#FindTheDoctor (series)

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#FindTheDoctor was clue-finding game set up and released in late 2021 as a promotion for the forthcoming Series 13. The ultimate goal was to determine the password to a hidden page on the official Doctor Who website. Each clue held a consisted of one letter of the password as well as a hint towards finding the next clue.

Clues

The first clue was hinted at in the Series 13 trailer released on the Doctor Who YouTube channel on 26 July 2021. The video had a very faintly written "/mystery" at the bottom of the screen, leading to a web page on the Doctor Who website^[1], which revealed the first clue as D, in the word hidden in the welcome message, and hinting that it begins: 13:13.13.

On 13 August, the next clue was released on the same web page as the webcast A message from Yaz. The video ended with the text "The next clue is coming soon", with the C coloured red.

The third clue came on 16 August with a promotional image from upcoming series, which was posted exactly at the time 13:13 and held a set of graffitied co-ordinates^[2] for Yaz's Park Hill flat in Sheffield. The number 5 in the co-ordinates was coloured green, giving it away as the next clue.

The fourth clue was gained by following the co-ordinates of the previous clue, where a recent Park Hill photo on Google Maps (uploaded by a user called "John Smith") contained a TARDIS that had "FIND ME 14/07" graffitied.^[3] The E was uniquely coloured red, making it the fourth clue.

The fifth letter was obtained by finding an Instagram post from 14 July, from the Doctor Who account which depicted of the Doctor holding up a piece of morse code reading Liverpool Gallery.^[4] The letter G was highlighted.

Indeed, at the Liverpool Gallery a painting entitled La Boîte Bleue showed a landscape featuring the TARDIS and an anachronistic rocket in the 1860s. The letter Y was capitalised, making it the sixth clue.

The rocket in the painting is found at the Science Museum. An exhibition at the museum was called Unknown object—RHCTDM-OEI-OLOAW/0209, and was a display of a sonic screwdriver, with the letter V capitalised.

The next clue will likely be derived from the display name: "RHCTDM-OEI-OLOAW/0209" with the letters being an anagram of "DOCTOR-WHO-EMAIL", with the numbers "0209" representing the date "2 September".

Entries

#	Title	Cast & crew	Format	Release date	Clue	Notes
1	/mystery	None	Web page	26 July 2021	D	A mystery unfolds.
2	A message from Yaz	Mandip Gill	34 seconds webcast	13 August 2021	C	Yaz sends a voice message to the Doctor.
3	Promotional image	Team TARDIS (photo)	Image	16 August 2021	5	Co-ordinates are found on a promo picture.
4	Untitled Google Maps photo	Uncredited		16 August 2021	E	A graffitied TARDIS is found at Park Hill on Google Maps.
5	Untitled Instagram photo	Thirteenth Doctor (photo)		14 July 2021	G	The Thirteenth Doctor holds up a Morse code transcript.
6	La Boîte Bleue	Uncredited	Painting	August 2021	Y	A landscape featuring the Doctor's TARDIS is mysteriously donated to a museum in Liverpool.
7	Unknown object—RHCTDM-OEI-OLOAW/0209	Uncredited	Display	13 August 2021	V	The Thirteenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver is on display at the Science Museum