About Doctor Who Online
Welcome to the About section at Doctor Who Online. Here you will find information on the Doctor Who Online Team, Site Statistics, Media Packs, Social Networks, Site History and more.
Site History
1996 - The Beginning
The site was founded as Doctor Who: The REGENERATIVE website in 1996 by Sebastian J. Brook, as a place for fans to find out news and guides for the show whilst it was off the air. When it launched, there was no current series of Doctor Who and the show was not shown in a regular cycle; because of this the website detailed when previous episodes were to be repeated on television, on channels such as UK Gold.
2000 - Name Change
In 2000, the website changed its name to Doctor Who Online in response to former Doctor Tom Baker, who suggested the name would suit the website better.
2003 - Community Launch
In 2003, Doctor Who Online launched a community forum featuring topics on all areas of Doctor Who as well as Q&A's with celebrity guests from the show. As of 2011, the forum has well over 35,000+ members.
2006 - The DWO WhoCast
In 2006, Sebastian J. Brook teamed up with computer programmer, Paul A.T. Wilson to co-present the DWO WhoCast podcast, which at its peak has become the biggest Doctor Who Podcast on iTunes with over 30,000+ weekly listeners. Paul helped introduce new technologies to the site to enable more interactivity and a more streamlined browsing experience.
Present Day
Since then, the site has been going from strength to strength, gaining a daily readership of over 30,000+ visitors. Future plans involve the site becoming even more interactive with functionality for fans to effectively log on to the site and have a facebook-style social bar to connect with their online friends.
DWO Admin Team
Site Editor
Sebastian J. Brook
DWO News Team
- Senior News Editor: Sebastian J. Brook
- News Editor: Paul Cortez
- News Editor: Jamie Hawkins
DWO Apps Team
- Developer: Sebastian J. Brook
DWO Forum Team
Administrators
- Seb@DWO: Sebastian J. Brook
Moderators
- Amazingchi: Charlie Watson
- Chela: Will Jones
- Cyberstudent: Jake George
- Neutron Flow: Luke Clift
- NickD: Nick Dickens
- Waltmouse: Jay S. Gale
DWO Statistics Snapshot
*based on averages site-wide
Recent Monthly Visitor Totals
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2021
2020
Media Appearances
Over the years, DWO has appeared in various audio & video interviews as well as print & online media. View a handful of these below:
📺 Video Features
📻 Radio Features
📰 Print Media
Website Evolution
Below is an archive of some of the snapshots of what Doctor Who Online looked like in the past, right through to the present day: