Official Doctor Who Twitter

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The Official Doctor Who Twitter, occupying the namespace of "bbcdoctorwho", was the official Twitter account used by the BBC for Doctor Who-related content.^[2]

The standard profile picture of the account.^[1]

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

2011[[edit] | [edit source]]

In January 2011, the Doctor Who Twitter account was created.^[2]

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2021[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who: Flux marketing campaign[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor Who Twitter account was involved with the promotion of Doctor Who: Flux, which was designed so that the audience were involved with the narrative of the arrival of the Flux:

On 2,^[3] 3,^[4] 4,^[5] 5,^[6] 6,^[7] 7,^[8] and 8 October, the account posted "interruptions" - short bursts of distorted footage of the Thirteenth Doctor sending a message.^[9] Within the same day, the account posted what appeared to be a transcript of the Doctor saying "can you hear me?"^[10] Very quickly after, all of the Doctor Who social media accounts shut down (barring Tumblr, though that account had been inactive since January same year).^[11] In the evening of 9 October, all of the social media accounts returned, posting promo images of the new series as well as giving new details about it.^[12] Among the content was the upload of The Flux is Coming..., a minisode that had premiered on television earlier that very same day,^[13] evidently showing that the "interruptions" where part of the full minisode, in which the Doctor sent out a distress call warning of the arrival of the Flux, indirectly to the viewers.^[14]

2022[[edit] | [edit source]]

On 25 May, the account posted an announcement of the Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star special, with a video trailer of the special, captioned "This is the @MayaJama x Doctor Who crossover you 100 % needed! Get ready for a #DoctorWho themed episode of @GlowUpBBC, tonight on BBC Three."^[15]

On 27 May, the account posted about Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder, with 4 images^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19] captioned "The Worlds of Wonder exhibition is now open at the @World_Museum in Liverpool! Explore the history of the show and find out how science meets fiction in this exciting new exhibit 🪐"^[20]

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The location is set to "Space and Time".^[2]
The biography was changed to "The official home of "that blue phone box show" on Twitter. #DoctorWho 💙💙 This is a commercial channel from @bbcstudios".^[2] This was in reference to a fan tweet in May 2022.^[21]
The attached link doctorwho.tv leads to the Doctor Who website.^[2]
The birthday is set to "November 23, 1963", in reference to the release of TV: An Unearthly Child.^[2]
On various Fridays, the account reposts fanart for "#FanArtFriday".

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[1] ttps://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/photo

[Twitter-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho

[3] Doctor Who drops surprise teaser for season 13 on Radio Times

[4] @jamesevans123 on Twitter via the Wayback Machine

[5] @bbcwilliamwho on Twitter

[6] @bbcwilliamwho on Twitter

[7] @whovianlife on Twitter

[8] @bbcwilliamwho on Twitter

[9] @bbcdoctorwho on Twitter

[10] @bbcdoctorwho on Twitter

[11] Doctor Who media accounts disappear ahead of Series 13 on Cultbox

[12] Doctor Who Series 13 premieres October 31 with ‘FLUX’

[13] Doctor Who's cryptic series 13 trailer lands as premiere date confirmed on Digital Spy via the Wayback Machine

[14] The Flux is Coming... on @bbcdoctorwho on Twitter

[15] @bbcdoctorwho on Twitter

[16] Sonic Screwdriver display

[17] Monster exhibition

[18] Cybermen helmets

[19] Classic TARDIS console

[20] @bbcdoctorwho on Twitter

[21] "Do we have to change our bio to 'that blue phone box show' now?" @bbcdoctorwho on Twitter

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