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According to [[Tim Foley]], writer of of ''[[9 to 5 (Torchwood One audio story)|9 to 5]]'', "''Doctor Who'' invented the [[Internet]]" in 1966 when [[WOTAN]] was introduced in ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]''. In fact, director [[ | According to [[Tim Foley]], writer of of ''[[9 to 5 (Torchwood One audio story)|9 to 5]]'', "''Doctor Who'' invented the [[Internet]]" in 1966 when [[WOTAN]] was introduced in ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]''. In fact, director [[Barnaby Edwards]] revealed in behind-the-scenes material to that story that he had once sent a copy of ''The War Machines'' to {{w|Tim Berners-Lee}}, inventor of the World Wide Web, who replied in an [[email]], "I am a fraud." ([[BFX]]: ''[[9 to 5 (Torchwood One audio story)|9 to 5]]'') | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:38, 21 October 2024
- You may be looking for the audio story or the Internet.
According to the Eleventh Doctor, human souls were "trapped like flies in the World Wide Web" in the 21st century. The World Wide Web was accessed through Wi-Fi, which the Great Intelligence inhabited. (TV: The Bells of Saint John) Clark Goodman saw the Web as a sign of humanity's psychological debt to spiders. (AUDIO: Worldwide Web)
On 12 November 1990, Tim Berners-Lee published his proposal for a "WorldWideWeb", which he envisioned as a less evil version of WOTAN's plan. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary)
By 2600, the Galaxy Wide Web was the World Wide Web's intergalactic equivalent. (PROSE: The Dead Men Diaries)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
According to Tim Foley, writer of of 9 to 5, "Doctor Who invented the Internet" in 1966 when WOTAN was introduced in The War Machines. In fact, director Barnaby Edwards revealed in behind-the-scenes material to that story that he had once sent a copy of The War Machines to Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, who replied in an email, "I am a fraud." (BFX: 9 to 5)
