Emails, or e-mails, were messages distributed by electronic means from one computer to another via a network, typically the Internet. (PROSE: The Twilight Streets [+]Gary Russell, BBC Torchwood novels (BBC Books, 2008).)
On Earth, such technology was used as early as of the 2000s, (TV: Rose [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).) and was still common as of 2040. (PROSE: Outsourcing [+]Marc Platt, Short Trips: 2040 (Short Trips short stories, 2004).)
History[]
In 1941, the Ninth Doctor told Rose Tyler that he was "email[ing] the upgrade" before he threw nanogenes to cure the Empty Child victims. (TV: The Doctor Dances [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).)
In 2003, Gabrielle Graddige wrote an e-mail to the Brigadier soliciting his opinions on the "InterCom Affair", so that his thoughts could be incorporated into her book, War in Space - the Real Story. (PROSE: The King of Terror [+]Keith Topping, BBC Past Doctor Adventures (BBC Books, 2000).)
On his website Have you seen the Doctor????????, Clive Finch asked his readers to send photos, anecdotes, or top-secret documents to him via email or telephone number. On 5 March 2005, Rose Tyler contacted Clive and arranged to meet up with him at his home. (PROSE: Rose [+]Russell T Davies, adapted from Rose (Russell T Davies), Target novelisations (Target Books, 2018).)
After the defeat of the Slitheen family on 7 March 2006, Mickey Smith (TV: World War Three [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).) wrote on his website the morning after, confessing that he had "been in two minds" recently, finding himself doubting the evidence, facts, and secrets he uncovered, upon rewatching it, although he was reassured by the emails he received, even though he sometimes deleted them, knowing vaguely what was in them. (PROSE: Hoax This! [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).)
By 2007, Ianto Jones's email address was iantojones@torchwood.co.uk. (AUDIO: Fall to Earth [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)
In 2007, Elton Pope intended to keep in touch with Colin Skinner via email as he searched for Bridget Sinclair with Victor Kennedy. However, Elton found that Skinner had been absorbed by Victor soon after. (TV: Love & Monsters [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 2 (BBC One, 2006).)
During the Atraxi incident in 2008, email was one of the methods suggested by the Eleventh Doctor to Jeff Angelo to spread his computer virus across the world. (TV: The Eleventh Hour [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 5 (BBC One, 2010).)
In 2008, Vivien Rook designed an email to be automatically sent to Torchwood if she failed to return to her desk at 10:30pm. Jack Harkness later retrieved the message, finding it contained information on Harold Saxon's Archangel Network. (TV: The Sound of Drums [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 3 (BBC One, 2007).)
In the 2000s,[nb 1] Jo Nakashima sent an email to Colonel Mace of UNIT concerning her investigations regarding a number of deaths related to ATMOS systems. (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem [+]Helen Raynor, Doctor Who series 4 (BBC One, 2008).)
In 2017, the Twelfth Doctor's sonic sunglasses could send and receive emails. A virtual version of the Doctor used this to send the real Doctor a recording of the Monks' simulation called Extremis. (TV: Extremis [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who series 10 (BBC One, 2017).)
Undated events[]
Keri once received a spam email from Galaxy Five's Readers Digest. (PROSE: Big Bang Generation [+]Gary Russell, BBC New Series Adventures (BBC Books, 2015).)
Emails were banned on Traken as they were too distracting. (AUDIO: Ghost Walk [+]James Goss, Main Range (Big Finish Productions, 2018).)
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- ↑ The present day of Doctor Who's fourth series is not consistently dated, with TV: The Fires of Pompeii, TV: The Waters of Mars, and AUDIO: SOS setting the present of the 13 regular episodes in 2008 (heavily implied by TV: The Star Beast and TV: The Giggle as well), and PROSE: Beautiful Chaos setting them in about April to June 2009.