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Who is Doctor Who?, later titled Defending the Earth!, was a website released on 24 March 2005[1] to coincide with the the 2005 series of Doctor Who, one of several websites created at that time. On 24 March, the Doctor Who website added a link to Who is Doctor Who?, visible as "Lies", after the site updated to focus on Rose.[1]

Everything on this website is told from an in-universe perspective, as if you were reading the very pages on the in-universe website itself.

In late September 2006, the Defending the Earth! website was nominated for a Y Design Award at the London Design Festival.[3]

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# Source Main character(s) Featuring Release Date Notes
Series One
1 Have You Seen This Man? Clive Finch Ninth Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith, Mike Yates, Arthur Dent, Peri Brown, Alastair Fergus, readers of whoisdoctorwho.co.uk 24 March 2005 A series of BBC-approved user-generated flash fiction, about fictional anecdotes of people who met the Doctor.
2 Dummy Massacre Mickey Smith Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler, readers of whoisdoctorwho.co.uk 27 March 2005 The first short story on the website to feature Mickey Smith. Set in the aftermath of the Dummy Massacre.
3 The Doctor Was Involved in the Dummy Massacre Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler, Auton Mickey, readers of whoisdoctorwho.co.uk 3 April 2005 This short story reveals more information about the Dummy Massacre.
4 Rose sighting confirmed Charles Dickens, Joseph Green, readers of whoisdoctorwho.co.uk 10 April 2005 This short story coincided with The Unquiet Dead.
5 Alien landing confirmed Space pig, squidbaby23 readers of whoisdoctorwho.co.uk 17 April 2005 This short story coincided with Aliens of London.
6 Hoax This! Readers of whoisdoctorwho.co.uk 24 April 2005 This story coincided with World War Three and features the UNIT website.
7 Henry Van Statten Henry van Statten, readers of whoisdoctorwho.co.uk 30 April 2005 This story coincided with Dalek.
8 Essay Competition Rose Tyler, Ninth Doctor, Adam Mitchell 8 May 2005 This story coincided with Dalek and Father's Day.
9 Rose's Dad? Rose Tyler, Ninth Doctor, Jackie Tyler, Stuart Hoskins, Sarah Clark 15 May 2005 This story coincided with Father's Day.
10 Amarillo Hoax 22 May 2005 This story coincided with The Empty Child.
11 Hitler's Last Secret? 29 May 2005 This story coincided with The Doctor Dances.
12 Meltdown 5 June 2005 This story coincided with Boom Town.
13 World Saved. Who Cares? 15 June 2005 This story coincided with Bad Wolf.
14 Mars 21 December 2005 This story coincided with The Christmas Invasion.
Series Two
15 Lifeboat Museum Mickey Smith April 2006 This story is the first webcast on the now-rebranded Defending the Earth! website.
16 Security Bot This story is the first game on the now-rebranded Defending the Earth! website.
17 Torchwood House 22 April 2006 This duo of stories coincided with Tooth and Claw.
18 Satellites Readers of whoisdoctorwho.co.uk
19 Deffry Vale School Mickey Smith 29 April 2006 This duo of stories coincided with School Reunion.
20 Defeat Deffry Readers of whoisdoctorwho.co.uk Brother Lassar
21 Tick Tock Mickey Smith 6 May 2006 This duo of stories coincided with The Girl in the Fireplace.
22 Clockwork Quest Readers of whoisdoctorwho.co.uk
23 Secret Code Ricky Smith Mickey Smith 13 May 2006 This duo of stories coincided with Rise of the Cybermen
24 Cybus Spy Readers of whoisdoctorwho.co.uk
25 Operation: Paris Mickey Smith 20 May 2006 This duo of stories coincided with The Age of Steel.
26 Airships Readers of whoisdoctorwho.co.uk Mickey Smith
27 The Wire A friend, readers of whoisdoctorwho.co.uk The Wire 27 May 2006 This story coincided with The Idiot's Lantern.
28 Take the Test June 2006 TBA
29 Art Attack Tenth Doctor 24 June 2006 This story coincided with Fear Her.

Notes[]

  • While series one of Doctor Who was being broadcast, each short story was released on the homepage of the site, before being moved to a subdirectory. For example: "/index1.shtml". The number would change for each story, so PROSE: Dummy Massacre, the second short story on the site, would be under "/index2.shtml", and so on. By 2 April 2006,[4] all of the stories had been filed under a subdirectory, and a new home page was released, and periodically accompanied by short, two-part webcasts. Unfortunately, these seem to be no longer accessible, and there are seemingly no copies online. The webcasts ceased to be released after Mickey's departure in TV: The Age of Steel, with only games being released afterwards.
  • Along the span of time in which the website was updated with new prose material, there were several fictional "webmasters": Clive Finch, who appeared in one story until his death in TV: Rose; Mickey Smith, who appeared in eighteen stories, until his departure in TV: The Age of Steel; and David Roberts, identified only as "a friend", who appeared in three stories, but the site was left abandonded after the release of Art Attack, leaving David's fate unresolved.
  • The website domain seems to have been registered by the BBC on 29 June 2004.[5]
    • The BBC's ownership of the domain is set to expire on 29 June 2023.[5]
    • As of 16 June 2024, the BBC still owns the domain, but it simply redirects to the Doctor Who topic page on the BBC's website.
  • The illustration of the Ninth Doctor at Krakatoa was mentioned to still be available to view on whoisdoctorwho.co.uk in Doctor Who Magazine's The Fact of Fiction article about Inferno.[6]

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