Whovian

UK/ˈhuː.viː.ən/

Whovian noun: a fan of the British science-fiction television programme Doctor Who.

Image: R. Steven Rainwater from Dallas, US, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Noun

Whovian (plural Whovians)

(slang) A fan of the British science-fiction television programme Doctor Who.
- But I am sorry; I'm a devout Whovian and I guess I got a little hot seeing the good Doctor ignored like that.1985, Amazing: science fiction stories, page 23
- Typing birthday and Doctor Who into the search fireld turned up a fan-made video of a Dalek singing "Happy Birthday," which was perfect for my friend Steve, a fellow Whovian.2009, Dave Awl, Facebook Me!, page 170

Whovian (comparative more Whovian, superlative most Whovian)

Of or pertaining to the fictional universe of Doctor Who.
- One of the more inventive applications of the Frazerian thesis that magic is misunderstood science is the British television series Dr Who[…]Most space aliens who make it to the Whovian Earth are as interested in power and 'the art of managing the mob, which is called leading people by the nose '...2000, Leslie Jones, “Stone Circles and Tables Round: Representing the Early Celts in Film and Television”, in Amy Hale, Philip Payton, editors, New Directions in Celtic Studies, pages 36–37
- The Ninth Doctor is haunted, thanks to a 'Time War' that has rendered his species, the Time Lords, extinct at the hands of the Whovian nemeses, the Daleks, who are now supposedly equally extinct.2010, Jennifer Stoy, “Of Great Zeitgeist and Bad Faith: An Introduction to Battlestar Galactica”, in Roz Kaveney, Jennifer Stoy, editors, Battlestar Galactica: Investigating Flesh, Spirit and Steel...

புனைகதை விரும்பி

In his time, he's been a comic-book geek, a role-playing geek, a computer geek, and a sci- fi geek, though never a Trekkie, Trekker, or a Whovian, because he has his limits.2009, Holly Black, Cecil Castellucci, editors, Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd:
We found a full fledged member of a fan club that has already seen all episodes of the show[…]he was a closet Whovian, or what ever they are called.”2010, Dave Zhang, What!, page 91:
³³ In a historical irony, the Daleks have been taken as metaphors for the Nazis; the other main Whovian adversaries, the Cybermen, were likewise metaphors for Cold War Communists.2011, Robynn J. Stilwell, "Bad Wolf": Leitmotif in Doctor Who. in James Deaville (ed.), Music in Television, page 140

From (Doctor) Who + -v- + -ian; compare Peruvian and Kachruvian.

What does Whovian mean?: Whovian means a fan of the British science-fiction television programme Doctor Who.
What is Whovian in Tamil?: Whovian in Tamil is புனைகதை விரும்பி. See Whovian meaning in Tamil.
How do you use Whovian in a sentence?: In his time, he's been a comic-book geek, a role-playing geek, a computer geek, and a sci- fi geek, though never a Trekkie, Trekker, or a Whovian, because he has his limits.
What part of speech is Whovian?: Whovian can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Whovian?: Whovian is pronounced /ˈhuː.viː.ən/ (UK).
What is the plural of Whovian?: The plural of Whovian is Whovians.

Adapted from Wiktionary: Whovian (page history and authors); Whovian (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

Cite this entry: “Whovian.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/whovian. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.