Definitions
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- noun A
fan of the Britishscience-fiction television programme Doctor Who. - adjective Of or pertaining to the fictional universe of Doctor Who.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Well, at the risk of sounding like a drooling "Whovian" - the Doctor Who equivalent of a Trekkie - I'd say yes.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph James Delingpole 2011
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He is even level-headed about some of the series's more extreme fans, the "Whovian" hordes who dwell on the wilder fringes of the internet, making not always entirely flattering observations about the 11th Doctor.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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TARDIS Scanner has updated the UK TV and Radio Guide for all things 'Whovian' on the haunted fish tank for next week.
British Blogs 2009
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TARDIS Scanner has updated the UK TV and Radio Guide for all thats 'Whovian' on the box next week.
British Blogs 2009
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Additionally, many speakers will pronounce The term 'Whovian' (similar to Trekkie for Star Trek) is often used by the press to refer to
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Additionally, many speakers will pronounce The term 'Whovian' (similar to Trekkie for Star Trek) is often used by the press to refer to
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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"I think those fans who are my age and older will come immediately to 'Doctor Who' and I think they'll have a great love for it, as the 'Whovian' fans in the UK have.
EclipseMagazine 2009
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Well worth adding to your Whovian reference collection.
August Books 12) The Target Book: A History of the Target Doctor Who Books, by David J. Howe nwhyte 2009
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The setting is a familiar Whovian one (most recently seen in The Eleventh Hour): rural England, alien menace, the Doctor sorts it out.
April Books 6) Nightshade, by Mark Gatiss manjushra 2010
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They are soon in an enchanted forest of trees that can grow their own baubles, followed closely by scenes of familiar Whovian calamity that require an escape against the clock from an unattractive death.
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