Whovians (TV series)

Whovians is an Australian comedy panel chat show hosted by Rove McManus, which screens on ABC. Rove engages with a team of four celebrity "Whovians", that is fans of science fiction television series Doctor Who, to analyse, critique and unravel the mysteries of the program.[1] The first episode screened on 16 April 2017 on ABC TV Plus as a companion piece to the first episode of the tenth series of Doctor Who after it aired on ABC.[2] The second season began 8 October 2018 on ABC TV Plus as a companion piece to the first episode of the eleventh series.

This article is about the television series. For the Doctor Who fandom, see Whovian.

Whovians
Directed by
  • Jon Olb
  • Todd Decker (season 3)
Presented byRove McManus
Starring
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes32 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original networkABC TV Plus
Original release16 April 2017 (2017-04-16) –
present (present)

The show regularly features fans such as Tegan Higginbotham, Adam Richard, Steven "Bajo" O'Donnell and Justin Hamilton. Guest fans have included Geraldine Quinn, Jordan Raskopoulos, Stephen Conroy, Alice Fraser, Petra Elliott, Rhianna Patrick, Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Tasma Walton, Paul Verhoeven, Bridie Connell, Celia Pacquola, Dave Callan, Cal Wilson and Stewart "Stav" Davidson.

Regular segments

Each season includes a number of regular opinion pieces, comedy segments and video packages. These have included:

  • He Who Knows Who News - presented by Justin Hamilton (season 1)
  • Thirteenth Doctor Auditions by ABC Celebrities (season 1)
  • The Vault (season 1)
  • The Moment (seasons 2 & 3)
  • This Week In Who-story (season 3)
  • WHOse Show (season 3)
  • Rove talks candidly to Doctor Who characters (season 3)

Episode list
SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
11316 April 2017 (2017-04-16)27 December 2017 (2017-12-27)
2108 October 2018 (2018-10-08)10 December 2018 (2018-12-10)
399 January 2020 (2020-01-09)5 March 2020 (2020-03-05)

Episodes

Season 1 (2017)
See also: Doctor Who (series 10)
  • Note: Italicized names are guests to the panel.
No.
overall		No. in
season		Doctor Who episodePanelOriginal air date
11"The Pilot"Tegan Higginbotham, Adam Richard, Steven O'Donnell, Geraldine Quinn16 April 2017 (2017-04-16)
22"Smile"Tegan Higginbotham, Adam Richard, Steven O'Donnell, Jordan Raskopoulos23 April 2017 (2017-04-23)
33"Thin Ice"Adam Richard, Geraldine Quinn, Cal Wilson, Stephen Conroy, Sarah Dollard30 April 2017 (2017-04-30)
44"Knock Knock"Tegan Higginbotham, Adam Richard, Steven O'Donnell, Alice Fraser, David Suchet7 May 2017 (2017-05-07)
55"Oxygen"Tegan Higginbotham, Adam Richard, Steven O'Donnell, Petra Elliott, George Christensen14 May 2017 (2017-05-14)
66"Extremis"Adam Richard, Steven O'Donnell, Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Rhianna Patrick, Daniel Nettheim21 May 2017 (2017-05-21)
77"The Pyramid at the End of the World"Tegan Higginbotham, Adam Richard, Tasma Walton, Paul Voerhovan, Steven Moffat28 May 2017 (2017-05-28)
88"The Lie of the Land"Tegan Higginbotham, Adam Richard, Jordan Raskopoulos, Bridie Connell, Pearl Mackie4 June 2017 (2017-06-04)
99"Empress of Mars"Adam Richard, Steven O'Donnell, Celia Pacquola, Dave Callan, Mark Gatiss11 June 2017 (2017-06-11)
1010"The Eaters of Light"Tegan Higginbotham, Adam Richard, Cal Wilson, Stav Davidson, Hayley Nebauer18 June 2017 (2017-06-18)
1111"World Enough and Time"Tegan Higginbotham, Adam Richard, Steven O'Donnell, Bridie Connell25 June 2017 (2017-06-25)
1212"The Doctor Falls"Tegan Higginbotham, Adam Richard, Steven O'Donnell, Jordan Raskopoulos, Alexandra Tynan, Steven Moffat2 July 2017 (2017-07-02)
1313"Twice Upon a Time"Tegan Higginbotham, Adam Richard, Steven O'Donnell, Cal Wilson, Steven Moffat27 December 2017 (2017-12-27)

Season 2 (2018)
See also: Doctor Who (series 11)
No.
overall		No. in
season		Doctor Who episodePanelOriginal air date
141"The Woman Who Fell to Earth"Adam Richard, Tegan Higginbotham, Cal Wilson, Bridie Connell8 October 2018 (2018-10-08)
152"The Ghost Monument"Adam Richard, Tegan Higginbotham, Steven O'Donnell, Tessa Waters15 October 2018 (2018-10-15)
163"Rosa"Adam Richard, Tegan Higginbotham, Steven O'Donnell, Rhianna Patrick22 October 2018 (2018-10-22)
174"Arachnids in the UK"Adam Richard, Tegan Higginbotham, Cal Wilson, Dave Callan29 October 2018 (2018-10-29)
185"The Tsuranga Conundrum"Adam Richard, Tegan Higginbotham, Steven O'Donnell, Jordan Raskopoulos5 November 2018 (2018-11-05)
196"Demons of the Punjab"Adam Richard, Tegan Higginbotham, Steven O'Donnell, Michelle Brasier12 November 2018 (2018-11-12)
207"Kerblam!"Adam Richard, Tegan Higginbotham, Steven O'Donnell, Bridie Connell, Jason Haigh-Ellery19 November 2018 (2018-11-19)
218"The Witchfinders"Adam Richard, Celia Pacquola, Tegan Higginbotham, Steven O'Donnell26 November 2018 (2018-11-26)
229"It Takes You Away"Adam Richard, Cal Wilson, Tegan Higginbotham, Jordan Raskopoulos, Steven O'Donnell3 December 2018 (2018-12-03)
2310"The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos"Adam Richard, Tegan Higginbotham, Steven O'Donnell, Bridie Connell, Tim Shaw10 December 2018 (2018-12-10)

Season 3 (2020)
See also: Doctor Who (series 12)

On December 17, 2019, ABC Comedy announced that Whovians would be back following part two of the New Years Special.[3]

No.
overall		No. in
season		Doctor Who episodePanelOriginal air date
241"Spyfall"Tegan Higginbotham, Steven O'Donnell, Justin Hamilton, Bridie Connell9 January 2020 (2020-01-09)
252"Orphan 55"Tegan Higginbotham, Steven O'Donnell, Justin Hamilton, Cal Wilson16 January 2020 (2020-01-16)
263"Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror"Tegan Higginbotham, Steven O'Donnell, Michelle Brasier, Georgie Carroll23 January 2020 (2020-01-23)
274"Fugitive of the Judoon"Tegan Higginbotham, Steven O'Donnell, Dylan Lewis, Greta Lee Jackson30 January 2020 (2020-01-30)
285"Praxeus"Tegan Higginbotham, Justin Hamilton, Merrick Watts, Tasma Walton6 February 2020 (2020-02-06)
296"Can You Hear Me?"Tegan Higginbotham, Steven O'Donnell, Justin Hamilton, Bridie Connell13 February 2020 (2020-02-13)
307"The Haunting of Villa Diodati"Tegan Higginbotham, Steven O'Donnell, Angharad "Rad" Yeo, Dave Callan20 February 2020 (2020-02-20)
318"Ascension of the Cybermen"Tegan Higginbotham, Steven O'Donnell, Jordan Raskopoulos, Dylan Lewis27 February 2020 (2020-02-27)
329"The Timeless Children"Tegan Higginbotham, Steven O'Donnell, Andrew Hansen, Luke McGregor, Angharad "Rad" Yeo5 March 2020 (2020-03-05)

2021

On December 30, 2020, Rove McManus hinted on Twitter that Whovians would be returning for a fourth season in 2021.[4]

However Whovians didn't return to ABC TV due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Instead the Newcastle Local Group from the Doctor Who Club of Australia organised a panel from the Whovians team running on Zoom to discuss each episode of Doctor Who: Flux which aired on ABC TV in late 2021.[5]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald said that "Rove McManus' dissection [of each episode of Dr Who] afterwards is a fun and factoid-filled debrief."[6]

References
  1. "Whovians: April 23". tvtonight.com.au. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  2. Saw, Amelia (23 March 2017). "Rove McManus "geeks out" on new TV show dedicated to Whovians". news.com.au. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  3. COMEDY, ABC (16 December 2019). "We can confirm times for the return of #WhoviansAU *deep breath* Join us at 8:55pm on Thursday 9 January because ep 2 of #DoctorWho drops on iview Monday 6 January at approx. 7.00am (AEDT) and airs at 8pm on Thursday 9 January on @ABCTV *gasping*pic.twitter.com/zZyXupKxBs". @ABC_COMEDY. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  4. "Twitter". Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  5. "Whovians returns (Sort of) – Doctor Who Club of Australia".
  6. McManus, Bridget (7 May 2017). "Sunday TV picks". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
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