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Trock is a viable genre, i own an album by Chameleon Circuit. DFTBA has 18 artists releasing under its name. Also the group The Timelords released a single Doctorin' the Tardis which reached number 1 in the UK charts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Darnedfrenchman ( talk • contribs) 23:54, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
Here I quote him, the highly critical science-fictioneer:
Whilst on the lecture platform of the World Science Fiction Convention in 1979...
" Star Wars is adolescent nonsense; Close Encounters is obscurantist drivel; Star Trek can turn your brains to puree of bat guano; and the greatest science fiction series of all time is Doctor Who! And I'll take you all on, one-by-one or all in a bunch to back it up!" DrWho42 10:33, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Hell yea. This Ellison guy is awesome. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.235.122.147 ( talk) 19:58, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Rather than the Save Doctor Who campaign sticker, shouldn't it be more akin to something like a Whovian dressed in fan-attire or an image of a Doctor Who convention? DrWho42 07:19, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
contribs) 16:26, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, I went away on wikibreak and forgot about this. I've just had a look through my iPhoto collection, and although most of my photos aren't very good there are a few that might suit. I've got one of a fan in a rather good Tom Baker costume, one of Noel Clarke, Nick Briggs, Rob Shearman, Mark Gatiss and Steve Moffat at an autograph table, and one of all the Gallifrey 2006 attendees on the stage with the TARDIS and a rather tatty-looking Dalek. None are really great, but I'll upload these three and see if anyone thinks one of them is suitable. (I also have a decent-ish picture of me with the TARDIS, but that would be extremely self-indulgent.) — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 06:06, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
[1] Hopefully, now that the relevant guideline has been pointed out, this silliness will stop.-- Sean Black (talk) 11:03, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
Steve Martin is so a fan of Doctor Who. He has confessed it and it's on his website. He very rarely posts messages on his websites but he does whenever he's filming a movie to let his fans know how he's doing, but he quickly takes them down after a couple of months. Anyway when the new series was about to debut Steve Martin stated that when it comes to the debut "he was the most excited man in Hollywood". He's also posted a message that he only did Cheaper By The Dozen because as he plays Tom Baker he's so close to fulfilling the goal of so many Whovians, to play The Doctor. He also posted a message, when he was doing "Looney Tunes: Back In Action" that he insisted in having Daleks in the scene with all those aliens attacking Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny.
contribs) 03:10, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
"Oh no, you're the one that has a problem with imdb.com, you find it"
"And I have, imdb.com, and you seem to have a problem with it"
Eight years after this conversation, Steve Martin's Twitter definitively confirms he's "never seen Dr. Who". I've removed his name from the list accordingly.
From the episode Rose...
# Clive's wife Caroline (who is not mentioned by name on screen) shows surprise that a "she" would read a website about the Doctor. This is a sly aside, noting the widely-held misconception that there are extremely few female Doctor Who fans. (However, statistics soon revealed that the male/female ratio for Doctor Who's viewing audience is roughly 1:1. citation needed)
Could anyone verify that supposed "fact"? DrWho42 17:13, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
Whobies is a term I came up with to describe new fans of the show. Is that worthy of mention in the article? - John R. Sellers 00:52, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
In 1989 when Doctor Who was going off the air, Steve Martin went on an Australian variety show called "Hey! Hey! It's Saturday" and sung a song like Adam Sandler's Hannukah song, only with celebrity Whovians instead of celebrity Jews. Two of those names he listed was Prince Charles and Jack Nicholson.
Yesterday I tried starting a new category, Celebrity Whovians. However they were constantly deleted as most of them were not properly cited or irrelevant (hey if celebrity vegeratians is relevent enough for a category then so is celebrity whovians). So Whovians, we need to work together to make this category as big as the LGBT section, so those who contributed to the celebrity section I need to know the links (well I don't need to know those who keep deleting the section need to know) to where it states they are Whovians. Your fellow Whovian DaffyDuck619
All unreferenced additions are subject to removal, as per Wikipedia policies on Original Research, Reliable sources and Verifiability. CovenantD 00:29, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Well, Daffy is going to say I'm biased, but for what it's worth, a large number of those that he's bunged into the Celebrity Whovians category, like Steve Martin, Robin Williams, Jack Nicholson, Johnny Depp, etc. are of dubious verifiability at best. Doctor Who has been around for a long time, and just because someone says he likes the series doesn't automatically make him a fan. People like Steven Moffat, Mark Gattis, David Walliams, though, are unequivocally in the fan category because they have actually written for the series or about the series, and believe me, Moffat can uber-geek about Who with the best of them. So, no - if Daffy wants to assert these things, he needs to provide verifiable and reliable sources. --01:47, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Plus you've all seen David Walliams love for Doctor Who, to him being a Whovian is like being a Jew, a Catholic, a Budhist, or following a religion and Matt Lucas has described it ALMOST being like that (he didn't want to disgrace his heritage by saying it is) Now I don't know how to vote but I'm pretty sure you do, so come on, help keep this category alive. Your fellow Whovian DaffyDuck619
I have reservations as to whether we should even bother noting celebrity fans at all. Many famous people are fans of various shows: why is this particularly notable in a general sense? Shouldn't this article really be about Doctor Who fandom rather than celebrity fans? -- khaosworks ( talk • contribs) 02:04, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Well this page is all about fans of Doctor Who if we list these celebrities we're listing fans of Doctor Who.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.25.140.101 ( talk • contribs) 00:06, August 29, 2006 (UTC)
From spscriptorium.com "Dr. Who has two episodes people could be reminded of. The first has to do with the Daleks (Gelgameks), the second with the planet of spiders (the Queen Spider)." That's the link I provided yet khasworks stated he couldn't find it, well there it is in black and white, plain as day, clear as crystal. Proof that not only Matt Parker's and Trey Stone's work was influenced by Doctor Who, proof that they are Whovians BUT khasworks does not want me contributing. Well Khaosworks I've got news for you, there I can contribute and if you don't like it piss off —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DaffyDuck619 ( talk • contribs) 01:12, August 27, 2006 (UTC)
Reading what khasworks said about what makes someone a fan of the show, it's not when they say they like it or when they say good things about it or when they say they're a fan of it, it's when they write for or about the series. So the South Park boys have written about Doctor Who, they wrote about the serial the Planet of the Spiders in the episode Red Hot Catholic Love (check out Red Hot Catholic Love section in spscriptorium.com), with the giant queen spider and all. Plus in one episode, I forgot which one it was, there was a Doctor in the show named "Who". Plus in most episodes that contained a nerd in it, there was a reference to the show. So there for Matt Stone and Trey Parker have written about Doctor Who and khaosworks justifies them as a fan DaffyDuck619
Can I thank the person (whose name I can't remember at the moment) for the message he sent re the posting of the link to Doctor Who Online but could I ask if he could translate what he said into English (i.e what is the problem with the listing?) Harry Hayfield 22:46, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Podcasts are increasingly becoming used to voice fans opinions on the show, for example Doctor Who: Podshock, Doctor Who: DWO Whocast and Doctor Who: Tin Dog Podcast, I feel as this is a large part of Doctor Who fandom and it should be mentioned on the page. Anybody else?-- Wiggstar69 21:50, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
I've deleted the following large section on individual fans with fan films on YouTube:
Jackson Boyd is apart of Boyd Productions, a filming production org. made by him in early 2008. With permanent members David Hedrick (Zman123458) and Brandon Furr (TimeLordBrandon). And other guests. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.104.159.119 ( talk) 02:28, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
It's really not a good idea to list individual fans on this page, unless their creations have been noted in some reliable source. A reliable source could include a newspaper or Doctor Who Magazine — but since anybody can put a video up on YouTube, the mere fact that someone has a YouTube video isn't itself notable. A case might be made for Tony Coburn, since he was featured on Totally Doctor Who, but I don't think the others meet the notability standard. Sorry. — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 05:03, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
The link to the Doctor Who Web Guide doesn't work anymore.
-- CGW ( talk) 17:17, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
Chamelion circuit is a viable band and deservse a mention on this page -- Pireninjacolass ( talk) 19:21, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
These two are definitely fans. Craig frequently mentions it on the Late Late Show and Chris on his podcast (Nerdist). Recently, Craig had a Doctor Who-themed show that featured a Dalek and Matt Smith as a guest. A video has leaked online of a dance that couldn't play on air because they couldn't get the rights to the DW theme song. USA Today Youtube video of the dance EditingW ( talk) 08:26, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
'A dance that couldn't play on air'. Are you talking about the 'lost Dr. Who cold open'? Vincinel ( talk) 16:48, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
Not one source in the article is a secondary source that covers the topic of the article itself, the Doctor Who fandom. This fails Wikipedia's notability guidelines and may put the article up for speedy deletion if not corrected. IsaacAA ( talk) 10:17, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
Is this section necessary? What the hell is a "notable" fan? What is the purpose other than a dubious fannish desire for external validation of one's own fannish behaviour (Oooh, Ten watched when a nipper--squeee!). Bloody embarrassing. Moreover, anything here which is unsourced is likely a WP:BLP violation. It's like "outing" people. ZarhanFastfire ( talk) 02:51, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
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This is likely to be a hotly contested subject but I wondered if there should be a section added for the Facebook group Doctor Who TARDISposting or, in particular, the internet meme Scongo. My reasoning for this, initially, is that the group has probably become the most notorious fan network for Doctor Who in generations (I dont have any sources to prove this, but hey ho it is the talk page). Scongo is actually set to be featured in the Doctor Who: Worlds Apart Online Trading Card game and there are of course numerous videos circulating of previous incarnations exclaiming "Scongo is the best villain" or something to that effect.
I know this is going to be a contentious subject because certain individuals will reject the sentiment that a shitposting group should deserve any kind of notoriety in the first place, however, I think it's worth noting that Doctor Who only exists because of the persistence of its fanbase, meaning Scongo is as important to the franchise's history as Doctor in Distress, those weird VHS knockoffs Colin Baker was involved in, or various projects by Nicholas Briggs, Mark Gatiss et al. in the 1990s.
Its also worth arguing that, as the game has not yet been released, these two things are yet to be solidified in the franchise's history yet.
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Trock is a viable genre, i own an album by Chameleon Circuit. DFTBA has 18 artists releasing under its name. Also the group The Timelords released a single Doctorin' the Tardis which reached number 1 in the UK charts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Darnedfrenchman ( talk • contribs) 23:54, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
Here I quote him, the highly critical science-fictioneer:
Whilst on the lecture platform of the World Science Fiction Convention in 1979...
" Star Wars is adolescent nonsense; Close Encounters is obscurantist drivel; Star Trek can turn your brains to puree of bat guano; and the greatest science fiction series of all time is Doctor Who! And I'll take you all on, one-by-one or all in a bunch to back it up!" DrWho42 10:33, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Hell yea. This Ellison guy is awesome. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.235.122.147 ( talk) 19:58, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Rather than the Save Doctor Who campaign sticker, shouldn't it be more akin to something like a Whovian dressed in fan-attire or an image of a Doctor Who convention? DrWho42 07:19, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
contribs) 16:26, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, I went away on wikibreak and forgot about this. I've just had a look through my iPhoto collection, and although most of my photos aren't very good there are a few that might suit. I've got one of a fan in a rather good Tom Baker costume, one of Noel Clarke, Nick Briggs, Rob Shearman, Mark Gatiss and Steve Moffat at an autograph table, and one of all the Gallifrey 2006 attendees on the stage with the TARDIS and a rather tatty-looking Dalek. None are really great, but I'll upload these three and see if anyone thinks one of them is suitable. (I also have a decent-ish picture of me with the TARDIS, but that would be extremely self-indulgent.) — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 06:06, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
[1] Hopefully, now that the relevant guideline has been pointed out, this silliness will stop.-- Sean Black (talk) 11:03, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
Steve Martin is so a fan of Doctor Who. He has confessed it and it's on his website. He very rarely posts messages on his websites but he does whenever he's filming a movie to let his fans know how he's doing, but he quickly takes them down after a couple of months. Anyway when the new series was about to debut Steve Martin stated that when it comes to the debut "he was the most excited man in Hollywood". He's also posted a message that he only did Cheaper By The Dozen because as he plays Tom Baker he's so close to fulfilling the goal of so many Whovians, to play The Doctor. He also posted a message, when he was doing "Looney Tunes: Back In Action" that he insisted in having Daleks in the scene with all those aliens attacking Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny.
contribs) 03:10, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
"Oh no, you're the one that has a problem with imdb.com, you find it"
"And I have, imdb.com, and you seem to have a problem with it"
Eight years after this conversation, Steve Martin's Twitter definitively confirms he's "never seen Dr. Who". I've removed his name from the list accordingly.
From the episode Rose...
# Clive's wife Caroline (who is not mentioned by name on screen) shows surprise that a "she" would read a website about the Doctor. This is a sly aside, noting the widely-held misconception that there are extremely few female Doctor Who fans. (However, statistics soon revealed that the male/female ratio for Doctor Who's viewing audience is roughly 1:1. citation needed)
Could anyone verify that supposed "fact"? DrWho42 17:13, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
Whobies is a term I came up with to describe new fans of the show. Is that worthy of mention in the article? - John R. Sellers 00:52, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
In 1989 when Doctor Who was going off the air, Steve Martin went on an Australian variety show called "Hey! Hey! It's Saturday" and sung a song like Adam Sandler's Hannukah song, only with celebrity Whovians instead of celebrity Jews. Two of those names he listed was Prince Charles and Jack Nicholson.
Yesterday I tried starting a new category, Celebrity Whovians. However they were constantly deleted as most of them were not properly cited or irrelevant (hey if celebrity vegeratians is relevent enough for a category then so is celebrity whovians). So Whovians, we need to work together to make this category as big as the LGBT section, so those who contributed to the celebrity section I need to know the links (well I don't need to know those who keep deleting the section need to know) to where it states they are Whovians. Your fellow Whovian DaffyDuck619
All unreferenced additions are subject to removal, as per Wikipedia policies on Original Research, Reliable sources and Verifiability. CovenantD 00:29, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Well, Daffy is going to say I'm biased, but for what it's worth, a large number of those that he's bunged into the Celebrity Whovians category, like Steve Martin, Robin Williams, Jack Nicholson, Johnny Depp, etc. are of dubious verifiability at best. Doctor Who has been around for a long time, and just because someone says he likes the series doesn't automatically make him a fan. People like Steven Moffat, Mark Gattis, David Walliams, though, are unequivocally in the fan category because they have actually written for the series or about the series, and believe me, Moffat can uber-geek about Who with the best of them. So, no - if Daffy wants to assert these things, he needs to provide verifiable and reliable sources. --01:47, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Plus you've all seen David Walliams love for Doctor Who, to him being a Whovian is like being a Jew, a Catholic, a Budhist, or following a religion and Matt Lucas has described it ALMOST being like that (he didn't want to disgrace his heritage by saying it is) Now I don't know how to vote but I'm pretty sure you do, so come on, help keep this category alive. Your fellow Whovian DaffyDuck619
I have reservations as to whether we should even bother noting celebrity fans at all. Many famous people are fans of various shows: why is this particularly notable in a general sense? Shouldn't this article really be about Doctor Who fandom rather than celebrity fans? -- khaosworks ( talk • contribs) 02:04, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Well this page is all about fans of Doctor Who if we list these celebrities we're listing fans of Doctor Who.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.25.140.101 ( talk • contribs) 00:06, August 29, 2006 (UTC)
From spscriptorium.com "Dr. Who has two episodes people could be reminded of. The first has to do with the Daleks (Gelgameks), the second with the planet of spiders (the Queen Spider)." That's the link I provided yet khasworks stated he couldn't find it, well there it is in black and white, plain as day, clear as crystal. Proof that not only Matt Parker's and Trey Stone's work was influenced by Doctor Who, proof that they are Whovians BUT khasworks does not want me contributing. Well Khaosworks I've got news for you, there I can contribute and if you don't like it piss off —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DaffyDuck619 ( talk • contribs) 01:12, August 27, 2006 (UTC)
Reading what khasworks said about what makes someone a fan of the show, it's not when they say they like it or when they say good things about it or when they say they're a fan of it, it's when they write for or about the series. So the South Park boys have written about Doctor Who, they wrote about the serial the Planet of the Spiders in the episode Red Hot Catholic Love (check out Red Hot Catholic Love section in spscriptorium.com), with the giant queen spider and all. Plus in one episode, I forgot which one it was, there was a Doctor in the show named "Who". Plus in most episodes that contained a nerd in it, there was a reference to the show. So there for Matt Stone and Trey Parker have written about Doctor Who and khaosworks justifies them as a fan DaffyDuck619
Can I thank the person (whose name I can't remember at the moment) for the message he sent re the posting of the link to Doctor Who Online but could I ask if he could translate what he said into English (i.e what is the problem with the listing?) Harry Hayfield 22:46, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Podcasts are increasingly becoming used to voice fans opinions on the show, for example Doctor Who: Podshock, Doctor Who: DWO Whocast and Doctor Who: Tin Dog Podcast, I feel as this is a large part of Doctor Who fandom and it should be mentioned on the page. Anybody else?-- Wiggstar69 21:50, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
I've deleted the following large section on individual fans with fan films on YouTube:
Jackson Boyd is apart of Boyd Productions, a filming production org. made by him in early 2008. With permanent members David Hedrick (Zman123458) and Brandon Furr (TimeLordBrandon). And other guests. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.104.159.119 ( talk) 02:28, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
It's really not a good idea to list individual fans on this page, unless their creations have been noted in some reliable source. A reliable source could include a newspaper or Doctor Who Magazine — but since anybody can put a video up on YouTube, the mere fact that someone has a YouTube video isn't itself notable. A case might be made for Tony Coburn, since he was featured on Totally Doctor Who, but I don't think the others meet the notability standard. Sorry. — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 05:03, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
The link to the Doctor Who Web Guide doesn't work anymore.
-- CGW ( talk) 17:17, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
Chamelion circuit is a viable band and deservse a mention on this page -- Pireninjacolass ( talk) 19:21, 17 August 2010 (UTC)
These two are definitely fans. Craig frequently mentions it on the Late Late Show and Chris on his podcast (Nerdist). Recently, Craig had a Doctor Who-themed show that featured a Dalek and Matt Smith as a guest. A video has leaked online of a dance that couldn't play on air because they couldn't get the rights to the DW theme song. USA Today Youtube video of the dance EditingW ( talk) 08:26, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
'A dance that couldn't play on air'. Are you talking about the 'lost Dr. Who cold open'? Vincinel ( talk) 16:48, 25 April 2019 (UTC)
Not one source in the article is a secondary source that covers the topic of the article itself, the Doctor Who fandom. This fails Wikipedia's notability guidelines and may put the article up for speedy deletion if not corrected. IsaacAA ( talk) 10:17, 15 August 2013 (UTC)
Is this section necessary? What the hell is a "notable" fan? What is the purpose other than a dubious fannish desire for external validation of one's own fannish behaviour (Oooh, Ten watched when a nipper--squeee!). Bloody embarrassing. Moreover, anything here which is unsourced is likely a WP:BLP violation. It's like "outing" people. ZarhanFastfire ( talk) 02:51, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
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This is likely to be a hotly contested subject but I wondered if there should be a section added for the Facebook group Doctor Who TARDISposting or, in particular, the internet meme Scongo. My reasoning for this, initially, is that the group has probably become the most notorious fan network for Doctor Who in generations (I dont have any sources to prove this, but hey ho it is the talk page). Scongo is actually set to be featured in the Doctor Who: Worlds Apart Online Trading Card game and there are of course numerous videos circulating of previous incarnations exclaiming "Scongo is the best villain" or something to that effect.
I know this is going to be a contentious subject because certain individuals will reject the sentiment that a shitposting group should deserve any kind of notoriety in the first place, however, I think it's worth noting that Doctor Who only exists because of the persistence of its fanbase, meaning Scongo is as important to the franchise's history as Doctor in Distress, those weird VHS knockoffs Colin Baker was involved in, or various projects by Nicholas Briggs, Mark Gatiss et al. in the 1990s.
Its also worth arguing that, as the game has not yet been released, these two things are yet to be solidified in the franchise's history yet.