Dummy Massacre (short story)

Dummy Massacre was the second short story exclusively published on the Who is Doctor Who? website on 27 March 2005 by the BBC webteam. The short story was notable for two reasons: firstly, although his identity would be kept a secret in this story and the next few, this was the first short story on the website to feature Mickey Smith; and secondly, the story was set in the aftermath of the Dummy Massacre as seen in Rose.

Plot
A new webmaster is operating the conspiracy website Who is Doctor Who? and has posted a selection of accounts from the site's readers about the very recent Dummy Massacre, an attack by "killing dolls" on the population; at 07:08PM, when the London Eye became a "wheel of fire", CK saw the Eye from Westminster Bridge and TERI LOVER, who was on the wheel, thought they were going to die; at 07:09PM, when the dummies came to life, Alison was in Holland's in Bluewater when the dummies began to open fire, Max was at a coffee stall outside Bond Street station and hid behind the counter, and Saman78 was in Covent Garden and initially assumed the dummies were a mime act; and at 07:16PM, the attack stopped, NickP had to resist the urge to hurl when he smelt the dummies die.

The webmaster also leaves an area for the site's readers to submit more stories about the attack.

Entries
The collection of entries is arranged in order, oldest first

Characters
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Worldbuilding

 * CK compared appearance of the activation of the London Eye to fireworks and St. Elmo's fire.
 * CK also heard screaming.
 * TERI_LOVER tried to text while on the wheel.
 * TERI_LOVER also struggled to see because of brightness and struggled to talk because of the noise.
 * Alison was in the sportswear section of Holland's when the attack began.
 * Alison initially found the dummies to be funny before they started shooting and people began running away.
 * Alison observed one woman act oblivious to the carnage and tried telling them that the tracksuit top she was trying on was in her size as if that made any difference. The dummies shot her.
 * Max quickly deduced that the dummies were alien.
 * NickP compared the smell of the dying dummies to cabbage.


 * One notice on the side of the website claims that video footage of the attacked has been offered and the webmaster warns the readers.
 * The webmaster is unsure if the dummies are aliens or weapons.
 * There are reports of mass burnings of the dummies.
 * A leading waxwork museum denies that a figure of David Beckham tried to kill people.
 * There is a small tribute to Clive, which mentions that the website was his idea, and that he was a loving father and husband. Clive, a man in a shed, had many dreams and hopes of uncovering the truth. The webmaster says that "we will not forget" and the website will continue to spread the truth, with the next update coming in the next few days.
 * This is a small disclaimer about the photographs on the site not necessarily being in the webmaster's copyright, although no infringement is intended.
 * There is a small icon for Campaign for Real Aliens.

Continuity

 * This story, and The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre, was set in the aftermath of TV: Rose.
 * This story was also set at the same time as PROSE: Operation Mannequin, which was told from UNIT's perspective.
 * Mickey Smith taking over Who is Doctor Who? would become an ongoing storyline in later stories published on the Who is Doctor Who? tie-in website, from The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre to Lifeboat Museum. The short story The Secret Lives of Monsters, although it has a few minor contradictions with the tie-in website, does mention that the in-universe website continued to be updated after Clive Finch's death. Even the short story Mickey's Blog, which alternately asserts that Mickey never took over Who is Doctor Who? and instead ran a blog, followed a very similar plot to the tie-in website.
 * The details about Clive align with his appearance in TV: Rose.