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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 |
image |
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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 |
31/1/2017 |
url |
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Newsweek - 'Should The Doctor Be A Woman?' -
Interview |
31/1/2017 |
url |
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Pedestrian TV - 'Should The Doctor Be A Woman?' -
Interview |
1/2/2017 |
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: 130,000+
*based on averages site-wide.
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2021 - Monthly Visitor Totals |
| January 2022 |
February 2022 |
March 2021 |
April 2021 |
May 2021 |
June 2021 |
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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 2021 |
August 2021 |
September 2021 |
October 2021 |
November 2021 |
December 2021 |
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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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2020 - Monthly Visitor Totals |
| January
2020 |
February 2020 |
March 2020 |
April 2020 |
May 2020 |
June 2020 |
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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 2020 |
August 2020 |
September 2020 |
October 2020 |
November 2020 |
December 2020 |
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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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2019 - Monthly Visitor Totals |
| January
2019 |
February 2019 |
March 2019 |
April 2019 |
May 2019 |
June 2019 |
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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 2019 |
August 2019 |
September 2019 |
October 2019 |
November 2019 |
December 2019 |
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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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2018 - Monthly Visitor Totals |
| January
2018 |
February 2018 |
March 2018 |
April 2018 |
May 2018 |
June 2018 |
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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 2018 |
August 2018 |
September 2018 |
October 2018 |
November 2018 |
December 2018 |
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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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2017 - Monthly Visitor Totals |
| January
2017 |
February 2017 |
March 2017 |
April 2017 |
May 2017 |
June 2017 |
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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 2017 |
August 2017 |
September 2017 |
October 2017 |
November 2017 |
December 2017 |
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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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2016 - Monthly Visitor Totals |
| January
2016 |
February 2016 |
March 2016 |
April 2016 |
May 2016 |
June 2016 |
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| 1,945,539 |
2,305,458 |
2,000,384 |
1,783,485 |
1,819,101 |
2,320,650 |
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| July 2016 |
August 2016 |
September 2016 |
October 2016 |
November 2016 |
December 2016 |
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2,341,002 |
2,724,992 |
2,978,809 |
2,356,536 |
2,423,666 |
3,024,578 |
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| 2015 - Monthly Visitor Totals |
| January
2015 |
February 2015 |
March 2015 |
April 2015 |
May 2015 |
June 2015 |
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| 1,400,201 |
1,219,397 |
1,419,089 |
1,598,164 |
1,849,326 |
2,001,193 |
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| July 2015 |
August 2015 |
September 2015 |
October 2015 |
November 2015 |
December 2015 |
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| 1,635,299 |
1,736,225 |
1,992,710 |
2,106,329 |
2,313,848 |
2,520,399 |
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| 2014 - Monthly Visitor Totals |
| January 2014 |
February 2014 |
March 2014 |
April 2014 |
May 2014 |
June 2014 |
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| 1,239,194 |
1,099,222 |
1,102,628 |
1,422,020 |
1,723,667 |
1,311,409 |
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| July 2014 |
August 2014 |
September 2014 |
October 2014 |
November 2014 |
December 2042 |
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| 1,620,002 |
1,112,363 |
1,228,992 |
2,013,232 |
1,937,988 |
1,710,001 |
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