Speaking as one of the people who rang the number (well my housemate did) it wasn't so we could speak to the Doctor! :)

It was because some shows (e.g. Lost) place clues as to what is going to happen next on the show outside of the show itself. We were hoping we'd find some juicy gossip! Sadly not.

Alex, Hull, England

OMG, 2500 people really thought they could phone the Doctor. They need psychiatric help

Phil, Brixham,

I'm sure that the 2500 people (some of them surely children) who called that number didn't actually expect to reach the Doctor; they probably thought that the BBC had set up an "Easter Egg" for viewers. Perhaps a recording of David Tennant saying, "Can't talk now — busy saving the universe!"

Josiah Rowe, Cheshire, Connecticut, United States

lmao let's do more of this! Let's put a postal adddress for teletubbies, an e mail for Inspector Morse and why not start a facebook page for Homer Simpson..........................

lynn, cheshire, uk

I really can't believe that 2500 people tried to call a number on a Sci-Fi television program. Really? Obviously it isn't real so why try. Who is going to put their real number into a national televesion program? Come on...

Sam, Bristol,

Who are these 2500 people and why are they allowed out in society? Of course it was a fake number! And guess what else: the Doctor isn't real, he's played by an actor! I'll just wait to be criticised for shattering dreams now.

Kat, Dundee,

2,500 people tried to call that number.
HELLO!!!! Dr Who is fiction!
Why criticize a program because of the stupidity of some of its viewers.

Pete, St Albans, England