Search Wise

search-wise.net was an Internet search engine.

After encountering the Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler used search-wise.net to find information about him. Her search for the text "doctor blue box" led her to the site Who is Doctor Who? and its operator, Clive Finch. (DW: Rose)

Mark Lynch used search-wise.net to find information on Owen Harper. (TW: Combat)

Behind the scenes
search-wise.net is a real website, but not a real search engine. It exists as a mock-up site on which producers of films and TV programmes can show their characters performing web searches, without the complications inherent in using a real-world search engine.

search-wise.net was the first website portrayed on-screen in Doctor Who. It remains the only website seen on-screen in Doctor Who which actually exists on the Internet, but was not created by the BBC as a tie-in.