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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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Details: |
Date: |
Type: |
Link: |
| ITV1 News - 'Bonhams Doctor
Who Auction' - Interview |
6/3/2007 |
.wmv |
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| Podfinder UK - 'DWO WhoCast'
- Feature |
13/12/2007 |
url |
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| Will It Blend?
Dr Who & The
Daleks -
Interview |
9/11/2010 |
url |
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| BBC News
-'Matt Smith Leaving' -
Interview |
2/6/2013 |
url |
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EntertainmentWise -'50th Anniversary' - Part 1 -
Interview |
6/8/2013 |
YouTube |
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EntertainmentWise -'50th Anniversary' - Part 2 -
Interview |
7/8/2013 |
YouTube |
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EntertainmentWise -'50th Anniversary' - Part 3 -
Interview |
14/8/2013 |
YouTube |
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| Radio
Features / Interviews: |
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| Title /
Programme: |
Date: |
Type: |
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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Details: |
Date: |
Type: |
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 |
image |
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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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The Telegraph - 'Racism in Doctor Who' -
Interview |
26/5/2013 |
url |
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Daily Star - 'Racism in Doctor Who' -
Interview |
27/5/2013 |
url |
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Daily Mail - 'Racism in Doctor Who' -
Interview |
28/5/2013 |
url |
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Sunday Express - '12th Doctor Speculation' -
Interview |
2/6/2013 |
url |
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BBC News - '12th Doctor Speculation' -
Interview |
2/6/2013 |
url |
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BBC America (Anglophenia) - '50th Anniversary
Ballot' -
Interview |
16/11/2013 |
url |
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The Sunday Times - '50th Anniversary' -
Interview |
17/11/2013 |
url |
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Radio Times - 'DWO's Paul McGann Interview' -
Feature |
18/11/2013 |
url |
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USA Today - '50th Anniversary' -
Interview |
19/11/2013 |
url |
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The Guardian - 'Should The Doctor Be A Woman?' -
Interview |
31/1/2021 |
url |
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Newsweek - 'Should The Doctor Be A Woman?' -
Interview |
31/1/2021 |
url |
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Pedestrian TV - 'Should The Doctor Be A Woman?' -
Interview |
1/2/2021 |
url |
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DWO Admin Team
Site Editor - Sebastian J. Brook
DWO News Team
Senior News Editor - Sebastian J. Brook
News Editor - Paul Cortez
News Editor - Jamie Hawkins
DWO Forum Team
Administrators
Seb@DWO - Sebastian J. Brook
Moderators
Amazingchi - Charlie Watson
Chela - Will Jones
Cyberstudent - Jake George
Neutron Flow - Luke Clift
NickD - Nick Dickens
Waltmouse - Jay S. Gale
DWO Apps Team
Developer - Sebastian J. Brook |
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DWO Statistics Snapshot
Daily Visitors: 35,000+*
Monthly Visitors: 1,500,000+*
Forum Membership: 50,000+
Twitter Followers: 115,000+
*based on averages site-wide.
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2025 - Monthly Visitor Totals |
| January 2022 |
February 2022 |
March 2025 |
April 2025 |
May 2025 |
June 2025 |
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| 2,529,114 |
1,944,093 |
2,206,827 |
1,893,002 |
1,582,209 |
2,385,930 |
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| July 2025 |
August 2025 |
September 2025 |
October 2025 |
November 2025 |
December 2025 |
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1,912,993 |
1,961,666 |
2,112,676 |
3,002,945 |
2,577,021 |
2,608,967 |
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2024 - Monthly Visitor Totals |
| January
2024 |
February 2024 |
March 2024 |
April 2024 |
May 2024 |
June 2024 |
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| 2,402,082 |
1,938,787 |
1,974,098 |
1,796,611 |
1,666,241 |
1,978,003 |
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| July 2024 |
August 2024 |
September 2024 |
October 2024 |
November 2024 |
December 2024 |
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1,919,949 |
1,883,429 |
2,049,582 |
2,944,032 |
2,028,478 |
2,859,109 |
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2023 - Monthly Visitor Totals |
| January
2023 |
February 2023 |
March 2023 |
April 2023 |
May 2023 |
June 2023 |
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| 2,315,694 |
1,264,643 |
1,532,690 |
1,859,499 |
1,400,019 |
1,620,551 |
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| July 2023 |
August 2023 |
September 2023 |
October 2023 |
November 2023 |
December 2023 |
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1,702,666 |
1,609,495 |
1,992,424 |
2,000,487 |
2,332,147 |
2,594,938 |
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2022 - Monthly Visitor Totals |
| January
2022 |
February 2022 |
March 2022 |
April 2022 |
May 2022 |
June 2022 |
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| 2,243,593 |
1,3294,506 |
1,739,699 |
1,783,602 |
1,574,449 |
1,592,004 |
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| July 2022 |
August 2022 |
September 2022 |
October 2022 |
November 2022 |
December 2022 |
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1,684,984 |
1,551,103 |
1,553,392 |
1,820,187 |
1,976,820 |
2,234,778 |
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2021 - Monthly Visitor Totals |
| January
2021 |
February 2021 |
March 2021 |
April 2021 |
May 2021 |
June 2021 |
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| 2,039,499 |
1,391,995 |
1,947,867 |
1,494,583 |
1,326,539 |
1,394,294 |
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| July 2021 |
August 2021 |
September 2021 |
October 2021 |
November 2021 |
December 2021 |
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1,400,473 |
1,399,222 |
1,512,003 |
1,531,187 |
1,604,484 |
1,611,937 |
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