For several years I've been using a word I came up with in my vocabulary that describes a certain type of Doctor Who fan. It's something I combined from the modern leet speak variation of 'new' now 'nu' and the recognised and established word 'Whovian' which denotes a proper Doctor Who fan.
I decided Nu-vian describes best a specific type of fan of the popular sci-fi show Doctor Who. Since Doctor Who has become more and more popular in America over the past few years there have been a growing number of people tuning into the show who are only familiar with the series from 2005 onwards...series one of Nu-Who, not season 27 or 28 depending on if you count the Paul McGann TV movie a season. They tend to be good hearted well intentioned folk, but lack a thorough insight into the full history of the longest running science fiction series in the world and the titular character. Their knowledge is cursory which is to be expected, but the most annoying aspect of Nu-vians is that they like their Doctors young and sexy due to an infatuation with the tenth Doctor pretty boy David Tennant. I guess time will tell if Nu-vians are a fickle lot; the recent casting of the 12th Doctor Peter Capaldi will test their true love of the show since he does not fit the young pretty boy mold and is more of a throwback to the classic more mature actor in the role.
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