Panatropic

Panatropic was not the first online Doctor Who fan fiction archive, but for some time it was the largest. It was created by Random Companion (who would much rather that other names not appear here due to nosy bosses) on January 19, 1998, for the alt.drwho.creative Usenet group, to replace the earlier archive which the maintainer no longer had time to maintain.alt.drwho.creative archive - Accessed October 7, 2008. It served as the central repository for Doctor Who fan fiction and other textual fan creations. An approach was made, fairly early in the archive's existence, by someone claiming to be from fanfiction.net, and offering to buy the content. This was refused as Random did not consider the content to be hers to sell. 
It was updated from January 13, 1998 to February 5, 2001. After updates ceased, it remained online until 2002, at which time it went down. This was largely due to the fact that compared with the manually-updated version of the site, the automated systems available at the time were severely lacking, providing neither the flexibility of categorization for the fiction, the ability to add cover art and other illustrations, nor the required accessibility for blind readers. However, it was no longer feasible for Random to spend several hours a day working on the site, and attempts at getting authors to put headers on their work or engaging assistants to provide this information proved to be of limited help. 
The site was maintained for a short period by KM Wilcox, however very few updates were made. Attempts were made to engage a coder to produce an automated version of the site, but these too came to nothing.
==Attempted Revivals and Replacement==
In April, 2003, there was discussion of reviving Panatropic, initiated by Random Companion Return of the panatropic.net archive - Accessed October 7, 2008.. However, the archive remained offline.
A Teaspoon and an Open Mind was created in August, 2003, specifically as a replacement central archive for Doctor Who fandom.New, automated Doctor Who fanfiction archive - Accessed October 7, 2008.
On March 19, 2005, Random Companion again expressed interest in reviving the archiveI want to bring back the panatropic archive... - Accessed October 7, 2008., but again the archive remained offline. Difficulty in contacting authors was cited as one of the primary roadblocksHas anyone seen these posters? - Accessed October 7, 2008....or should I assume permission? - Accessed October 7, 2008.. Also, by this point, A Teaspoon and an Open Mind had taken over the role of central archive, Google Groups was automatically saving Usenet posts for posterity, and traffic on alt.drwho.creative was significantly lighter than it had been in the 1990s.
==Authors==
*Joel Aarons
*Jean Airey
*Philip Alderman
*Bex J Allen
*Alryssa
*Kris Alvarenga
*James Ambuehl
*Jon Andersen
*Kathryn Andersen
*Rebecca J Anderson
*Paul Andinach
*Anonymous
*Antiwesley
*Arclight
*Brent Armstrong
*Mark Attwood
*Richard Auer
*Jonathan B
*Michelle B
*Alden Bates
*Paul Benson
*Daniel Ben-Zvi
*Jeff Beuck
*Bill Billingsley
*Robert Black
*Kerry Blackwell
*Peter Blake
*Jon Blum
*Rebecca J Bohner
*James and Patricia Bow
*Diane Brendan
*Bernadette Briggs
*Colin Brockhurts
*Allan Brown
*David Burke
*Daniel Burnett
*Ruth Burns
*Eric L. Busby
*Lorrill Buyens
*Stephen Caldwell
*Brett O'Callaghan
*Will Cameron
*Robert Camisa
*Tom Campbell
*Max Cannon
*Carnegie
*David Carrol
*Chris Casino
*Damon Cavalchini
*Dominick Cericola
*A. C. Chapin
*Frank Chapman
*Cinco
*Sarah Claridge
*Kim Clarke
*Matt Cliffton
*Bobby Coakley
*Francis Cooke
*Paul Cornell
*Eddie Costigan
*Ana L. Cotton
*Rob Cowell
*Philip Craggs
*Charles Daniels
*Distant Dave
*Kenny Davidson
*Erika Davies
*Huw Llewellyn Davies
*Charlie Day
*Jonathan Day
*Martin Day
*Jill Deel
*Gordon Dempster
*Louise Dennis
*Mariane Desautels
*Tyler Dion
*Cameron Dixon
*Rebecca Dowgiert
*Patrick Doyle
*John S. Drew
*Melinda Drinkwater
*Gordon Dymovski
*Julian Eales
*M. Elizabeth
*Benjamin F. Elliott
*Anne Ellis
*Jefferson Eng
*James Enright
*Douglas Ethington
*David Evans
*Dr Terry Evil
*Robert Faragher
*J J Farmer
*Winston Faron
*Helen Fayle
*Felix the Cat
*Keith Fletcher
*Meg Fox
*Daniel Frankham
*Julian Friedman
*Paul Gadzikowski
*Susan M. Garrett
*Lisa Gaunt
*Allyn Gibson
*Katherine Gilbert
*Paul Gilbert
*Jeff Gilson
*Shay Gitnick
*Peter Goddard
*David Goldfield
*Matt Grady
*Michael Graney
*David Green
*Bruce Greenwood
*Lori Grenci
*Ruth Hadley
*Sarah G. Hadley
*James Hadwen
*Lance Hall
*Mike Hall
*Mags Halliday
*Jennifer Jennings Hancock
*Chris Hankenson
*Daniel Harkin
*Paul Harman
*Chris Heffernan
*Pat Hendren
*Kris Herzog
*Neil Hogan
*Raichel Holland
*Martin Hosick
*Will Howells
*Jamie Howse
*Mike Huberty
*Jon Hunt
*Stephen Hwang
*Mary Hyde
*Imran Inayat
*Rob Irwin
*Allesandra Isenberg
*Adrian D. Ives
*Jason
*Stephen Jenkins
*Simon Jerram
*Vicky Jewitt
*JFG
*Tmothy E. Jones
*Mat Judd
*Heather Keesecker
*Douglas Killings
*Patrick Klee
*Leigh Klein
*Corey Klemow
*Terisa Lambert
*Nick Lancaster
*Glenn Langford
*Cris Lawrence
*Andrew Lawston
*Kathleen E. Lehew
*Leighann
*Lith
*Steve MacInbaney
*Ken Mann
*Desmond Manny
*Robert Marks
*Neil Marsh
*Matt Marshall
*Joseph Mashuga
*Cameron Mason
*Joe Mason
*Russ Massey
*Scott Matthewman
*Alex Mattingly
*Ed Matuskey
*Clive May
*Laura McAtee
*Greg McCambley
*Cory McCasland
*Greg McElhalton
*David A. McIntee
*Ian McIntire
*Jay McIntyre
*Rebecca J McLaughlin
*Joseph Medina
*Clyde Meli
*Matthew R Michael
*Caroline Miller
*Jason A Miller
*Jacob A Milnestein
*James Milton
*Michael Minic
*Miss Stella
*Ian Mond
*Stuart Moore
*Ron Murphy
*Keith Murray
*Lady Myr
*Vladimir Nabokov
*Chris Nelson
*Graham Nelson
*Nemodream
*Mark Newman
*Matthew J Newton
*Mark S. Ogilvie
*Kate Orman
*Andrew Osmond
*The Outsider
*Renton Patrick
*David Paulden
*Ben Payne
*Arthur Pershing
*Johnny Pez
*Mark Phippen
*Jennifer Pinyan
*George Potter
*James Potter
*Thomas Pratchett
*Richard Prekodravac
*Holly Prickett
*Mr Quixotl
*Lilith S. Rael
*Random C
*L. Ross Raszewski
*Chris Ratcliff
*The Raven
*RavenCryr
*Matthew Rayner
*Sharon L. Reddy
*Chris Rednour
*C. A. Reed Jr.
*Christine A. Renner
*John Rocco Roberto
*David Robinson
*Eddie Robson
*Mary E. Rogers
*Nathan Rogers
*Alex Rohan
*David Rubin
*Jason Rubin
*Tim Rush
*Rutan
*Ruth
*Sadja
*Michele Sandusky
*Matt Savelkoul
*John Seavey
*Shadow Walker
*Gregg Sharp
*Rusty Shock
*Trina L. Short
*Gareth Sidebottom
*Urac Ratbat Sigma
*Gregg Smith
*Paul Smith
*Robert Smith? 
*Christine Soto
*William D. Starr
*Rori Stevens
*Dave Stone
*M. L. Stone
*Rob Stradling
*Karl Stringer
*Pab Sugenis
*Kathryn Sullivan
*Lori Summers
*Chris Sweitzer
*Alan Taylor
*Anna Taylor
*Christopher Taylor
*Jennifer Tifft
*Susannah Tiller
*TimeLadyX
*Aron Toman
*Allan Toombs
*John H. Toon
*Keith Topping
*Steve Traylen
*Brad Trechak
*David Trew
*Daniel Trout
*Elizabeth J. Truszkowski
*Thomas A. Truszkowski
*Adrian Tullberg
*Rich DiTullio
*Erin Tumilty
*Kathy U
*Tony Velasquez
*Doug Vermes
*David Versace
*Brenda Vieths
*Catherine Viret
*Andrew Vogel
*Jennifer Wade
*Cara Wallace
*W. G. Walters
*Grant Watson
*Oliver Welsh
*Geoff Wessel
*Tony Whitt
*David Whittam
*Whitedalek
*K. M. Wilcox
*Chris Williams
*B. K. Willis
*S. Daniel Wilson
*Steve Wilson
*James A. Wolf
*Stephen M. Wolterstorff
*Graham Woodland
*Dave Ziegler
*David Zientara
==Notes==
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