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Clive Finch identified the people following his conspiracy website as his "faithful readers". (PROSE: Rose [+]Russell T Davies, adapted from Rose (Russell T Davies), Target novelisations (Target Books, 2018).) Clive, (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? [+]various authors, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).) and later Mickey Smith and David Roberts, (PROSE: Dummy Massacre [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005)., Who Am I? [+]Joseph Lidster, Cheapserve website fiction (BBC, 2006)., Lights In The Sky) asked upon the readers of whoisdoctorwho.co.uk to fulfil certain requests, such as submitting their anecdotes of meeting the Doctor. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? [+]various authors, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005)., Rose [+]Russell T Davies, adapted from Rose (Russell T Davies), Target novelisations (Target Books, 2018).) The readers of the website were also supportive of Mickey during the time he was suspected (PROSE: Rose sighting confirmed [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).) to have been responsible for Rose Tyler's disappearance. (TV: Aliens of London [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).)
Readers[]
Some of the more notable readers of whoisdoctorwho.co.uk included: A. Fergus, Peri Brown, Arthur Dent, Mr Yates, Sarah Jane Smith, (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? [+]various authors, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).) Davros, (PROSE: Rose sighting confirmed [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).) Rose Tyler, (TV: Rose [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005)., PROSE: Rose [+]Russell T Davies, adapted from Rose (Russell T Davies), Target novelisations (Target Books, 2018).) and Sergeant Catherine Petts. (PROSE: Rose Tyler [+]BBC webteam, U.N.I.T. (BBC, 2005).) Curiously, there were readers who posted using the names The Master, (PROSE: Dummy Massacre [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).) dalek (PROSE: Rose sighting confirmed [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).) and Zygon. (PROSE: Henry Van Statten [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).) There were also hundreds of other readers. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? [+]various authors, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005)., Dummy Massacre [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005)., etc.)
History[]
By March 2005, Clive Finch asked his readers to send in their anecdotes about the Doctor to the site, although the exact details of the site varied between accounts. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? [+]various authors, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005)., Rose [+]Russell T Davies, adapted from Rose (Russell T Davies), Target novelisations (Target Books, 2018).) Clive got hundreds of responses, which he posted onto the site. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? [+]various authors, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).)
After Clive's death in the Auton attack, (TV: Rose [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005)., PROSE: The Secret Lives of Monsters [+]Justin Richards, BBC Books (2014)., etc.) Mickey Smith (PROSE: Hoax This! [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005)., Rose Tyler [+]BBC webteam, U.N.I.T. (BBC, 2005).) anonymously took over the website and then shared some of the stories of the site's readers, while also leaving an area for further stories to be submitted. (PROSE: Dummy Massacre [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).) Around a week later, he asked his readers if they had seen Rose Tyler after she went missing and if they had heard a "strange disembodied voice" over the weekend. (PROSE: The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).)
In early 2006, the webmaster wrote on the website that it was the support of his readers, with their belief in him, that kept him going amidst the false arrests by the police given their suspicion (PROSE: Rose sighting confirmed [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).) that he was responsible for Rose's disappearance. (TV: Aliens of London [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).) In the same post, the webmaster also asked his readers for their theories on MP Joseph Green's recent weight gain. (PROSE: Rose sighting confirmed [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).)
Following the crash of an alien spaceship in Central London, Mx asked his readers for their stories of the crash. (PROSE: Alien landing confirmed [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).) A day later, Mickey helped the Ninth Doctor defeat the Slitheen family, (TV: World War Three [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 1 (BBC One, 2005).) and on the following morning, Mickey wrote once again on his website, asking his readers for their stories, as well as giving them the passwords to the UNIT website, advising them to access the secure parts of the site sooner rather than later, as UNIT would inevitably change them. (PROSE: Hoax This! [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).)
In late 2006, Mickey told his readers to remember the truth about the alien attacks, the shop dummies and aliens invading London, until more news about the Guinevere probe was released on Christmas Day. (PROSE: Mars [+]BBC webteam, Who is Doctor Who? (BBC, 2005).)
In 2007, the readers of the website were contacted by Ricky Smith, (WC: Secret Code [+]Joseph Lidster, Defending the Earth! (BBC, 2006).) a native of Pete's World, (TV: Doomsday [+]Russell T Davies, Doctor Who series 2 (BBC One, 2006)., PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac [+]Steve Tribe, BBC Books (2008)., etc.) instead of Mickey as usual, who told them they had to look on the Internet for a code to take down Cybus Industries. (WC: Secret Code [+]Joseph Lidster, Defending the Earth! (BBC, 2006).) After going into a chatroom to speak with "ChatGuest1", the readers were sent across the Internet to find the correct code, going to websites belonging to International Electromatics, Cybus Industries, Cybus Fitness, Henrik & Son, and Millingdale. They eventually found the correct password, "binary9", after using the Cybus Industries Staff Intranet. (GAME: Cybus Spy [+]Joseph Lidster, Defending the Earth! (BBC, 2006).)
Behind the scenes[]
The identities of the readers of whoisdoctorwho.co.uk were often real world users who submitted fictional accounts of meeting the Doctor to the site, where the flash fiction was officially approved by the BBC, and released as parts of stories such as Have You Seen This Man?. After these readers had been established, later stories on the website, especially after its redesign to Defending the Earth!, were asked by Mickey to go on digital missions, which were often represented by web games.