New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club

New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club

The long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who has developed a large fan base over the years.

Doctor Who fans are referred to as Whovians, most often by the American press. The usage was more common among fans in the United States during the 1980s, when the Doctor Who Fan Club of America (pronounced by members as Dwifca – now defunct) published the Whovian Times as its newsletter. It was seldom, if ever, used by the main British or Australian fan groups.

The earliest known use of 'Whovian', outside of the 'Whovian Times', is from Flaming Carrot Comics issue number 19 (circa 1988), when Flaming Carrot leads a combined group of Trekkies and Doctor Whovians into rebellion.

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