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'''Defending the Earth!''', formerly '''Who is [[the Doctor|Doctor Who]]?''', was an [[Earth]]-run website originally created by [[Clive Finch]], later controlled by [[Mickey Smith]], and then by the mysterious [[David R]]. | '''Defending the Earth!''', formerly '''Who is [[the Doctor|Doctor Who]]?''', was an [[Earth]]-run website originally created by [[Clive Finch]], later controlled by [[Mickey Smith]], and then by the mysterious [[David R]]. | ||
==History== | == History == | ||
Originally ''Who is Doctor Who?'' only contained a page with a grainy black-and-white photograph of the [[Ninth Doctor]] with block capitals underneath reading "Have you seen this man?" It was a page where readers submitted their sightings of [[the Doctor]] and a page with historical drawings and photographs of him. | Originally ''Who is Doctor Who?'' only contained a page with a grainy black-and-white photograph of the [[Ninth Doctor]] with block capitals underneath reading "Have you seen this man?" It was a page where readers submitted their sightings of [[the Doctor]] and a page with historical drawings and photographs of him. | ||
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When [[David R]] took over from Mickey after he was left in [[Pete's World|an alternate reality]], the missions were replaced with games and a quiz was added to test the readers of the website about what he, Mickey, Clive, [[LINDA]] and various other groups had researched over the last few years. However, by the time of the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]], the website was no longer being updated. | When [[David R]] took over from Mickey after he was left in [[Pete's World|an alternate reality]], the missions were replaced with games and a quiz was added to test the readers of the website about what he, Mickey, Clive, [[LINDA]] and various other groups had researched over the last few years. However, by the time of the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]], the website was no longer being updated. | ||
==Behind the scenes== | == Behind the scenes == | ||
*"Who is Doctor Who?" originally contained a "sightings" page, which during the active life of the site contained a web form with which users could submit their own "sightings" of the Doctor, under whichever name they wished. | * "Who is Doctor Who?" originally contained a "sightings" page, which during the active life of the site contained a web form with which users could submit their own "sightings" of the Doctor, under whichever name they wished. After a short delay (presumably time for vetting of the comments for suitability by the BBC's website operators) new sightings would be added to the page. Additional user-generated pages of this type were added for several episodes' updates to the site. | ||
== External links == | |||
* [http://whoisdoctorwho.co.uk ''Defending the Earth!'' at whoisdoctorwho.co.uk] | |||
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/whoisdoctorwho/sightings.shtml List of reader sightings] | |||
[[Category:In-universe websites]] | [[Category:In-universe websites]] | ||
Revision as of 22:38, 3 November 2011
Defending the Earth!, formerly Who is Doctor Who?, was an Earth-run website originally created by Clive Finch, later controlled by Mickey Smith, and then by the mysterious David R.
History
Originally Who is Doctor Who? only contained a page with a grainy black-and-white photograph of the Ninth Doctor with block capitals underneath reading "Have you seen this man?" It was a page where readers submitted their sightings of the Doctor and a page with historical drawings and photographs of him.
Later, when Mickey Smith took over, during 2005 and 2006 he wrote articles about various events, including the 2005 Auton invasion of London, the attempt by the family Slitheen to destroy the world and Guinivere One's flight to Mars, amongst others.
In 2007, he changed the style of the website, renamed it Defending the Earth!, and added missions for the readers of his website to help him as he seemingly decided it was hard to do things all by himself, allowing the readers to help combat alien invasions.
When David R took over from Mickey after he was left in an alternate reality, the missions were replaced with games and a quiz was added to test the readers of the website about what he, Mickey, Clive, LINDA and various other groups had researched over the last few years. However, by the time of the Battle of Canary Wharf, the website was no longer being updated.
Behind the scenes
- "Who is Doctor Who?" originally contained a "sightings" page, which during the active life of the site contained a web form with which users could submit their own "sightings" of the Doctor, under whichever name they wished. After a short delay (presumably time for vetting of the comments for suitability by the BBC's website operators) new sightings would be added to the page. Additional user-generated pages of this type were added for several episodes' updates to the site.
