He is: David Duchovny
He's in: The X-Files; dispute with FOX.
He's Here Because: Remember when he first said "I want to believe"? Remember how he wore Scully's cross all that time she was missing? Remember when he first started getting about the place in those boxers? That's why. Oh, and the dispute with FOX thing. We love that.

The Dynastic:The David Duchovny Estrogen Brigade

Though it started merely as an e-mail list for aficionados of Fox Mulder his own bad self -- way back in that first, glorious season of the then-cult X-Files -- the DDEB has since become a hotbed of intellectual debate and discussion. Plus, also, a trademark! The DDEB (TM) now discuss vigorously such things as women's issues, politics, their personal lives -- and Kafka, we shouldn't wonder. The original list was so popular that it had to be closed, and a sequel, the DDEB2, was established. And then along came the DDEB3! Those original folks on that original mailing list are quite the visionaries.

They are also, according to their site, often quoted by the media.

Not wishing to buck tradition, we, too would like to quote them. In a charming directive to the World Press, they announce that they "...wouldn't mind if you stopped portraying us as drooling groupies. It's gotten old, okay?" And they say that like it's a bad thing.

The Professional: DuchovnyNet

Unintentionally (we assume) masquerading as an official site, DuchovnyNet is really quite remarkable. Wonderful design and extensive content make this one of the premiere Duchovny sites anywhere -- and you can buy stuff!

Yes, DuchovnyNet houses The Duchovny Store, whereat you can order just about anything DD-related, via our good monopolistic friends at Amazon.com. A list of David's favourite things -- not a single brown paper package or schnitzel with noodles in sight -- adds a faux personal touch, and the plethora of books with the letter X in the title are sure to delight the child in us all.

But, fear not. This is no crass, money-grubbing venture. Gertie, Duchovny-ite and webmistress extraordinaire, donates all money raised, after site costs, to another of David's favourites: his favoured charity, The Paediatric Aids Foundation. So, you can buy a learned tome -- such as The Duchovny Files: The Truth is in Here, by Paul Mitchell -- and do your good deed for the day. Isn't the Internet great?

The Shameless: The David Duchovny Page of Lust

It's hard to know what to envisage a Page of Lust to be. The title promises so much -- awfully much. So, what, exactly, does one expect to find there?

Er... probably not this.

Sure, the site's pretty and all. It has all the usual DD information, the Message Board contains the requisite cooing over the Duchovny baby, and it even has a list of very cool -- often very amusing -- quotes from the man himself. There are some admittedly delicious pictures, and a sound gallery, and a link so you can buy David Duchovny-ish software, of all things (these DD fans are an entrepreneurial lot, aren't they?) But, on the whole, it is... vaguely dissatisfying.

Page of Lust? Hardly. Page of Lilac, maybe ('cause, you know, of the lettering?) And it's dedicated to a man best known for playing a character addicted to porn! Where's the porn? We thought there'd be porn!

But, seriously -- a few double entendres and borderline risqué comments aside -- there's really nothing here to anyone's heart to racing. But, oh well. That's probably what David Duchovny's for.