Doctor Who?

No one other than his wife knows that.

Who made this?

That’d be me, Matt. I make a lot of things and can be found in most places going by the handle Lord Matt.

Why did you make this?

I really like Doctor Who. It’s brill. If you agree, you and I could probably be friends.

Is this a blog?

Well, kinda, I guess. People assume that a blog is a strict progression of posts and comments, but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint – it’s more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly… bloggy-vloggy… stuff. Well, it uses blog software. This allows me to add wibbly-wobbly-bloggy-vloggy-stuff at times when it seems like a good idea.

You can subscribe to the wibbly-wobbly-bloggy-vloggy-stuff via a feed reader or on an ActivityPub social media like Mastodon. You can comment via Mastodon, blogs, websites, or some HTML page you put on a server somewhere. We’ve moved beyond your limited conceptions of blogs and not-blogs.

This is hardly the ultimate repository of Doctor Who knowledge

You are correct. The fullest documentation of Doctor Who knowledge has been attempted by better and more successful people. This is simply a celebration of the series as well as an excuse to start a few conversations.

What is isBrill.com?

This site – isBrill.com – is a site for making pages (and sometimes sites) about things that are brill-dot-com. I’ve made brills for puns, Mastodon, and this guy among others.

Who made the custom Doctor Who isBrill logo?

Me (Matt). Well, mostly me. Well, I helped. I used an SVG from commons.wikimedia.org and did a poor job colouring it in. I slapped some text on top, stroked the text and called it a day. It’s not all that good. I’m sure anyone could do better but that’s all I have for now. The isBrill theme is ugly by design so my crap colouring fits right in.

What is this WebMention/ping thing?

WebMention is an IndieWeb technology that allows you to reply to stuff by writing your own stuff wherever seems like a good idea. The ping is how Webmention-enabled pages can be told about the reply.

Is WebMention the same as OpenMention?

Not quite, no. WebMention is what OpenMention uses. OpenMention is a project to create nominated pages that represent a given topic where others can mention them to have their content included in a wider conversation.

This isBrill will, I hope, become the OpenMention target for Doctor Who discussions. The difference is, you can reply directly.

Ask me questions – I might answer them

I can but try…