed (short story) | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Rose sighting confirmed''''' was the fourth short story exclusively published on the ''[[Who is Doctor Who? ( | '''''Rose sighting confirmed''''' was the fourth short story exclusively published on the ''[[Who is Doctor Who? (tie-in website)|Who is Doctor Who?]]'' website on [[10 April (releases)|10 April]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050410045758/http://www.whoisdoctorwho.co.uk/ ''Rose sighting confirmed'' on whoisdoctorwho.co.uk via the Wayback Machine]</ref> by the [[BBC webteam]] to coincide with the broadcast of ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]''. This story took place after an unspecified time jump, as the previous story, ''[[The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre (short story)|The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre]]'', was set on [[2 April]] [[2005]] in the aftermath of the [[Dummy Massacre]], and this story is seemingly set just prior to the events of ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', which was set on [[6 March]] [[2006]], due to this story introducing [[MP]] [[Joseph Green]], who was later revealed to be [[Jocrassa Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen]] wearing his [[skin suit|skin]]. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
The [[Who is Doctor Who?]] website is updated, sometime after [[The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre (short story)|the previous entry]], where [[Mickey Smith|the webmaster]] shares a rare old [[photograph|picture]] of [[Charles Dickens]] in [[Cardiff]] [[1869]]: the astounding part? [[Rose Tyler]] and the [[Ninth Doctor]] are visible in the [[background]]. The webmaster is reassured that Rose is still out there, even if she is out of reach, although the [[police]] didn't believe the picture was real. | |||
The webmaster continues to another subject, about a potential [[British government|government]] [[conspiracy]], where [[MP]] [[Joseph Green]] has had a recent [[weight]] gain, and he is aware of the existence of [[reason]] for it. | |||
The webmaster moves onto a more personal situation he is facing, where he reveals that the police have closed their "[[net]] of [[suspicion]]" around him, as they had just taken him in for [[questioning]] again, despite his attempts to them [[evidence]] that he wasn't involved. The webmaster fears being [[arrest]]ed again, this time for good. | |||
At the end of the first two topics, the webmaster asks if they had seen Rose and for their [[theory|theories]] about Joseph Green. | |||
== Entries == | == Entries == | ||
=== Rose === | === Rose entries === | ||
''The collection of entries is arranged in order, oldest first'' | ''The collection of entries is arranged in order, oldest first'' | ||
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| [[dalek]] | | [[dalek (Rose sighting confirmed)|dalek]] | ||
| dalek saw the Doctor and Rose in [[London]] saying something about [[chips]] the [[2005|last year]]. | | dalek saw the Doctor and Rose in [[London]] saying something about [[chips]] the [[2005|last year]]. | ||
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| [[Tracey (Rose sighting confirmed)|Tracey]] | | [[Tracey (Rose sighting confirmed)|Tracey]] | ||
| | | Tracey comments that Rose looks like a "young lady" who had gone missing from her [[Henrik's, Central London|departmental store]] with her [[Lotto]] [[money]], lamenting that they could have been [[millionaire]]s by now. | ||
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! 9 | ! 9 | ||
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=== Joseph Green === | === Joseph Green entries === | ||
''The collection of entries is arranged in order, oldest first'' | ''The collection of entries is arranged in order, oldest first'' | ||
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| [[robs]] | | [[robs]] | ||
| robs suggests that someone, "quite ''clearly'', has been eating a lot of pies. | | robs suggests that someone, "quite ''clearly''", has been eating a lot of pies. | ||
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! 6 | ! 6 | ||
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! 7 | ! 7 | ||
| [[Muntjac Man]] | | [[Muntjac Man]] | ||
| Muntjac Man reports that Green was spotted in [[Somerfield]] [[supermarket]] in [[Halstead]] on [[14 April]] buying [[100 (number)|100]] [[can]]s of [[insect]] [[repellent]] [[spray]]. | | Muntjac Man reports that Green was spotted in [[Somerfield, Halstead|Somerfield]] [[supermarket]] in [[Halstead]] on [[14 April]] buying [[100 (number)|100]] [[can]]s of [[insect]] [[repellent]] [[spray]]. | ||
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! 8 | ! 8 | ||
| [[Chaz]] | | [[Chaz]] | ||
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| [[semp]] attributes Green's weight gain to too much [[junk food]] and suggests he eat [[apple]]s. | | [[semp]] | ||
| semp attributes Green's weight gain to too much [[junk food]] and suggests he eat [[apple]]s. | |||
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! 11 | ! 11 | ||
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! 12 | ! 12 | ||
| [[Charles (Rose sighting confirmed)| | | [[Charles (Rose sighting confirmed)|Charles]] | ||
| Charles observes that Mickey is going "all [[The X-Files|X-files]] just because an MP gained some weight. Asking where the mysterious Doctor fits into all of this, he facetiously suggests that he is Green's new [[dietician]]. Charles points out that Green is not the only one at [[Westminster]] gaining weight, suggesting that all of them are probably just getting some [[American]] [[burger]]s or something. | | Charles observes that Mickey is going "all [[The X-Files|X-files]] just because an MP gained some weight. Asking where the mysterious Doctor fits into all of this, he facetiously suggests that he is Green's new [[dietician]]. Charles points out that Green is not the only one at [[Westminster]] gaining weight, suggesting that all of them are probably just getting some [[American]] [[burger]]s or something. | ||
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| [[Lorinda]] | | [[Lorinda]] | ||
| Lorinda addresses the site, saying that these people are always trying to stir up [[trouble]]. It is obvious that it is just a strange [[camera]] [[angle]], in the same way that all of the other [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] from | | Lorinda addresses the site, saying that these people are always trying to stir up [[trouble]]. It is obvious that it is just a strange [[camera]] [[angle]], in the same way that all of the other [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] from Who is Doctor Who? are clearly [[forgery|forged]]. Lorinda does not believe that "this Rose girl" ever existed. | ||
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! 19 | ! 19 | ||
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! 12 | ! 12 | ||
| [[Government Offical]] | | [[Government Offical]] | ||
| Government Offical orders | | Government Offical orders Who is Doctor Who? to cease, insisting that "THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT CORRUPT. DO NOT CONTINUE. This is your first [[warning]]." | ||
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! 13 | ! 13 | ||
| [[Graham (Rose sighting confirmed]] | | [[Graham (Rose sighting confirmed)|Graham]] | ||
| Green told Graham that it's [[glandular]]. Graham asks what's up with people, don't they believe their local MPs any more. | | Green told Graham that it's [[glandular]]. Graham asks what's up with people, don't they believe their local MPs any more. | ||
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! 14 | ! 14 | ||
| [[Dave Pashby]] | | [[Dave Pashby]] | ||
| Dave says that Green is just another [[fat cat]]. | | Dave says that Green is just another [[fat cat]]. | ||
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| [[Mr Deacy]] | | [[Mr Deacy]] | ||
| Mr Deacy says that | | Mr Deacy says that Who is Doctor Who? are all conspiracy [[loony|loonies]] and really should get out more and grow up, that Mr Green is doing a very good job indeed and could well do without this kind of [[nonsense]]. He says that they'll be saying next that he is really an alien. | ||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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(In order of appearance, oldest first) | |||
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* [[Mickey Smith|Webmaster]]{{Note|While not revealed in this story, this character is later revealed to be [[Mickey Smith]].}} | |||
* [[Rose Tyler]] | |||
* [[Ninth Doctor]] | |||
* [[Charles Dickens]] | |||
* [[MP]] [[Joseph Green]] | |||
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* [[Andy Fawcettt]] | |||
* [[PDT]] | |||
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* [[Laurence (Rose sighting confirmed)|Laurence]] | |||
* [[a friend]] | |||
* [[Craig O.]] | |||
* [[Ben Swithen]] | |||
* [[Mr Deacy]] | |||
* [[Nu Wong]] | |||
* [[Dr P Ware]] | |||
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''more to be added'' | |||
=== Referenced only === | |||
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* [[Dorothy Stokes]] | |||
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''to be added'' | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The webmaster believes the police need to open their [[eye]]s to the [[fact]]s, that there is more going on than they realise. | |||
** The webmaster mentions that no one in [[authority]] will take the [[evidence]] seriously despite the weight of it. | |||
* The photograph of Dickens was sent in by [[Dorothy Stokes]] of [[Llandaff House]]. | |||
** The photograph of Dickens was enhanced by a [[computer]] twice. | |||
** The webmaster thinks that Rose being "out there" is [[fantastic]]. | |||
* The webmaster questions if the [[British government|government]] is truly composed entirely of [[fat cat]]s, and thinks it is time for a [[change]]. | |||
* The webmaster has been told there is a reason for Joseph Green's weight gain, and that it wasn't because he was [[pregnant]]. | |||
* In the webmaster's [[editorial]], he mentions it is the [[support]] and [[belief]] in him from [[Readers of whoisdoctorwho.co.uk|his readers]] that has kept him going, as it reassures him that he isn't alone. | |||
* This is a small disclaimer about the [[photograph]]s on the site not necessarily being in the webmaster's [[copyright]], although no infringement is intended. | |||
* There is a small icon for [[Campaign for Real Aliens]] and the "[[website]] of the [[month]]" distinction from [[Conspiracy GOLD]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The photograph of Charles Dickins, with the Doctor and Rose in the background, makes no sense chronologically. The building in the background is [[Taliesin Lodge]], which the Doctor and Rose entered in the beginning of ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]'', to see Dickens's recitation of ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''; therefore, he could not have been outside to have his picture taken as seen in this short story. The photograph could not have been taken later, either, as after the trio defeated the [[Gelth]] and left [[Sneed and Company]], they did so in a group, and they would've been walking in the opposite direction. | |||
* This story is presumably set between January and March 2006, given it leads into the events of ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', however nothing is directly said; ''Aliens of London'' mentions that the [[London UFO crash]] was a diversion to draw the government's attention away from a satellite detecting a signal coming from the [[North Sea]] on [[3 March]], however it is unclear about for how long the Slitheen were on Earth for before activating this signal. ''[[Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia]]'' posits that the Slitheen were on Earth "some months" before the London UFO crash, thus aligning with this story being set sometime in early 2006 and the next story ''[[Alien landing confirmed (short story)|Alien landing confirmed]]'' — set during ''Aliens of London'' — having Mickey mention "it feels like ages since I last posted." | |||
* As with the [[The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre (short story)|previous story]], this page of the website had links to seemingly clips of the Dummy Massacre, likely recycled footage from ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', but the Web Archive wasn't able to archive the individual pages that hosted the footage properly, given the way the BBC set up the website, so the footage is [[lost media]]. | |||
* This story, given that it is set just prior to ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', is set around [[February]] or early [[March]] [[2006]]; however, the person who submitted the entry about [[Muntjac Man]], as someone with no insight to the then-unaired details about ''Aliens of London'', evidently didn't know about the one year time jump, so mentioned that Joseph Green visited [[Somerfield, Halstead|a supermarket]] in [[Halstead]] on [[14 April]], however this can just easily be explained in-universe as Joseph Green visiting this supermarket prior to the [[Slitheen family]]'s arrival on [[Earth]]. | |||
* [[robs]]'s and [[bobs]]'s entries are likely an accidental duplication of the same submission. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* This story is a sequel to ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]''. | |||
* This story is not only set before ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', but released before too, meaning that this story is the debut of [[Joseph Green]], or more accurately [[Jocrassa Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen]], although this wouldn't be revealed until ''Aliens of London''. | |||
* The previous story, ''[[The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre (short story)|The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre]]'', included a user submission that mentioned that there existed a photograph from 1869 of Rose, a seeming coincidence with this story. | |||
** This idea was also used in the short story ''[[Mickey's Blog (short story)|Mickey's Blog]]'', although that account is incompatible with this story despite the similarities. | |||
* Rose and the Doctor were talking about [[chips]] in [[London]] in [[2005]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'') | |||
* A reader by the name of [[Davros]] demands the Doctor be brought to him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'', et. al) | |||
* An entry by [[rewboss]] was previously present in ''[[Have You Seen This Man? (short story)|Have You Seen This Man?]]''. | |||
== Gallery == | |||
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" widths="250"> | |||
Dickens4 RSC.jpg|A picture of [[Charles Dickens]] with a familiar duo in the background. | |||
Dickensenhanced.jpg|A computer-enhanced version. | |||
Dickensenhanced2.jpg|Another enhanced version. | |||
Josephgreen1.jpg|An image of [[Joseph Green]]. | |||
Josephgreen2.jpg|Another image of Joseph Green. | |||
</gallery> | |||
<!--The other images on the webpage aren't exclusive to this story so it's not worth adding them.--> | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{elx|page url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070127163439/http://www.whoisdoctorwho.co.uk/index4.shtml|page name=''Rose sighting confirmed''|website url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070127163633/http://www.whoisdoctorwho.co.uk/|website name=''Who is Doctor Who?'' via the Wayback Machine}} | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
=== Notes === | |||
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