Doctor Who fandom
（重定向自Whovians）
![Fans line up for autographs at the 2006 Gallifrey One convention. Guests, left to right at table: Noel Clarke, Nicholas Briggs, Rob Shearman, Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat.](/Images/godic/202502/21/GallifreyAutographs4106.jpg")
![At Doctor Who conventions, some fans cosplay as their favourite Doctor Who characters. Here, a fan at the 2006 Gallifrey One convention cosplays as the Fourth Doctor.](/Images/godic/202502/21/4thDoccostume4106.jpg")
The long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who has developed a very large, loyal and devoted fan base over the years.
Doctor Who fans are referred to as Whovians, or simply as the Doctor Who Fandom.' 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.