Emails, or e-mails, were messages distributed by electronic means from one computer to another via a network, typically the Internet. (PROSE: The Twilight Streets [+]Loading...["The Twilight Streets (novel)"])
On Earth, such technology was used as early as of the 2000s, (TV: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"]) and was still common as of 2040. (PROSE: Outsourcing [+]Loading...["Outsourcing (short story)"])
History[[edit] | edit source]
In 1941, the Ninth Doctor told Rose Tyler that he was "email[ing] the upgrade" before he threw nanogenes to cure the Empty Child victims. (TV: The Doctor Dances [+]Loading...["The Doctor Dances (TV story)"])
In 2003, Gabrielle Graddige wrote an e-mail to the Brigadier soliciting his opinions on the "InterCom Affair", so that his thoughts could be incorporated into her book, War in Space - the Real Story. (PROSE: The King of Terror [+]Loading...["The King of Terror (novel)"])
On his website Have you seen the Doctor????????, Clive Finch asked his readers to send photos, anecdotes, or top-secret documents to him via email or telephone number. On 5 March 2005, Rose Tyler contacted Clive and arranged to meet up with him at his home. (PROSE: Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (novelisation)"])
After the defeat of the Slitheen family on 7 March 2006, Mickey Smith (TV: World War Three [+]Loading...["World War Three (TV story)"]) wrote on his website the morning after, confessing that he had "been in two minds" recently, finding himself doubting the evidence, facts, and secrets he uncovered, upon rewatching it, although he was reassured by the emails he received, even though he sometimes deleted them, knowing vaguely what was in them. (PROSE: Hoax This! [+]Loading...["Hoax This! (short story)"])
By 2007, Ianto Jones's email address was [email protected]. (AUDIO: Fall to Earth [+]Loading...["Fall to Earth (audio story)"])
In 2007, Elton Pope intended to keep in touch with Colin Skinner via email as he searched for Bridget Sinclair with Victor Kennedy. However, Elton found that Skinner had been absorbed by Victor soon after. (TV: Love & Monsters [+]Loading...["Love & Monsters (TV story)"])
During the Atraxi incident in 2008, email was one of the methods suggested by the Eleventh Doctor to Jeff Angelo to spread his computer virus across the world. (TV: The Eleventh Hour [+]Loading...["The Eleventh Hour (TV story)"])
In 2008, Vivien Rook designed an email to be automatically sent to Torchwood if she failed to return to her desk at 10:30pm. Jack Harkness later retrieved the message, finding it contained information on Harold Saxon's Archangel Network. (TV: The Sound of Drums [+]Loading...["The Sound of Drums (TV story)"])
In the 2000s,[nb 1] Jo Nakashima sent an email to Colonel Mace of UNIT concerning her investigations regarding a number of deaths related to ATMOS systems. (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem [+]Loading...["The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)"])
In 2017, the Twelfth Doctor's sonic sunglasses could send and receive emails. A virtual version of the Doctor used this to send the real Doctor a recording of the Monks' simulation called Extremis. (TV: Extremis [+]Loading...["Extremis (TV story)"])
Undated events[[edit] | edit source]
Keri once received a spam email from Galaxy Five's Readers Digest. (PROSE: Big Bang Generation [+]Loading...["Big Bang Generation (novel)"])
Emails were banned on Traken as they were too distracting. (AUDIO: Ghost Walk [+]Loading...["Ghost Walk (audio story)"])
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- ↑ The present day of Doctor Who's fourth series is not consistently dated, with TV: The Fires of Pompeii, TV: The Waters of Mars, and AUDIO: SOS setting the present of the 13 regular episodes in 2008 (heavily implied by TV: The Star Beast and TV: The Giggle as well), and PROSE: Beautiful Chaos setting them in about April to June 2009.
