Doctor Who: 20 Things You Didn't Know About The Ninth Doctor

14. Clive's Website Was Actually Real

Doctor Who Rose the Ninth Doctor
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In the Ninth Doctor's first episode, Rose meets a man called Clive to discuss the Doctor – or, more specifically, to discuss the question: Doctor who?

We're shown that Clive has created a website called whoisdoctorwho.co.uk, which contains a huge picture of the Ninth Doctor, and a request for people to contact Clive if they have any information about him – which of course, Rose does.

This site wasn't just created for the show though – it was actually created in real life too, and was still live as of the early 2020s, though today it redirects to the official Doctor Who website.

The site was written from an in-universe perspective, and contained pictures of the Doctor along with stories of "confirmed sightings". So, if you'd ever seen a strange man running in and out of a phone box, you had somewhere to share your story!

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