Storytelling and the Semantic Web

Paul Rissen

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I work here.I work here.

Well, actually, I work here.

Well, actually, I work here.

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On this.On this.

This site aims to ensure that every TV & Radio programme the

BBC broadcasts has a permanent, findable web

presence.

This site aims to ensure that every TV & Radio programme the

BBC broadcasts has a permanent, findable web

presence.

So we can avoid this.So we can avoid this.

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Hold on, but you’re the BBC, not Google...

“The medium is the message”

“The medium is the message”

Medium or Distribution Channel?Medium or Distribution Channel?

Swallows & Amazons

Book adaptionTV adaption

Film adaptionRadio adaption

Web adaption?

There then follows a 5 minute clip from‘Utopia’, an episode of Doctor Who

(I’ve left the video off to avoid rights trouble)

A separate plot shows that Yana has been hearing a constant drumbeat inside his

head — a condition he reports having had all his life, with the drums getting

louder of late. Words such as "regeneration" and "TARDIS" — elements of Time

Lord lore — exacerbate the problem. When Martha expresses concern over the

Professor's uneasiness, he reveals a long-standing concern with time, and shows

Martha a broken fob watch he's had since obtaining it as a child, identical in

design to John Smith's watch in "Human Nature" and "The Family of Blood".

Concerned about the implications, Martha rushes to inform the Doctor.

When the Doctor hears about Yana's timepiece, a flashback sequence inter-cut

with the letters of the Professor's name makes clear that "Yana" is an acronym of

"You are not alone", the Face of Boe's last words to the Doctor. At the same time,

Yana opens the watch, releasing his Time Lord essence.

TV = audience is passive, explore the story only one way

Web = audience is interactive, explore the story any way

A Web Adaption?

Professor Yana has a Fobwatch

The Doctor has a Fobwatch

Martha asks Professor Yana

Martha tells The Doctor

Professor Yana opens Fobwatch

Martha remembers Boe’s Final Words

Boe’s Final Words were You Are Not Alone

Professor Yana becomes The Master

Resource Description Framework

Subject - Predicate - Object

Noun - Verb - Noun

URI - Hyperlink - URI

One URL per...

- Programme

- Character

- Object

- Event

and give the links meaning...

No-one cares about Peggy Mitchell.

They care if she has a fight with Pat Butcher.

The Time-Traveller’s Perspective

Creating a Web of Meaning

....and then?

Thank You

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