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Welcome to the About section at Doctor Who Online.
Here you will find information on the Doctor Who Online Team, Site
Statistics, Media Packs, Social Networks, Site History and more. |
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The site was founded as Doctor Who: The REGENERATIVE website
in 1996 by Sebastian J. Brook, as a place for fans to find
out news and guides for the show whilst it was off the air.
When it launched, there was no current series of Doctor Who and the show was
not shown in a regular cycle; because of this the website detailed when
previous episodes were to be repeated on television, on channels such as
UK Gold.
In 2000, the website changed its name to Doctor Who Online
in response to former Doctor Tom Baker, who suggested the
name would suit the website better.
In 2003, Doctor Who Online launched a community forum
featuring topics on all areas of Doctor Who as well as Q&A's with celebrity
guests from the show. As of 2011, the forum has well over 35,000+ members.
In 2006, Sebastian J. Brook teamed up with computer
programmer, Paul A.T. Wilson to co-present the
DWO WhoCast podcast, which at its peak has become the
biggest Doctor Who Podcast on iTunes with over 30,000+
weekly listeners. Paul helped introduce new technologies to the site to
enable more interactivity and a more streamlined browsing experience.
Since then, the site has been going from strength to strength, gaining a
daily readership of over 30,000+ visitors. Future plans involve the site
becoming even more interactive with functionality for fans to effectively
log on to the site and have a facebook-style social bar to connect wih their
online friends.
Below is an archive of some of the snapshots of what Doctor Who Online
looked like in the past, right through to the present day. Click on the
images below to display a larger version:
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Over the years, DWO has appeared in various audio & video
intereviews as well as print & online media. View a handful of these below:
| Video Features / Interviews: |
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Date: |
Type: |
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| ITV1 News - 'Bonhams Doctor
Who Auction' - Interview |
6/3/2007 |
.wmv |
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| Podfinder UK - 'DWO WhoCast'
- Feature |
13/12/2007 |
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| Will It Blend?
Dr Who & The
Daleks -
Featuring Sebastian J. Brook |
9/11/2010 |
url |
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| Radio
Features / Interviews: |
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Date: |
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Link: |
| LBC - Interview |
16/4/2006 |
.mp3 |
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| BBC Radio Wales - Interview |
15/11/2006 |
.mp3 |
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| BBC Radio 2 - Website of the Day - Feature |
30/3/2007 |
.mp3 |
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| BBC Radio Wales - Interview |
31/3/2007 |
.mp3 |
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| BBC Radio 4 - Interview |
19/11/2008 |
.mp3 |
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| BBC Radio Wales - Interview |
18/3/2010 |
.mp3 |
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| Magazine
& Newspaper Features / Interviews: |
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Link: |
| Broadband World Magazine -
DWO reviewed - Feature |
July 2004 |
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| SciFi Now Magazine Issue #9 -
DWO WhoCast reviewed - Feature |
15/11/2006 |
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| Radio Times - DWO WhoCast
reviewed - Feature |
27/2/2007 |
url |
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| Daily Star Newspaper - DWO's
'Save Jonty' Campaign mentioned - Interview |
27/8/2007 |
url |
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| Daily Mail Newspaper -
'David Tennant set to Quit' - Interview |
16/12/2007 |
url |
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Daily Express Newspaper
- 'Doctor Who May Quit' - Interview |
16/12/2007 |
url |
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BBC News Magazine - 'BBC Archive Documents' -
Interview |
19/11/2008 |
url |
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The Times - 'Time is on side of New Doctor Who' -
Interview |
4/1/2009 |
url |
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BBC News Magazine - '11th Doctor's Outfit' -
Interview |
21/7/2009 |
url |
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| SciFi Now Magazine Issue #34 -
'SciFi Obsessed' - Interview |
28/10/2009 |
image |
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DWO Admin Team
Site Editor - Sebastian J. Brook
C.T.Os - Rob Halliday, Paul A.T. Wislon
DWO News Team
Senior News Editor - Sebastian J. Brook
Assistant News Editor - Rob Halliday
News Editor - Jay S. Gale
News Editor - Steve Day
News Editor - Paul Cortez
News Editor - Jamie Hawkins
DWO Forum Team
Administrators
Seb@DWO - Sebastian J. Brook
Paul@DWO - Paul A.T. Wilson
Rob@DWO - Rob Halliday
Jono@DWO - Jonathan Jongkind
Sheldon@DWO - Sheldon Collins
Moderators
Chela - Will Jones
Waltmouse - Jay S. Gale
datadivajf - Joy Fleisig
Cyberstudent - Jake George
Amazingchi - Charlie Watson
Omeg@ - Alan Middleton
Fang Rock - Dave Spilsbury
Phoenix_zephyr - Tiggy Reed
NickD - Nick Dickens
Neutron Flow - Luke Clift
THE SEEKER42 - Ryan Wigley
DWO Apps Team
Developer - Sebastian J. Brook
Developer - Rob Halliday |
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DWO Statistics Snapshot
Daily Visitors: 30,000+
Monthly Visitors: 930,000+
Forum Membership: 39,000+
Twitter Followers: 34,000+
| 2011 - Monthly Visitor Totals |
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| January 2011 |
February 2011 |
March 2011 |
April 2011 |
May 2011 |
June 2011 |
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| 1,019,318 |
912,318 |
1,132,08 |
1,732,92 |
1,433,901 |
983,422 |
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| July 2011 |
August 2011 |
September 2011 |
October 2011 |
November 2011 |
December 2011 |
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| 1,162,685 |
1,139,993 |
1,292,104 |
1,199,234 |
976,333 |
1,019,217 |
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| 2010 - Monthly Visitor Totals |
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| January 2010 |
February 2010 |
March 2010 |
April 2010 |
May 2010 |
June 2010 |
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| 987,787 |
998,229 |
1,243,91 |
1,498,98 |
1,232,767 |
1,111,972 |
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| July 2010 |
August 2010 |
September 2010 |
October 2010 |
November 2010 |
December 2010 |
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| 1,066,240 |
911,377 |
908,019 |
889,222 |
938,892 |
1,021,434 |
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