{"id":34931,"date":"2022-03-26T00:13:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T00:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/?p=34931"},"modified":"2022-03-25T11:15:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:15:44","slug":"the-doctor-who-companion-turns-6-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2022\/03\/26\/the-doctor-who-companion-turns-6-years-old\/","title":{"rendered":"The Doctor Who Companion Turns 6 Years Old"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gosh, this feels a bit strange. The Doctor Who Companion<\/em> is six years old today (26th<\/sup> March 2022) \u2013 well, officially, at least. We launched on this day in 2016, but as those of you who followed us over from Kasterborous will remember, we\u2019d teased the DWC from February that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, we\u2019ve published some 2,892 articles (not including this one), an archive made up of news, features, and reviews, covering as much of the Doctor Who<\/em> universe as we can, from TV to books, audios to stage events. And I say \u201csome 2,892 articles\u201d because, when switching hosts, some articles fell through the gaps \u2013 not permanently lost, but at least proving difficult to retrieve right now. (We\u2019ll get there!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Needless to say, turning six makes me feel very proud. It actually marks something of a turning point, in that I\u2019d written for Kasterborous since 2011 and left when the site was sold on. So I\u2019ve now worked longer on the DWC as I did Kasterborous. (Of course, the K, as we still affectionately call it, has a far greater history, predating even Doctor Who<\/em>\u2019s 2005 return.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the time since the DWC began, the Doctor Who<\/em> landscape has gone through a seismic shift. The first episode that aired while the DWC was live was The Return of Doctor Mysterio<\/em>; the most recent episode to air was Eve of the Daleks<\/em>. The Twelfth Doctor has given in to the Thirteenth, and the showrunner mantle passed from Steven Moffat to Chris Chibnall. All that will change soon too, with Russell T Davies taking over as showrunner and a Fourteenth Doctor still to be announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Doctor is no longer from Gallifrey and isn\u2019t a Time Lord, although the character did steal a TARDIS and swanned off to explore all of time and space when bearing the visage of the first face he remembers. It\u2019s been a divisive time, basically. In truth, these changes have come close to killing my love for Doctor Who<\/em>, a fact I\u2019ve expressed elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nonetheless, there\u2019s still a lot to love; I don\u2019t think I could ever truly give up on a show that\u2019s given me The Tomb of the Cybermen, The Robots of Death<\/em>, The Caves of Androzani, The Impossible Planet\/ The Satan Pit, The Pandorica Opens\/ The Big Bang<\/em>, and Smile<\/em> (yes, I love Smile<\/em>; stop bugging me about it).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plus, it\u2019s given me a lot more than that. Including you \u2013 the Doctor Who Companion<\/em> community!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll no doubt have noticed we\u2019ve finally had to implement ads on the site. We\u2019re sorry about that, but it helps pay for hosting and for maintaining the site. We\u2019re still learning what works and what doesn\u2019t\u2026 not to mention how to properly use those ads. We\u2019re trying to get the balance right \u2013 we want to give readers the same great content without being hampered by too many adverts. As I write this, we\u2019ve tweaked that annoying ad below the title, getting rid of it completely! Except it hasn\u2019t worked. It\u2019s still there and we don\u2019t know why. We\u2019ll get there, promise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For now, I want to thank every person who has contributed to the DWC, whether that\u2019s writing articles, commenting, or visiting. We wouldn\u2019t be here without you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Onwards and upwards!<\/p>\n

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