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|name           = ''Rose sighting confirmed''
|name             = ''Rose sighting confirmed''
|image         = Dickens4 RSC.jpg
|image           = Dickens4 RSC.jpg
|main character = [[Mickey Smith]]
|main character   = [[Mickey Smith]]
|featuring     =  
|featuring       = [[Ninth Doctor]], [[Rose Tyler|Rose]], [[Charles Dickens]]
|setting       = [[Earth]], [[2006]]
|setting         = [[Earth]], [[2006]]
|release date   = [[10 April (releases)|10 April]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]
|release date     = [[10 April (releases)|10 April]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]
|writer         = BBC webteam
|writer           = BBC webteam
|publisher     = BBC
|publisher       = BBC
|format         = Online short story
|format           = Online short story
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'''''Rose sighting confirmed''''' was the fourth short story exclusively published on the ''[[Who is Doctor Who? (tie-in website)|Who is Doctor Who?]]'' website on [[10 April (releases)|10 April]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050410045758/http://www.whoisdoctorwho.co.uk/ ''Rose sighting confirmed'' on whoisdoctorwho.co.uk via the Wayback Machine]</ref> by the [[BBC webteam]] to coincide with the broadcast of ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]''. This story took place after an unspecified time jump, as the previous story, ''[[The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre (short story)|The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre]]'', was set on [[2 April]] [[2005]] in the aftermath of the [[Dummy Massacre]], and this story is seemingly set just prior to the events of ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', which was set on [[6 March]] [[2006]], due to this story introducing [[MP]] [[Joseph Green]], who was later revealed to be [[Jocrassa Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen]] wearing his [[skin suit|skin]].
'''''Rose sighting confirmed''''' was the fourth short story exclusively published on the ''[[Who is Doctor Who? (tie-in website)|Who is Doctor Who?]]'' website on [[10 April (releases)|10 April]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]] by the [[BBC webteam]] to coincide with the broadcast of ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]''.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
The [[Who is Doctor Who?]] website is updated, sometime after [[The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre (short story)|the previous entry]], where [[Mickey Smith|the webmaster]] shares a rare old [[photograph|picture]] of [[Charles Dickens]] in [[Cardiff]] [[1869]]: the astounding part? [[Rose Tyler]] and the [[Ninth Doctor]] are visible in the background. The webmaster is reassured that Rose is still out there, even if she is out of reach, although the [[police]] didn't believe the picture was real.
The webmaster continues to another subject, about a potential [[British government|government]] [[conspiracy]], where [[MP]] [[Joseph Green]] has had a recent [[weight]] gain, and he is aware of the existence of [[reason]] for it.
The webmaster moves onto a more personal situation he is facing, where he reveals that the police have closed their "[[net]] of [[suspicion]]" around him,


== Entries ==
== Entries ==
=== Rose ===
=== Rose entries ===
''The collection of entries is arranged in order, oldest first''
''The collection of entries is arranged in order, oldest first''
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=== Joseph Green ===
=== Joseph Green entries ===
''The collection of entries is arranged in order, oldest first''
''The collection of entries is arranged in order, oldest first''
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! 5
| [[robs]]
| [[robs]]
| robs suggests that someone, "quite ''clearly'', has been eating a lot of pies.
| robs suggests that someone, "quite ''clearly''", has been eating a lot of pies.
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| [[Muntjac Man]]
| [[Muntjac Man]]
| Muntjac Man reports that Green was spotted in [[Somerfield]] [[supermarket]] in [[Halstead]] on [[14 April]] buying [[100 (number)|100]] [[can]]s of [[insect]] [[repellent]] [[spray]].
| Muntjac Man reports that Green was spotted in [[Somerfield, Halstead|Somerfield]] [[supermarket]] in [[Halstead]] on [[14 April]] buying [[100 (number)|100]] [[can]]s of [[insect]] [[repellent]] [[spray]].
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! 18
| [[Lorinda]]
| [[Lorinda]]
| Lorinda addresses the site, saying that these people are always trying to stir up [[trouble]]. It is obvious that it is just a strange [[camera]] [[angle]], in the same way that all of the other [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] from ''Doctor Who?'' are clearly [[forgery|forged]]. Lorinda does not believe that "this Rose girl" ever existed.
| Lorinda addresses the site, saying that these people are always trying to stir up [[trouble]]. It is obvious that it is just a strange [[camera]] [[angle]], in the same way that all of the other [[conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] from Who is Doctor Who? are clearly [[forgery|forged]]. Lorinda does not believe that "this Rose girl" ever existed.
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| [[Government Offical]]
| [[Government Offical]]
| Government Offical orders ''Doctor Who?'' to cease, insisting that "THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT CORRUPT. DO NOT CONTINUE. This is your first [[warning]]."
| Government Offical orders Who is Doctor Who? to cease, insisting that "THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT CORRUPT. DO NOT CONTINUE. This is your first [[warning]]."
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| [[Mr Deacy]]
| [[Mr Deacy]]
| Mr Deacy says that ''Doctor Who?'' are all conspiracy [[loony|loonies]] and really should get out more and grow up, that Mr Green is doing a very good job indeed and could well do without this kind of [[nonsense]]. He says that they'll be saying next that he is really an alien.
| Mr Deacy says that Who is Doctor Who? are all conspiracy [[loony|loonies]] and really should get out more and grow up, that Mr Green is doing a very good job indeed and could well do without this kind of [[nonsense]]. He says that they'll be saying next that he is really an alien.
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== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Mickey Smith|Webmaster]]{{Note|While not revealed in this story, this character is later revealed to be [[Mickey Smith]].}}
* [[Rose Tyler]]
* [[Ninth Doctor]]
* [[Charles Dickens]]
* [[MP]] [[Joseph Green]]
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* [[Andy Fawcettt]]
* [[PDT]]
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* [[Laurence (Rose sighting confirmed)|Laurence]]
* [[a friend]]
* [[Craig O.]]
* [[Ben Swithen]]
* [[Mr Deacy]]
* [[Nu Wong]]
* [[Dr P Ware]]
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''more to be added''
=== Referenced only ===
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''to be added''


== References ==
== References ==


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This story, given that it is set just prior to ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', is set around [[February]] or early [[March]] [[2006]]; however, the person who submitted the entry about [[Muntjac Man]], as someone with no insight to the then-unaired details about ''Aliens of London'', evidently didn't know about the one year time jump, so mentioned that Joseph Green visited [[Somerfield, Halstead|a supermarket]] in [[Halstead]] on [[14 April]], however this can just easily be explained in-universe as Joseph Green visiting this supermarket prior to the [[Slitheen family]]'s arrival on [[Earth]].
* [[robs]]'s and [[bobs]]'s entries are likely an accidental duplication of the same submission.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* This story is sequel to ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]''
* This story is not only set before ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'', but released before too, meaning that this story is the debut of [[Joseph Green]], or more accurately [[Jocrassa Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen]], although this wouldn't be revealed until ''Aliens of London''.
* Rose and the Doctor were talking about [[chips]] in [[London]] in [[2005]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')
* Rose and the Doctor were talking about [[chips]] in [[London]] in [[2005]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'')
* A reader by the name of [[Davros]] wishes to meet the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
* A reader by the name of [[Davros]] wishes to meet the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
* An entry by [[rewboss]] was previously present in ''[[Have You Seen This Man? (short story)|Have You Seen This Man?]]''.
== Gallery ==
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" widths="250">
Dickens4 RSC.jpg|A picture of [[Charles Dickens]] with a familiar duo in the background.
Dickensenhanced.jpg|A computer-enhanced version.
Dickensenhanced2.jpg|Another enhanced version.
Josephgreen1.jpg|An image of [[Joseph Green]].
Josephgreen2.jpg|Another image of Joseph Green.
</gallery>
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== External links ==
== External links ==
{{elx|page url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070127163439/http://www.whoisdoctorwho.co.uk/index4.shtml|page name=''Rose sighting confirmed''|website url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070127163633/http://www.whoisdoctorwho.co.uk/|website name=''Who is Doctor Who?'' via the Wayback Machine}}
{{elx|page url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070127163439/http://www.whoisdoctorwho.co.uk/index4.shtml|page name=''Rose sighting confirmed''|website url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070127163633/http://www.whoisdoctorwho.co.uk/|website name=''Who is Doctor Who?'' via the Wayback Machine}}
== Footnotes ==
=== Notes ===
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