Official Doctor Who Twitter

The Official Doctor Who Twitter, occupying the namespace of "bbcdoctorwho", was the official Twitter account used by the BBC for Doctor Who-related content.^[2]

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

2011[[edit] | [edit source]]

In January 2011, the Doctor Who Twitter account was created.^[2]

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2021[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who: Flux marketing campaign[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor Who Twitter account was involved with the promotion of Doctor Who: Flux, which was designed so that the audience were involved with the narrative of the arrival of the Flux:

On 2,^[3] 3,^[4] 4,^[5] 5,^[6] 6,^[7] 7,^[8] and 8 October, the account posted "interruptions" - short bursts of distorted footage of the Thirteenth Doctor sending a message.^[9] Within the same day, the account posted what appeared to be a transcript of the Doctor saying "can you hear me?"^[10] Very quickly after, all of the Doctor Who social media accounts shut down (barring Tumblr, though that account had been inactive since January same year).^[11] In the evening of 9 October, all of the social media accounts returned, posting promo images of the new series as well as giving new details about it.^[12] Among the content was the upload of The Flux is Coming..., a minisode that had premiered on television earlier that very same day,^[13] evidently showing that the "interruptions" where part of the full minisode, in which the Doctor sent out a distress call warning of the arrival of the Flux, indirectly to the viewers.^[14]

2022[[edit] | [edit source]]

On 25 May, the account posted an announcement of the Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star special, with a video trailer of the special, captioned "This is the @MayaJama x Doctor Who crossover you 100% needed! Get ready for a #DoctorWho themed episode of @GlowUpBBC, tonight on BBC Three."^[15]

On 27 May, the account posted about Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder, with 4 images^{[16][17][18][19]} captioned "The Worlds of Wonder exhibition is now open at the @World_Museum in Liverpool! Explore the history of the show and find out how science meets fiction in this exciting new exhibit🪐"^[20]

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• The location is set to "Space and Time".^[2]
• The biography was changed to "The official home of "that blue phone box show" on Twitter. #DoctorWho 💙💙 This is a commercial channel from @bbcstudios".^[2] This was in reference to a fan tweet in May 2022.^[21]
• The attached link doctorwho.tv leads to the Doctor Who website.^[2]
• The birthday is set to "November 23, 1963", in reference to the release of TV: An Unearthly Child.^[2]
• On various Fridays, the account reposts fanart for "#FanArtFriday".

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