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|name = ''Torchwood House'' | |||
|image = Torchwood House Website.PNG | |||
|setting = [[Torchwood House]], [[21st century]] | |||
|main character = | |||
|release date = April 2006 | |||
|writer = | |||
|publisher = BBC | |||
|developer = [[Sequence (company)|Sequence]] | |||
|series = [[Doctor Who tie-in websites|''Doctor Who'' tie-in websites]] | |||
|prev = Millingdale (tie-in website){{!}}Millingdale | |||
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'''[[Torchwood House]]''' was a website launched in [[April (releases)|April]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]] by the [[BBC]] to coincide with [[Series 2 (Doctor Who 2005)|series two]] of the revived series of ''[[Doctor Who (TV series)|Doctor Who]]'', specifically ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]''. The website, along with all the [[Doctor Who tie-in websites|tie-in websites]] launched post-[[2005 (releases)|2005]], was built by [[Sequence (company)|Sequence]]. | |||
The website contained a mix of narrative and non-narrative fiction, all told from an in-universe perspective, as if you were reading the very pages on an in-universe [[Torchwood House]] website, though was set some time after the events of ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'' in the [[21st century]]. | |||
An image from the website was featured in the [[2012 (releases)|2012]] book ''[[A History of the Universe in 100 Objects]]''. | |||
The website was no longer hosted by the BBC by [[2013 (releases)|2013]], and this Wiki advises caution visiting the unarchived website. | |||
The "Weddings Quotes" page features a photograph of [[Bernard Cribbins]] at a wedding. The site launched more than a year and a half before Cribbins first appeared as [[Wilfred Mott]] | == Contents == | ||
=== ''Welcome to Torchwood House'' === | |||
{{main|Welcome to Torchwood House (feature)}} | |||
An introduction to Torchwood House, giving a brief overview of its history. | |||
=== ''History of the House'' === | |||
{{main|History of the House (feature)}} | |||
A history of Torchwood House, a single story across four webpages: | |||
* History of the House | |||
* History and Legend | |||
* History and Mystery | |||
* History and Legends | |||
=== ''Terror from the Sky!'' === | |||
{{main|Terror from the Sky! (short story)}} | |||
An extract from "[[It's A Mystery!]]" by [[T. Wilcox]]. | |||
=== ''Visiting'' === | |||
{{main|Visiting (feature)}} | |||
A webpage inviting users to visit Torchwood House. Split across three webpages: | |||
* Visiting | |||
* Refreshments | |||
* Information | |||
=== ''Satellites'' === | |||
{{main|Satellites (video game)}} | |||
A game accessed via the observatory page. Note that this wiki does not consider this game to be a valid source. | |||
=== ''Weddings'' === | |||
{{main|Weddings (feature)}} | |||
A webpage inviting users to get married at Torchwood House. Split across two webpages. | |||
== Notes == | |||
Under the "View Lunar Surface" link on the Observatory page, there is a reference to the [[Tycho]] crater of the moon being a source of "unusual signals" since {{w|2001: A Space Odyssey|2001}}. | |||
The "Weddings Quotes" page features a photograph<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20070703203519/http://www.visittorchwood.co.uk/weddings-quotes.htm</ref> of [[Bernard Cribbins]] at a wedding. The site launched more than a year and a half before Cribbins first appeared as [[Wilfred Mott]] in ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]''. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [ | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070703203519/http://www.visittorchwood.co.uk ''Torchwood House'' via the Wayback Machine] | ||
== Footnotes == | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
{{Doctor Who tie-in websites}} | |||
[[Category: | [[Category:2006 tie-in websites]] | ||
