...Doctor Who fans do NOT prefer to call ourselves “Whovians”. The only name we’ve had for ourselves has always been, and remains to be, “Doctor Who Fans”.
Now kindly stop saying this in EVERY. BLOODY. NEWS REPORT! Argh!
Posted by Graeme on Friday, March 11 at 5:10 am
Who Party Toronto Presents:
An Afternoon With Gary Russell
Sunday June 9th, 2013 from noon until 6:00pm
Paupers Pub (second floor), 539 Bloor Street W.
Cost: $15 for the afternoon
On Sunday June 9th, 2013 join The Doctor Who Information Network and Who Party Toronto for An Afternoon With Gary Russell on the second floor of Paupers Pub at 539 Bloor Street West.
The afternoon will feature a Q&A session with our guest Doctor Who writer and Script Editor Gary Russell as well as a live video commentary of a Doctor Who episode that he worked on, an autograph session, a trivia competition and an afternoon of discussions and socializing with other Doctor Who fans.
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And if I read one more news report that mentions stairs or sofas, I may scream. Still, it’s all very exciting, isn’t it?
Posted by Richard on 03/11 at 06:19 AM
No news on an uploaded movie of Rod yet?
Posted by Ari on 03/11 at 08:35 AM
Hiho,
At least some of them must prefer to be called “Whovians”. The Doctor Who Fan Club of America did after all choose to call their newsletter “The Whovian Times”... And there’s online venues such as “The Whovian Outpost”, “The Whovian Observer” and so on. There certainly seems to be more Who Fans embracing “Whovian” than there are Trek Fans embracing “Trekkie”.
Cu,
Andrew
Posted by Andrew Gurudata on 03/11 at 08:52 AM
It’s very much a term used within a particular strain of fandom that, as you point out, came from the US and probably dates back to the eighties. And for the most part it died out after the eighties. I’ve been involved in Doctor Who fandom in two countries (the UK and Canada) and have had involvement with US fandom a fair bit and *no one* I know identifies themselves as a “Whovian”, nor have I seen it used (Now watch as it turns out the entire midwest US fan uses it!). Certainly no British fan does, and that’s where all these news reports claiming the term come from.
Posted by Graeme on 03/11 at 09:04 AM
But the Doctor himself called us Whovians on BBC Breakfast. Don’t we have to follow our leader?
Hmmm… You’re right. Forget it we are not Whovians. LOL!! What WHO book did Eccleston read to dig up that corny old chestnut? I guess he saw an article from The Whovian Times newsletter!! At least it’s still better than Who-ees or Who-ers.
Posted by Ryan on 03/11 at 09:39 AM
I like the term “Whovian.” It’s a hell of a lot better than “Anoraks” or the Trek equivalent of “Trekkie.” Besides “Doctor Who Fan,” despite being only 1 syllable more, doesn’t trickle off the tongue as nicely.
Posted by trinalin on 03/11 at 02:15 PM
Hey I did my best to say that Whovians was the term that was coined, but we prefer to be called “doctor who fans”. Boring I guess…which is probably why Allison Smith just rolled her eyes at me. Or was that just me about to have a stroke?
Posted by Rod on 03/11 at 02:31 PM
I’ve never objected to Whovian. Sounds kind of classy to me. Didn’t know it was a kerfluffle.
Posted by Colleen on 03/12 at 05:43 PM
I prefer to be known as a person
Posted by Richard on 03/12 at 08:32 PM
Part of the lack of enthusiasm for the term is that a lot of Doctor Who fans do not feel the need to be identified as a part of a community as fans of some other things do. It’s not the rejection of one word over another as much as it is a rejection of there needing to be a word at all.
Posted by Mike on 03/14 at 11:43 AM
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