There's more I could say about this, but it would definitely fall into spoiler territory. I'll drop a line on it in a few weeks.
Amanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That's cool --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Keith Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is funny. I went to the search site Rose used in Doctor Who to look > up info on the doctor: Search-Wise.Net. Turns out it's not a real > search site at all, just a name that TV and film productions can use to > simulate a real site. Search on anything and you get the same page, > which has no real search info. Here's what they say about themselves: > > <http://www.search-wise.net/> http://www.search-wise.net/ This is NOT > a real search website! Owned and operated by Compuhire (Eccentric > Trading Company Ltd), this website has been set up for clearance > purposes so that it can be used in film and TV productions when scripts > require that a search engine is shown in vision. For more information > about Compuhire please visit our web site at > <http://www.compuhire.com/> www.compuhire.com, for information about > other domain names that we operate in this way please go back to the > main search engine page and submit a search for anything at all....the > results displayed will always be the same and not related in any way to > what you were searching for. > > But, what is also funny? I decided to mimic her searches on Google. Rose > got 17,700,000 hits for the term "Doctor" in her fictitious site. I got > over 400,000,000. > When I searched for "Doctor Living Plastic", I got the same first result > as Rose did: > > <http://hem.bredband.net/arenamontanus/Mage/plastic.html > > http://hem.bredband.net/arenamontanus/Mage/plastic.html > The Living Plastic Creations of Dr. Rhenborgby Anders Sandberg. One of > the most bizarre uses of Matter developed so far is the living plastic > invented by Dr. Rhenborg. He has combined the normal properties of > plastic with properties of living beings such as movement, healing and > instincts, for use as servants and weapons. The plastic creations are > brightly coloured, elastic beings able to stretch immensely before > breaking. > > Finally, I searched for "Doctor Blue Box", and also got the same initial > result as Rose, complete with the exact same fuzzy picture of the > Doctor! Apparently the site was created by a fan, and the TV production > crew grabbed his data to insert into the fictitious Search-Wise site: > > <http://doctor-blue-box.winnfreenet.com/> > http://doctor-blue-box.winnfreenet.com/ Doctor Who is finally on the > SciFi ch and it looks like the hard work I have done to create this site > back in 2005 is paying off because we can now be found in google when > you search for Doctor Blue Box. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > SPONSORED LINKS Science fiction and fantasy Genre magazine --------------------------------- YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "scifinoir2" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- "Excuse me while I whip this out." Cleavon Little , "Blazing Saddles" --------------------------------- Brings words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/