Official Doctor Who Twitter
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The Doctor Who Twitter account, occupying the namespace of "bbcdoctorwho", was the official Twitter account used by the BBC for Doctor Who-related content.[1]
History
2011
In January 2011, the Doctor Who Twitter account was created.[1]
2021
Doctor Who: Flux marketing campaign
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 October,[2] 3 October,[3] 4 October,[4] 5 October,[5] 6 October,[6] 7 October,[7] and on 8 October, the account posted "interruptions" - short bursts of distorted footage of the Thirteenth Doctor sending a message.[8] Within the same day, the account posted what appeared to be a transcript of the Doctor saying "can you hear me?"[9] Very quickly after, all of the Doctor Who social media accounts shut down (barring Tumblr, though that account had been inactive since January).[10] 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.[11] Among the content was the upload of the story The Flux is Coming..., a minisode that had premiered on television earlier that very same day,[12] 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.[13]
2022
On 21 May, 2022, the account posted a graph detailing "Everything you can expect from watching 'Legend of the Sea Devils', now in a handy line graph! 📈"[14]
Notes
- The account's location is set to "Space and Time".[1]
- The account's biography currently reads[update] "The official home of "that blue phone box show" on Twitter. #DoctorWho 💙💙 This is a commercial channel from @bbcstudios".[1] This was in response to a fan tweet in May 2022.[15]
- The account's "link" links to doctorwho.tv.[1]
- The account's birthday is set to "November 23, 1963", in reference to the release of TV: An Unearthly Child.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho
- ↑ Doctor Who drops surprise teaser for season 13 on Radio Times
- ↑ @jamesevans123 on Twitter
- ↑ @bbcwilliamwho on Twitter
- ↑ @bbcwilliamwho on Twitter
- ↑ @whovianlife on Twitter
- ↑ @bbcwilliamwho on Twitter
- ↑ @bbcdoctorwho on Twitter
- ↑ @bbcdoctorwho on Twitter
- ↑ Doctor Who media accounts disappear ahead of Series 13 on Cultbox
- ↑ Doctor Who Series 13 premieres October 31 with ‘FLUX’
- ↑ Doctor Who's cryptic series 13 trailer lands as premiere date confirmed on Digital Spy via the Wayback Machine
- ↑ The Flux is Coming... on @bbcdoctorwho on Twitter
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1528012787649331204
- ↑ "Do we have to change our bio to 'that blue phone box show' now?" @bbcdoctorwho on Twitter
