Children of Tardis

Info

Site Address: http://children-of-tardis.blogspot.com/

Web Host: Blogger

Run by: Ro Lean

Opened: October 2008

Review

Owner

Ro works very hard on the site, to make it feel he can get the best out of it. Ever since the site opened (which was not long ago at all), there have already been massive changes occurring on the main pages and mostly the site pages. For one thing, the site changed its layout very recently to give it an eye-catching appeal. There is more about the layout in the next section. The cbox on the side makes it addictive to talk, as the owner is always extremely kind and welcoming to any who visit. She must take pride in the guests she gets, and needs to realise that the work on the site is fantastic, and should not under-estimate what the site has achieved even in it's early days!

Layout

The layout is encouraging also. The site first started with a plain layout, which was nice, but for what the site was becoming, it was needed something a little more. And so, not long ago, the desktop theme was changed completely, adding a particuarly professional look it. The main part now has a white background, making it exeptionally easy to view. One aspect that I do love is that on every page, including the Homepage, there is a little banenr, under the main one, showing what page you are on. As the banner does not change for each page, this is useful, but the main benefit mostly is that it looks good! The very top sides are blue, giving it that extra touch, as well as slightly grey sides below the blue. With the banner, colours and a neat and organised design, this is a very promising part of the site as a whole.

News Posts

Although there isn't a large amount of news posted on Children of Tardis, they look and are great when they are put on! There are new updates everyday, mostly, and there acm be one or two posts. Maybe there should be a few more of these, as they are done brilliantly! The posts cn be foudn on the main page under the welcome message, which means that it isn't possible to rea the new without being welcomed by the owner, which is pleasurable. Most posts have a picture with them, apart from the ones with a video included, and contain enough information written in original words, and also thanks the reading for viewing it, so all in all the atmosphere is tremendously friendly. So, just a bit more general and possibly merchandise pieces, and then I wouldn't know what more to ask for on the whole site!

Spelling and Grammar

It is so satisfying to see that one mistake cannot even be made, as it is definitely very hard to spot one error of any sort. Structure is superb, to posts and pages all round the site. No more tosay really. Just keep on doing what you're doing, and everything will be great.

Pages

From the word go, the site had started its magnificent pages, which is intriguing, as most sites wait for a while before they do. Ro must have been determined to put them up as soon as the site became avaliable. There are many to choose from, and they are being updated as we speak. I will talk about each in sections;

• My Word! starts it off, and you may have already realised that the owner is writing it to talk about any news and anything she wants to say to visitors about the site. There isn't much on there yet, but there need not be. I very much like all the features in the sidebars of each page. Some link to different parts of the site, while other show videos and much more! Excellent! Links contain various different, well, links, to many other sites, official or not, and even includes some banners instead of just writing, which looks very good.
  
• Videos gives us a chance to see many Doctor Who-related videos, but one suggestion might be that instead of putting them all in the sidebar (except one), possibly put links to them in posts on the sidebar. Moving on, Magazines. This page takes a look at the three tremendous magazines you can buy. They contain the cover and price, but unfortunately no information, apart from the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine. Possibly it should? I don't no!
• Read all about the top Time Lord in the page called 'The Doctor', including all facts and incarnations. Companions is mostly the same, but it's all about the friends the Doctor has had in his life, that we have seen anyway. This is great, but I'm not sure for these pages, will they in the future contian a little information about each person, or just name them? Well, that's up to you. Just wondering. Books provides all the latest stories of what the Doctor gets up to when not on telly. This names all the books, and recent posts have synopses and prices.
• The Sarah Jane Adventures has a list and pictures of the children's spin-off show, including cast. Again, in the future, should the be more information, like episode guides? The Torchwood page is still under construction when I am writing this. I presume that will be like the Sarah jane page, more or less.
• The Classic Series page is fantastically useful when you want to see pictures and read about the new figures from Character. Up to date with the information on the second wave, great! And finally we have the E-Books. What a highlight! Amazing stories, of which the first is caleld The Empty Moon, and is part of the Children of Tardis Chronicles. If you ever go on the site, pelase don't leave without reading these, because there is no doubt that you won't enjoy them. One problem is that it's quite and long way and is a bit confusing getting into the book to read it, but this is no problem. All in all, that is actually quite exciting!
  

Sidebar

With a brilliant site comes a brilliant sidebar! It starts after a flashing sign saying 'Who Is the Next Doctor?'. Well, at this stage we don't know, so moving on. The site team are mentioned, including two people, the owner on it, of course. A useful feature is the Contact Me option, allowing the visitors to contact the owners, privately. Children of Tardis has alrwady recieved many, many visitors, with already a total of over 2300, according to the counter. Something no other site has done this well is the 'Coming Soon' part. This tells you every aspect of Doctor Who that will be comign soon, mostly. It has magazines, episodes (with videos), books, DVDs, the lot. Well Done for this! The chat box is great for communicating with anybody who reads it, but should it not be above Coming Soon... so we can see it properly? There is also a lot of followers, well, following. Eighteen already, which is exceptional! Then a copyright notice that is quite... entertaining? Ok, I'll stick with that!

Other Features

Banner; The banner is white and has pictures from The Next Doctor, plus the Doctor Who and Children of Tardis' Logo. It looks very relaxed and great, and not full of action.

Our Key Suggestions...

• More posts
  
• Remove archive gadget from pages!
  
• More information of pages
  

Note - these are only suggestions, which you may or may not want to take into account.

Overall

Evr since this site started, it has been top quality work, and it stands out at you as soon as you click onto it. Work like you keep doing, and I can see this site as a major achievement!

Rating:

Word Count: 1308

Doctor Who and SJA

Info

Site Address: http://dwandsja.blogspot.com/

Web Host: Blogger

Run by: SJA

Opened: 12th October 2008

Review

Owner

The owner, SJA, obviously takes pride in the visitors that come to the site, whether it be newcomers or frequent visitors. They talk on the cbox often, which is great for interacting with the guests. They put quite a lot of work into the site, which is pleasing, and trying to make everything mostly right, and the language used throughout makes it an affable place to spend your time. One downside might be that the owner doesn't check some of the things they write, and so mistakes crop up every now and then, but this is not hard to adjust. Another thing also might be that possibly the owner could come up with things that are completely their idea, and not from other sites. This is clear to see in posts on the main page, and its pages.

Layout

A very bold design makes Doctor Who and SJA a pleasurable place to visit. It stands out well, and thankfully looks fantastic. With a few tidies up in posts and the sidebar, it can be even better! The main part has a grey background with mostly light grey text, which works well, but is this just a Christmas layout, as unfortunately it does look a bit dull, as there aren't many colour variations. The sides are white, but, with a few more colours, it might start to look a bit better going into January. Pictures do bring it to life though.

News Posts

The posts on the main page are starting to become more frequent, which is great, as the site is now becoming more reliable with more of them. They are good posts, and always contain a picture. There is just one negative point, before most of the positive ones, though. Some posts and pictures are off other sites, which shows that the owner is quite lazy in making their own news and writing it. The latest posts though, are a lot better, which shows that the site is steadily improving. One other point is that the pictures look a tad untidy, because there is no plan on how big each one will be, and so every single one is different. I'm not saying that they all need to appear the same size, but they could be anywhere. I think I need to see a few more posts to make my final view on the matter.

Spelling and Grammar

Every now and again, you are able to spot errors, but these are definitely nothing too big, which is reassuring. Unfortunately, they are not just in the posts. Like, on the sidebar it says 'threatin', instead of 'threaten', so we just need to see a bit more care gone into things, and more checking over. Grammar is mostly fine, but more structure to posts would bring out more in the site, like it has the potential to achieve. There are a few sentences, which need a few more words to make proper sense, but this can very easily be sorted out.

Pages

The owner has clearly just started thinking about pages for the site. At the moment, the links to these are marked at the top of the site, and in good colours, to see them better. There are two extra open at the moment, except that there are many that are put down, either in progress or planning, which should be up soon enough.

• Christmas is the page all about the festive time of year of that very name. There isn't a lot on it at the moment, but there are pictures and videos. Plus some Christmas lights at the top, which just give it that extra touch of sparkle. But this, again, is another factor that they could have made up themselves, rather than getting the whole idea from one specific site. Hopefully, there will be things the owner has thought of nearer Christmas.
• The other page is the Site Banners feature. This allows visitors who own a site of their own to ask for a banner to be personally made for that site. This is a new thing that sites are now doing, and is a great thing to be doing. There are two images up at the moment, and at first glance, look rather good!

I'm very much looking forward to the new pages coming soon.

Sidebar

A few brief facts at the top of the sidebar prove useful to those who want a bit of information, without looking too deeply into the site. The page hits are reasonably good, and should go up more and more as the site grows. The cbox feature allows you to communicate with the owner and anyone who visits the site and just above that is a picture of the next Doctor Who episode. Being a site with Sarah Jane Adventures also in the title, shouldn't they also have the next SJA? There is a poll usually up, to cast your thoughts onto a certain topic. Then you can definitely tell that the owner is a fan of Doctor Who (if you didn't already), with a picture that he owner of Doctor Who Fansite made for everyone who wants to put it on their site. Still in its early days, it's amazing how many followers the site has already gained, which is delightful! And then you have Quote of the Week. One possibility for the sidebar could be the archive, so visitors can have links back to older news.

Other Features

Banner; The banner certainly shows what the site is supposed to be based around. Doctor Who and SJA, and so it has the Doctor on the left and Sarah Jane on the right, plus the two logos, linking them together with an 'and', which in the end makes up the title of the site. Genius!

Our Key Suggestions...

• Take care with spelling and apply more structure to posts
  
• Put more features into the sidebar
  
• Sort colours
  
• Have more own ideas
  

Note - these are only suggestions, which you may or may not want to take into account.

Overall

Doctor Who and SJA has working potential, and I'm sure that after reading this, there may be a few changes, to make the site better, without too many errors and new features, but at the moment, a good start.

Rating:

Word Count: 1068

Doctor Who - The Blog

Info

Site Address: http://doctorwhotheblog.blogspot.com/

Web Host: Blogger

Run by: JP (Joe Poe)

Opened: 17th November 2008

Review

Owner

JP is always talking on the site's cbox, all the time, everyday... Visitors feel very welcome to the site, and makes it a very friendly atmosphere, which is always what you want with any site. And in the posts, the formal text and layout also has the same effect. The site has just started, and you can see the the owner has been working very hard, making posts and also adding new features to the site, even at this stage!

Layout

Of course, the site still needs time to develop and adjust the design, but for the moment, on the whole, everything looks clear and neat. The background is black, with various different colours, on pictures and on text, but it does unfortunately look a bit dull with some of these colours, but this can be sorted easily.

News Posts

This is one of those sites which just posts, and posts... and posts! Even thought the site has been open for just three quarters of a month, an amazing 100 posts have just been reached! When the site first started, the posts weren't really of that good quality, but it has developed a lot since then. Instead of mostly just posting news about what's going on with the site, and the, what seems like hundreds of banners, the standard is much higher. This may possibly be as the site is starting to settle in, and seen other sites, thinking what the could try to achieve. Recently, there has been news appearing on the site about the Christmas special. Most reports come with a picture to help the post be clearer. There isn't a lot of detail and information in them, but there is enough to be getting on with.

Spelling and Grammar

I have spotted a few mistakes on the site, but this is nothing too major, and can't really be helped sometimes. The structure to each post is varied. Sometimes, it seems like the owner knows exactly what they're going to say, while at other time, it doesn't. This means that posts are always different from one another.

Pages

Just very recently, a few brand new extras have been added on. They all have a different layout to the homepage, and is white, and possibly looks better than the main page's. They all have a unique banner made for the page, and they all look different, but maybe a bit too different, showing no link between them. They also don't have links to each other page, which is a little annoying when you want to go somewhere else, without going back onto the hompage. But these are just minor points.

• Apart from the main page, there are the Tardis files, a place to learn about characters, planets and any other objects the owner writes about. As they've just stated now, one file shall be posted every week. They have good detail and facts, and look good as well.
• A bigger thing is the Ten Doctors series and the Clashes series, which are stories the owner has written. They are long enough for a good read, and are actually excellent for fan-made stories. The Ten Doctors is written in different parts, and Clashes is a very clever feature. This a a definite highlight for the site, which you should check out!
• The site has started banner designs, and what you have to do with this is just ask for a banner for your own site, and the owner shall make you one. We have not seen any of them yet, but it will be nice to in the future.
• Links provide a very good source of information if you want more than the site has got...

Sidebar

The sidebar is always getting updated, for new features, and things getting taken down. At the top is a tiny portion of information telling you when the site opened, but I think if they are going to bother putting this up, put more information up, so it looks better.  Below that is something that is called 'Table of Contents', which simply links all the sites pages into one, which is useful. There is a TV Guide, but it is a picture. it looks slightly messy, as parts of letters go off the side of it, but it is not a big deal. Already, the site has won an award, from The Bad Wolf TV, which is excellent. The award is for 'Most up-t0-date' Blog, which it sure is! The site has amazingly gained quite a number of followers. Nine, to be exact, which is fantastic already! I won't go into the poll below that, because it's... well... And then we have a picture of some Daleks and saying 2009. Does this mean that JP thinks the Daleks will be appearing next year? And the cbox below that is used very frequently, and then you can get to all your favourite posts with the archive. 

Other Features

Banner; The banner is periodically changed, and at the moment shows many Cybermen in different ways, and looks quite good, even though a bit blurry. Maybe the owner should think about developing a really good banner, and then have it up on the site for longer.

atts key suggestions

• Have a think about colours and layout
• Tidy pages
• Posts with more detail (possibly)
• More structure to posts
• Tidy Sidebar
• Put a banner up for longer

Note - these are only suggestions, which you may or may not want to take into account.

Overall

A site with working progress, but at the moment is doing very well, just a few factors that need sorting.

Rating:

Word Count: 954

Doctor Who Fansite

Info

Site Address: http://doctorwho-fansite.blogspot.com/

Web Host: Blogger (+ Piczo)

Run by: thedoctorwho07

Opened: May 2008

Review

Owner

The owner of Doctor Who Fansite, thedoctorwho07, is always polite and welcoming to new and regular visitors. He isn't always talking on the site's cbox as frequently as he used to, but it does not matter, because you can see the amount of hard work they're putting into the site. The fansite is growing quite rapidly, with new pages and features being added on as we speak, that the owner is providing for us, making the site much bigger and better than it used to be.

Layout

A first look at the site, and you may think the black background is pretty boring. You thought wrong. Even though it looks simple, the dark colour looks amazing, and helps make everything stand out clearly, and definitely professionally. You cannot even see the joins around the banner because the background of that is also black, which, in fact looks great. If you had different colours for each bit, it wouldn't work so well. Ther pages are displayed at the top, very clearly and in a lasrg font to see them. And they're not just writing, they're linked pictures, which you wouldn't be able to tell at first glance. In fact, it looks like it is part of the banner! Titles of posts are in red, and stand out perfectly. The sidebar is neat and tidy, which makes the site fantastic to look at, drawing a very large amount of visitors. This could be one of the main highlights to the site.

News Posts

Posts are not as frequent as you might expect, with such a good site, but the posts that are made are the top news, and also interesting news that you may not find in other places, sometimes. The quality of each one, as a matter of fact, makes up for this loss. Each post has a fantastic bright rectangle picture, made by the owner. With some great picture editing tools, they stand out really well and look amazing! There is a clear notice on each explaining that you are not allowed to use them in any way. The text covers much of the information you need on a certain topic, and quotes or press releases are clearly marked in a different colour. When pictures are needed in posts, extra ones, apart from the main one at the top, are put on. If there is new the owner want to publish, they are quick to do so, which makes it realible and always up-to-date.

Spelling and Grammar

The spelling and grammar on the site is perfect in nerly every way. I can hardly spot a mistake, and that means on the normal posts, sidebar and pages! The owner always thinks about his posts and pages rather than going straight into them , whch means that they are well structured and very enjoyable!

Pages

Pages are quite a new thing at Doctor Who Fansite. Many hve opened in the past few weeks/months, and now their links have a home at the top of the page. Each one has a superb banner, which shows an up close picture of the Doctor Who logo, with some editing to make it look even better. The logo for the site is placed in the middle of each one, and the name of the page in the bottom left hand corner. It looks very clear and fitting. The pages are linked below that, just like on the main page, but when new pages open, the links do not change, so that could be sorted.

• Plamet Files has very recently opened, and has every single planet mentioned or seen in all three shows; Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. This is a great achievement, as there are so many different ones, and to go through all that trouble in finding them. They are not detailed, though, but just tell you a bit about each one. I don't think this should be changed, as there would just be too much information, when there are so many files!
  
• There is a page devoted to spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures. This covers Monster Files, Episode Guides, Character Files and Videos. They have fantastic pictures to go with them. All episodes have their guides, with a bit of inormation on the story. The files are brilliant, as they tell you loads of information about enemies and friends in the show. And then the vidoes have every trailer from both series.
  
• There is a great selection of links on the page of that name. It does not have every link, but enough to keep you going.
• Adventures In Time and Space is a fan-made series, made by the owner. They are videos, which has figures and monsters with great sets and landscapes, with wording put on for each character. They have Doctor Who music that fits each scene, and they are quite good! This is a marvellous part of the site, because not many people have come up with it, so is very unique. My only concern is how many people tend to watch them, as no-one has commented.
• The Advent Calendar is the Christmas page, and is hosted on Piczo. The graphics are amazing, and all the features should be amazing when it gets to the 1st of December. Each day has a hexagonal panel from the interior of the Tardis. This should be a big hit nearer Christmas time.
  

Sidebar

A wonderful sidebar for a wonderful site! The hit counter is presented at the top, and it just proves that there are many people that come on the site each day. Since starting from August, there are already over 13000 page hits! The site has just started putting videos in the sidebar, at the moment showing trailers and previews for Whi-releated shows. There is usually a poll going, and followers are shown below this. There are quite a few followers, which is pleasing. The box is used often, and rules are clearly stated above it. This is good so there isn't anything unpleasant to look at. A spinning Max Capricorn Cruiseliners logo is diplayed under this, which shows that the site is alive, and not stationary. Under that is a Youtube link to the owners account, and he has made many amazing videos which you should definitely check out! There is a picture of a Cyberman and three awards the site has won. You can then suscribe or add a sign saying 'I'm a fan of Doctor Who... Are You?', to your site. Have a look at old posts under there and then a splendid part are the spin-off sites. These are sites which are not official, but have relations to things in the Whoniverse, and treat is as if it is real, and not just a TV programme.

Other Features

Banner; The banner for Doctor Who Fansite is changed quite a lot, and always shwos the logo. At the moment is shows pictures to promote the second series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, which is on at the moment.

atts key suggestions

• More frequent news posts
• Sort out page links in the pages

Note - these are only suggestions, which you may or may not want to take into account.

Overall

Just the name of the site, Doctor Who Fansite, just proves that it is where any Doctor Who fan should be heading, and when they do, they will be thoroughly greeted by the many amazing features and news it has to offer!

Rating:

Word Count: 1276

The Avatar Proclamation

Info

Site Address: http://theavatarproclamation.piczo.com/

Web Host: Piczo

Run by: Bex and Will

Opened: November 2008

Review

Owners

The Avatar Proclamation has two owners who made the site and run it. The hard work they put into the many, many avatars they produce is amazing! They must have gone to great lengths and several weeks of work to produce it and that has definitely payed off! Bex and Will are both very attentive in the site's chat box. Many visitors have left friendly comments, explaining how much they like the site, and I think it encourages the owners, making them feel that they have achieved something big.

Layout

The layout for The Avatar Proclamation is actually a very good design, and works perfectly well with the site. The main colours are grey and blue, with a few different shades of blue. This doesn't make it too dull and attracts you to the site, because it actually looks very good! There isn't a lot of content shown on the page, but it really is just an avatar site, with not much else, but there could be more on the main page in the near future. One minor problem is that there are a few words behind and on pictures, which could be slightly tidied, so it doesn't look too unprofessional.

Site Updates

At the moment there are only a couple of posts for site updates, which are displayed across the main part of the homepage. It basically just gives you a bit of information regarding how the avatar work is going and such. They contain a date, plus one avatar each made exclusively for the site, and can also be found in he avatar section. These should maybe be posted a little more often, because I'm sure that there is more going on with the site than it shows.

Avatars

By the name of the site, you may have guessed that the site is all about avatars. Hundreds and hundreds of avatars have been made by the owners, just for you, of anyone such as the Doctors, companions, and spin-off shows. There may not be a better site out there for Doctor Who avatars, because there is such a range of colours and pictures, with hardly any from the same scene, used when the character has moved. They are all plain, not featuring any words, which is nice so the pictures look good. They've caught all the characters in every expression they make, it's unbeliveable! They've searched through every episode to find the best pictures, and brightened them up or edited them to make one massive compilation of amazing looking pictures. Any visitors would be spoilt for choice if they were wanting one single picture.

Request an Avatar/About Us

• And it's not just the ones they decide to make. Any visitors can ask for an avatar made especially for them. They are not put with the other ones, but just below the place you can request for one. This feature is fantastic if you want a picture that hasn't already been made, and thankfully these are made with as much care as the others.
• The other page featured on the site is the About Us page. This provides you with some information on the site owners, Bex and Will, what they used to do, and how they came together to form the site. It is a good short read, but is quite interesting.
  

Sidebar

The main sidebar is only featured on the homepage, and only has a few simple things. No more is needed than this though. The sidebar is on the left, and they have a friendly welcome message featured at the top. It tells you a tiny bit about the site and what the owners try to do. Below that are the pages; About Us, Avatars and Request an Avatar (see above). This is good site navigation, but this would be useful on every page of the site.  You then get the chat box, to exchange views on the site and talk to the owners. The last thing is the hit counter. The site has only just started, so it's not a big worry that there aren't a lot of visitors yet.

Other Features

Banner; The banner for The Avatar Proclamation features Rose Tyler from the conclusion of Doomsday at the end of Series 2.  It has the title and the clever motto 'for all your avatar needs'. It fits in with the colour of the site as well, blue.

atts key suggestions

• More site updates posts
• Not much more to suggest

Note - these are only suggestions, which you may or may not want to take into account.

Overall

'For all your avatar needs!' tells the truth of the site really. If you need an avatar, there is no better place to be! Just choose one of the pre-made ones or ask for one yourself!

Rating:

Word Count: 817

Will and Seb

Info

Site Address: http://willandseb.blogspot.com/

Web Host: Blogger

Run by: Will and Seb

Opened: June 2008

Review

Owners

For a change, there are two owners of Will and Seb, and they are, frankly, Will and Seb! They are both very devoted to their fantastic site, and produce absolutely amazing stories, that so much hard work goes into. It is very clear that both of them like writing their own unique stories very much. They are always talking to themselves and others on the cbox. Not only that, but they are always very polite and kind, as well as replying to comments people have left on posts. This always makes me, and I'm sure others as well, feel very welcome, and shows that the owners are respectful towards visitors, and take pride in new ones arriving.

Layout

Will and Seb have a simple but effective layout for their site, which looks good. It may look a bit dull, but I think it's the content that really matters. It has a light green background, posts background in black, as well as the sidebar. The main problem is a lot of writing, and not enough pictures, which may put new visitors off. I can understand fully what the site is meant to be for; fan fiction; so there isn't anything they could do to make it look better really. It would take too long to put pictures in every story, plus they haven't got the right ones, so this can not be helped. Although, there could possibly be more colourful pictures in the sidebar, and tidy the sidebar up a bit, putting all parts of stories into pages and linked to the posts. But more on that a bit later.

Posts/Stories

Since the site had started, there has been so much put on the site it's unbelievable. It's not only stories either. They have just started reviews and there are a wide variety of different news posts created. This can be off-topic Doctor Who, or asking opinions of their stories from readers. But the main ones are stories, obviously. They are most definitely among the best fan fictions you could find across the internet, and you will always enjoy the variety of different stories. They are still on their first series of stories at the moment. No past companions have been used again in the stories, but they have made up their own. This is great, and you can really get a sense of feel of what their personalities are like. They are so interesting and engrossing, and will just make you want to read on and on once you get started. The frequent parts to stories help to keep the flow going, so you won't forget the story from one part to the next. The reviews are fabulous, as well as the animations they have made by themselves. All this comes together to form one tremendous compilation of material. One point I might pick out is the colour. In all posts, the writing colour is red, which makes it slightly hard and challenging to read.

Spelling and Grammar

As far as I can see, the spelling and grammar is perfect in all stories and anything else they come out with. Every post is well structured, but everything is written in the same size. This is fine, apart from some things may need to stand out a little more than others. But anyway, great!

Pages

I don't think you could say that there were any 'pages' on the site, but a few specific things are linked of the sidebar. This is like navigation, but there are so many different things to see!

• Firstly you get all the stories, and there are eleven so far, each one with five parts to it.
• There are different features to fan-fictions, talking about different characters and enemies, as well as their own spoilers, timeline and costumes!
• The Reviews of merchandise and episodes provide a good source of information and their thoughts on different things.
• There are then the animations they have produced. They are quite fun.

I would suggest making actual pages for each section, so the sidebar can be tidied up and to make all the features easier for access.

Sidebar

There are a number of different things in Will and Seb's sidebar. The site must be brilliant to have won three fun awards visitors have sent. They have won 'Witty Blogger Award', 'Blogger Cleverness Award' and a 'Mid-Air High Five', and the certificates are all located at the top. I might suggest moving them down, as they look a tad out of place at the top, where the welcome message should have been. You can read about the 'contributors', and I think you know who they are! They have a section on the next time Doctor Who video... but it's not actually embedded on the site for some strange reason. Then there's the colourful cbox and the poll on a topic related to the stories they produce. Every section on the site is then listed below, but it looks a bit messy because there are no pictures to break up the text. Then the archive and the owners' favourite websites. Bear in mind that they are not all Doctor Who related. So, a good sidebar, but a bit of tidying up needed in places.

Other Features

Banner; The banner for Will and Seb is nice and simple. It gives the name of the site and a short sentence of what it is.

Quote of the Time; At the very bottom of the page, you can see a random Doctor Who quote, which is a nice feature.

atts key suggestions

• Sort colours, in layout and in posts plus post tidy (read above in posts/stories)
• Tidy up the sidebar, putting related topics into pages
• More pictures, less writing on the homepage

Note - these are only suggestions, which you may or may not want to take into account.

Overall

You can spend days on this website, due to the amount of stories and other content. You probably won't get bored either, because of the variety. Then you get pulled back to it because there are always new things. Super!

Rating:

Word Count: 1034

Sonic Bargains

Info

Site Address: http://sonic-bargains.blogspot.com/

Web Host: Blogger

Run by: Jockie

Opened: October 2008

Review

Owner

It shows that the site owner, Jockie, has made such a unique and brilliant Doctor Who site! It is completely different to any I've seen before. With 0ther sites coming out with various news posts all around the world of Doctor Who, Sonic Bargains contains all the special offers around merchandise. This is one website that could definitely save you money! It is very clear that the owner puts in a lot of hard work searching for special offers, as many are posted. The owner also talks in the cbox a bit, to welcome new visitors, and say hello again to old ones. Even though the site has not been going for that long yet, it is definitely of high standard already!

Layout

The layout for Sonic Bargains is very much a highlight! It is quite different to other layouts, because the background is no single colour or pattern. It is a fantastic picture of space, which is perfect for a site revolving around Doctor Who. The news posts have a black background and the sidebar is clear. The problem with having the sidebar clear is that the words don't show up terribly well, because they are just a plain grey. So this makes the words actually quite hard to read. It still looks good though. At the top of this sidebar the chat box is shown, which encourages people to leave a message very easily.

News Posts

All posts are based around special offers from all round the universe. They provide enough information on the offer it is talking about, which is great for reference. All posts contain a picture, most of the time to the left, and the same size, to make the posts clearer and easier to read. The formal language used in the writing is addictive and encourages you to read more. They are not too long, which is also quite nice, so you do not get put off. One problem could be that they are not very regular, but I don't know whether this is because there isn't enough news, or the owner just doesn't post it. 

Spelling and Grammar

The language is written in a formal tone, which makes the site actually quite welcoming. All spelling is still superb though, but it's hard to depict here on the grammar, because what the site is trying to achieve is a friendly atmosphere, so it's not all the time English you would use for anything too important. Can I make it clear this is definitely not a bad thing.

Pages

No pages can be found on the site as of yet, but for what the site is trying to achieve, there isn't too much need for any.

Sidebar

A few gadgets on the sidebar make it pleasurable to look at. Not like other sites, the chat box is located at the very top, which is a nice idea if you want more comments. A message below that welcomes you to the site, and explains the rules of the cbox., plus a frequent poll. The poll at the moment asks how helpful you find the site. And it is nice to see no-one has voted negatively, and the owner should feel good about this! A few gadgets below show good prices of items on Amazon and the number of visitors on the site at the time of visiting. And then a good offer at a shop, with a picture of the product. Then who follows the site and some very useful links to other sites, then look back at older posts and find out about the owner! A very good selection of features here.

Other Features

Banner; The banner for Sonic Bargains fits the site perfectly. It has the sonic screwdriver (hence 'sonic' in the title) and logos of shops.

Down for Polls; A few closed polls are shown at the bottom of the page, but these are not really needed.

atts key suggestions

• More frequent posts (if you can find them of course)
• Tidy up polls at the bottom of the page
• Um, pages? No, probably not

Note - these are only suggestions, which you may or may not want to take into account.

Overall

What a fantastic electronic way to save money. Enough said!

Rating:

Word Count: 727

The 10 Doctors

Info

Site Address: http://the10doctors.blogspot.com/

Web Host: Blogger

Run by: Redevil 934

Opened: June 2008

Review

Owner

The owner of The 10 Doctors talks to visitors a lot in the cbox, which is very warming, and the friendliness of chats in the cbox and in the posts, makes you want to stay on the site longer. Most comments towards the site are replied to and the choice of words in the posts makes the site on a whole a great place to be!

Layout

A very clear and organised layout also draws you to the site. The background colour is a light grey, with the posts background black, and the sidebar a dark blue. Everything looks very neat, with an equal amount of writing and colourful pictures. This is helpful, as on some sites there can be too much writing and not a lot of pictures, and some with too many pictures, with a lack of writing. There's not one dark corner on The 10 Doctors. Everything looks great... and is!

News Posts

I think this could be the main problem on the site, which unfortunately is the main part of the site. The news posts are not very frequent, and so you don't get a lot of news just from looking at this site. They used to be more regular, but that seems to have slipped a touch. But anyway, when news is posted, they are detailed and always contain pictures, which breaks the text up for easier reading. They are always accurate and reliable, which is a great advantage.

Spelling and Grammar

The spelling and grammar are of the highest standard avaliable, with a mistake occuring hardly ever. The posts are very well structured, which helps the grammar, and makes the site very professional. You can see the work put in too get things right very clearly!

Pages

There are a few great pages for The 10 Doctors, which should keep you on the site for a little while longer. 

• The main part of the pages are the episode guides. These are for every episode of new series Doctor Who. They contain a picture and the synopsis. I think there could be more included on these guides though. Possibly more detail about writers, and possible cast? Just a thought. 
• Another one are the site videos. These are just fun videos people have made, and they are great fun to watch. 
• The other are the links, which are compiled of various different sites, official or fan-made. A good selection if you want to see some other fantastic sites. I think there could be more pages, which more updates on them, but apart from that, not bad!
  

Sidebar

The sidebar is jammed packed full of features. Too many to list in fact, so I'll talk about a few highlights. At the top a welcome sign is shown and it talks a little bit about the site, and what you can do on it. Below that is a slideshow of all ten Doctors, naturally for a site of the name it has. Pages are displayed under this, as well as a poll and a countdown to Christmas. Below those is a funny fact about Doctor Who, which is great, apart from I think it should be changed once in a while. Apparently the site was awarded the Medal of Awesomeness, and there is quite a long paragraph about the Doctor and Doctor Who. The chat box lets the owner and visitors communicate, and then there are the links to the episode guides, by episode. You can then suscribe to the site if you want and read about the owner. After which you can fllow the site, find out how many visitors there have been and go to old posts. I think the sidebar is a highlight in itself.

Other Features

Banner; The banner for The 10 Doctors has been made exclusively to the site by Jake from Doctor Rumours. It features logos and the ten Doctors, but unfortunately looks a bit messy. This is not the owner's fault however. I wouldn't know what to suggest in this case.

atts key suggestions

• More frequent news posts
• Possibly a few more pages?

Note - these are only suggestions, which you may or may not want to take into account.

Overall

A great good-looking site which has a nice variety of different features, with a kind owner.

Rating:

Word Count: 734

The Medusa Cascade

Info

Site Address: http://themedusacascadesite.blogspot.com/

Web Host: Blogger

Run by: Luke

Opened: 26th August 2008

Review

Owner

The cbox for The Medusa Cascade has just been put up, but there aren't many comments. When there are though, the owner, Luke, replies quickly with kind words. We don't see a lot of personality towards the owner, but we know that he respects visitors, because of the welcome sign at the top of the site. In posts, also, Luke is polite, which is good to see!

Layout

There may not be many pictures in the posts or much background colour, but the colours on everything else looks brilliant. Everything looks well thought out, neat and tidy. The colour scheme has recently been changed. Before there were hardly any colours at all, but in fact now, it's great to look at! Also, pictures and colours on the sidebar have recently been added, adding towards the overall effect. It is nice and simple though, with a nice black background, which is useful. I think it looks just about right for what it tries to achieve. This downside could be too much writing, with not a lot of pictures in the posts, but because the posts are mostly just telling you what is on and when, it is not such a great problem.

News Posts

The posts are of good quality, but they aren't all that often. Most of the time, they are about the schedule on TV, but there is also the latest news from the who-universe also, so that's great to see. As I mentioned before, the main problem in the posts are the pictures. Maybe just a small picture to break the text up, because at the moment, it isn't all that eye-catching, and makes it looks a bit tedious to read. Apart from the that, and the infrequent posts, fantastic!

Spelling and Grammar

Looking down the site at a glance, I can see that the spelling and grammar is marvellous, with only a couple of errors that I can find (one in the title, which is a little obvious). The grammar is superb, and writing is constructed in a well thought out fashion.

Pages

There are no pages as of yet on The Medusa Cascade, but apparently there will be some hopefully at Christmas! I'm looking forward to these, and they consist of Episode Guides, Gallery, Monster Info and Links. This is reported at the top of the site. The site hasn't been going for terribly long, so it's good to see them quite soon.

Sidebar

The sidebar has also recently been improved with new features. The main one is probably the TV schedules for upcoming episodes, new and repeated. They are laid out with a picture of the episode, but one possibility could be to make all the pictures the same size. A few of them are slightly different, and looks a little messy, but this can be easily tidied! At the top is the short section on information. It's just a short three points about the site. A cbox allows visitors who come on the site a chance to talk and express opinions. Not in use a lot, but enough of the time. I think another definite highlight is the spotlight story and featured website. The spotlight story takes a look at a story from Doctor Who, and includes the synopsis. I think reader's will very much like this feature, to find out about a story they might be interested in from the Classic Series. The featured website just picks out one site once in a while, and talks a bit about it, advertising it. One problem is there is no actual link to the site, but just the site address, so this could be added, and possibly with a small picture of the site? Under that is a poll and the followers of the site.

Other Features

Banner; The banner for The Medusa Cascade has been made exclusively to the site by Jake from Doctor Rumours, and naturally features the Medusa Cascade and the Tardis in it, as well as a good looking logo and a quote from Journey's End, made by the creator of the Daleks, Davros.

Welcome; A short paragraph above the posts welcomes you and addresses the reader about what the site is all about.

Gadgets at the bottom; There are nearly more things at the bottom of The Medusa Cacade than there are on the whole of the sidebar! So, we have a search bar, to find exactly what you want to know about. The number of people on the site is shown, as well as an option to subscribe to the site. Then there's the written section. This is all about the site, including the owner and a copyright notice. I think a few of these things should, though, be put in the sidebar, as it might look tidier, but not the about section.

atts key suggestions

• Pictures included in posts
• More frequent posts
• Pictures in the sidebar all same size
• Sort sidebar and bottom page gadgets to look tidier.

Note - these are only suggestions, which you may or may not want to take into account.

Overall

The Medusa Cascade is a smashing site if you want to know dates related to Doctor Who, and when the pages are put on the site, it should develop the site even more!

Rating:

Word Count: 900

Doctor Who Down Under

Info

Site Address: http://doctorwhodownunder.blogspot.com/

Web Host: Blogger

Run by: Alexander

Opened: June 2008

Review

Owner

The owner of Doctor Who Down Under like to talk to new visitors, and also chat with others in the site's cbox, and is always polite in the news posts. Lately, there doesn't seems to be much interaction in the cbox from the owner, as people are talking to him, but there is no response. But what we do know is that Alex respects his owners, and tries to make them happy in a number of different ways.

Layout

The layout for Doctor Who Down Under is not the usual design you would come across, when looking at a Blogger site. It is so different, as there is one big picture in the background, showing a great blue outer space image, with the main part of the site slightly transparent, so you can see the background through it. This is very effective, and much attract visitors to the site, just to admire the look of it! As you scroll down, the centre part of the site moves, but the background does not, which also looks very impressive. This main centre piece, where the site actually is, is displayed very clearly to see. Even though there is this fantastic background, there is a darker surround to the main part, to make it less complicated. I think the whole layout makes Doctor Who Down Under just that little bit more special than other sites, as an extra added on.

News Posts

From the title, Doctor Who Down Under, you may have worked out that the site is all about what goes down in Who world... down there! The site is based in Australia, and is reliable enough on giving you the latest news from Australia! All the posts seem great for if you live there, and i hope the posts provide you with very useful information. By the looks of it, it all looks very well structured, and I'm sure that all news is correct and up-to-date. The only problem is that there aren't very frequent posts, so it would be nice to see a little more, a little more often. But I also don't know how much news they get, so news down there might well be quite slow at the time. Pictures are normally displayed for each post, but no all of them.

Spelling and Grammar

All spelling seems very accurate, and, by the looks of it, hardly every a mistake is made. The same can be said about the grammar. This is great, as it makes it look very professional.

Pages

The are no pages featured on Doctor Who Down Under, as of yet. It may be nice to see some being produced in the future, as news updates don't seem to occur that often.

Sidebar

There isn't a large amount of gadgets in the sidebar, but there certainly is a great selection, so that you won't get bored too easily. Page Hits are displayed across the top, but unfortuntely, the site doesn't receive the amount of visitors a day that it deserves at the moment. A terrific feature lets you search the site to find exactly what you want to know. The owner's profile and then followers are displayed, and there isn't a bad amount of followers! A poll, with a new one pretty regularly is below this, including a next time section, showing the next episode of Doctor Who in the UK, USA, Australia and New Zealand! The links look really good in the layout they have been put in, in the sidebar. There is a wide variety of different sites listed, which is a hit for the visitors, so that they can pay a visit to some other great related sites! Lastly, at the bottom, is the cbox. This isn't used too often, but occasionally new visitors, and regular ones say hello, but no chatting seems to take place. If the cbox were moved further up the sidebar, then this should occur more often.

Other Features

Banner; The Banner for Doctor Who Down Under is quite plain, and not too fussy. It doesn't show any pictures, but the (cleverly designed) logo is on it, and now, it has the Sarah Jane Adventures logo on it, saying that it is on the site. But this statement doesn't seem correct, as no posts have lately been to do with the matter.

Archive; The archive is displayed under the banner, but I'm not sure if this is the best place for it. It could possibly be moved into the sidebar, so there is more room for posts to come all the way up the page.

Online Now; At the very bottom, there is an online now widget, showing the amount of visitors on the site, at the time you enter.

atts key suggestions

• More talkative in the cbox
• More news posts (only if there is any more news of course)
• A few pages possibly being added onto the site
• Cbox moved upwards in the sidebar, and the blog archive being moved into it

Note - these are only suggestions, which you may or may not want to take into account.

Overall

This is a wonderful site if you are an Australian fan of Doctor Who, which could be even better with a few edits and additions!

Rating:

Word Count: 896

Cybus Factory

Info

Site Address: http://www.freewebs.com/cybusfactory/

Web Host: Freewebs

Run by: Anthony (Juoo)

Opened: ?

Review

Info; Cybus Factory is an Australian Doctor Who, Star Wars and The Clone Wars site, but is mainly just Doctor Who. It features many pages and guides, which include news, reviews, DVD and TV schedules for Australia!

Owner

I think we can presume that the owner lives in Australia, and they work hard in getting information on Doctor Who from the country. As it's not the main homeland for Doctor Who, this must be more difficult, but there are a variety of different guides and information sections on the site. The owner seems to talk in the chat room and on different pages politely to the visitors, and the site on a whole, due to this, proves to have a friendly atmosphere.

Layout

The layout for Cybus Factory is very simple, and looks good for the site that it is. The main colour is a grey, with the title of the site always at the top of the page, pages displayed to the right, like a sidebar and the main part to the left of that. Everything is marked pretty clearly, so you shouldn't find yourself getting lost. A point I might make, apart from the Tardis is the vortex in the top right-hand corner of the page, there isn't a lot of colours. Although, there are in all the main sections of the pages, to help display information, but apart from that, there isn't much. If this was made a little better, it would help in attracting the site's visitors. Another thing is the little, well, as sort of ghost-like thing in the top left of the page. I don't know whether this is just an advert, and you can't change it, but it's a little annoying!

News Updates

Well, I don't live in Australia, and don't keep up-to-date with any news down there, so I don't know if the news is accurate and correct. I assume it is, as it does all look good, and they probably don't get as much news as we get. I also don't know how regular updates to this news page occur, as there are no dates shown. From what I can see, there are some great posts, with latest ones being on DVD news, so no trouble there.

Spelling and Grammar

There doesn't seem to be many mistakes in spelling, apart from a few, with a few wrong spellings of characters names i.e. in the review page, but nothing too major. The same goes for the grammar, and everything the site puts up is planned and structured pleasantly.

Pages (with highlights)

Well, I can't really say pages are a highlight to the site. More like they are, because on Freewebs you get a homepage, welcoming you, but then the pages are the main thing, and the links to them are presented on the right. Apart from the homepage, there are seventeen different pages altogether, with eleven for Doctor Who, two other, plus a couple for links, chatroom and such. I'm going to pick out a few highlights of these pages;

Reviews; The reviews posted on the page of the same name, are fantastic. They are not too long, not too short and the owner is honest about his thoughts on an episode or a DVD release. A wide variety of different products and episodes make up the review section, and they are enjoyable to read. Each one comes with a picture, and gives a rating out of ten, and I must say, a lot of episodes from the fourth series of Doctor Who have scored very highly.

Podcast; Together with Alex from Doctor Who Down Under, there is a monthly podcast, called the 'Australian Doctor Who Podcast'. When this kicks off soon, which it should, I'm looking forward to listening to it, and I hope it's good! On the page is also an FAQ, if there is anything you don't understand or need to know.

Schedules and Release Guides; On a few pages, there are release guides for DVDs and other Doctor Who Merchandise, plus a schedule for the next episodes of all three shows to be broadcast in Australia. This is wonderful for all of you who live down there, and I hope it proves useful. It is all laid out very neatly, with different colours to show different things.

Eggs in Time; A fabulous feature for the site, which has a list of all the hidden features in Region 4 DVDs, is the Easter Egg page. The owner has clearly put a lot of work put into finding them, as they are all hidden. I'm sure a lot of them though are the same as Region 2 DVDs, that you can buy up here in the UK. Another page has a load of information on the magazine series, Battles in Time, and also has information on the Bloopers and Mistakes of the magazine itself! This is quite funny, and you can see if you had spotted any.

Quiz and Other; Take the brilliant quiz, all about Doctor Who. It has three sections; Easy, Medium and Hard, evidently getting harder as you go on. What can you score? Are you a true Who fan? Take it and find out. It's great! The three other pages are a links page, guestbook and chatroom. The links page features a fantastic list of Doctor Who resources, with many fansites as well, complete with a pretty picture of the site to go with it. Sign the guestbook, to say that you have been on it, and remember to comment, plus, if you have the time, you can chat to the owner and other visitors in the chatroom. All the pages are excellent!

Other Features

Banner; There isn't a banner, as such, for Cybus Factory, but it has the title of the website, and brief statement telling you what the site is, and a picture of the Tardis in the vortex. There could be a bit more colour to the whole thing though.

atts key suggestions

• A bit more colour to the site. As I've never seen how you can do Freewebs, I wouldn't know what to do, but it's just a suggestion.

Note - these are only suggestions, which you may or may not want to take into account.

Overall

Cybus Factory is a terrific site for all you Australians out there, with news, reviews, magazine and DVD news, you won't feel bored too easily, so hop along to this fantastic site now, and see the wonders it beholds!

Rating:

Word Count: 1102

Tardis Base

Info

Site Address: http://tardis-base.blogspot.com/

Web Host: Blogger

Run by: Zobles

Opened: February 2008

Review

Owner

Although Zobles, the owner of Tardis Base, doesn't seem to interact with the great amount of  visitors that the site gains, we learn that the owner puts in a lot of hard work into the site, and shows determination in finding the news and making posts about it. And Zobles is always polite in posts, which fortunately does make the site seem welcome. There is no cbox, and so visitors can not talk to the owner, which is a shame, because I'm sure people would like to. Although, having said that, it may look messy on the fantastic layout the site has got. But if not, there are the posts, and some site owners do prefer to talk in posts, but unfortunately, Zobles does not do this very often.

Layout

The layout for Tardis Base is so neat and tidy and looks so professional, that it is definitely one of the things that makes you want to go on it. There aren't many layouts that you could choose, that would be better, as it is just so perfect. With all the pictures made by the owner and all the beautiful colours, the site is so radiant and rich in freshness, it's unbelievable! Tardis Base's main colour scheme seems to be blue, but with all the images and writing, it seems a lot more than that!

News Posts

News posts on Tardis Base are always very frequent, and are a joy to read! There are many up-to-date posts everyday, without fail! Every post is accurate, which proves that the site is a very efficient and reliable source for all the latest news from 'Who world'. But it is not just how precise they are, they are detailed to the full, so you need not look elsewhere. Everything you'd need to know on the topic is contained within every piece of news that Zobles finds. Occasionally, the owner makes exceptional pictures for the posts he makes, which are always amazing quality, and some of the best Photoshop work I've ever seen, from within a site like this, and this goes for the banners as well. Mostly though, just a related cropped picture is put on, which looks great, and gives the posts the extra sparkle!

Spelling and Grammar

I'll keep on the positive trend, and say that all spelling and grammar is superb too, with not one single mistake in both spelling and grammar throughout the whole site, including its pages! Original words put in posts make them very enjoyable to read, so you can't really find a dull moment when looking through!

Pages

Some new pages have very recently been added onto the site, which is super, as before they were, all there was were news updates. I presume then, that Zobles wanted to make his site even bigger than it was. This could make the site even more popular than it already is, due to the large amount of visitors the site gains already every day. To start of, I hope, a new series of pages, the ones already added are Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures and a Gallery. In Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures there are things like Episode Guides, Character Guides, Merchandise and other things, including the official magazine for Torchwood and Music for The Sarah Jane Adventures. All these things are produced of high quality, with fantastic banners for each made exclusively for the site. These two sections both look extremely impressive and much hard work has gone into them! The Gallery page has just opened, but already there are a few promotional pictures and also exclusive wallpapers. It's a little two early to comment on this page in full, but we do know what there are going to be a lot of great things happening to this page, plus new pages in the future. One thing that really looks fantastic for me is the way each separate page is laid out across the top of the site, under the banner, and when you enter the different pages, new links are displayed in the same place, to get you where you want to be on that page. Plus, when you hover over a link, a little light comes on, which looks very professional. It's only a small thing, which makes the site look and feel magnificent.

Sidebar

Tardis Base's sidebar is not too long, fortunately making the site very neat again. It is one of the best sites for television reminders, and those are marked clearly, and show not just the next premiere of an episode on television, but also repeats. And this includes Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures, with different countries as well! There is also a feature where you can suscribe to posts, and a stylish clock, which should stop you being late for anything. Under all this the sidebar separates into two different sides, and we have the site archive, and the number of visitors online at the present time, and the other has a few links, hit counter and followers. Links are linked off to another page, after the three official ones, and has a nice long list of great websites. Tardis Base earns a large amount of Page Hits, with the average when I type this at about 130 unique visitors a day, which is brilliant! 

Other Features

Banner; The Banners for Tardis Base are always made by the owner, and are always of the best quality and standard, and it definitely pays off! At the moment the banner shows the Doctor by the Tardis, with a background of the night sky. It then has the site's logo and the words 'Doctor Who Returns at Christmas'.

Copyright Notice; At the bottom is a sign saying that the site is copyright Tardis Base. Bit of a random thing to say, but I suppose it's a feature!

atts key suggestions

• The only thing I could say is there could be a little more interaction towards visitors, but other than that, nothing

Note - these are only suggestions, which you may or may not want to take into account.

Overall

An amazing site, which is a must visit for any Who fan. The layout is perfect, the posts are just what you need to brighten up your day, and why not take a look round spectacular pages as well?! This site clearly shows the hard work does pay off!

Rating:

Word Count: 1086