Wholock

English

Alternative forms
  • WhoLock

Etymology

Blend of who +‎ Sherlock.

Proper noun

Wholock

  1. (fandom slang) A genre of chiefly fan-created crossover fiction blending characters, settings, and plot elements from the Sherlock Holmes stories (typically the BBC series Sherlock) and the television series Doctor Who.
    • 2012, Charles Wang, "Not Sure If Still Funny", Kitsch (Cornell University), Spring 2012, page 36:
      Whovians have joined with Sherlock fans to create WhoLock crossovers, which range from brilliant to bizarre.
    • 2014 August 11, Christopher Hooton, “Doctor Who Sherlock crossover: I would do 'Wholock', says Steven Moffat”, in The Independent:
      Doctor Who and Sherlock showrunner Steven Moffat has "come clean" about the possibility of a crossover 'Wholock' episode between the two shows, saying he wants to do it but his "killjoy" colleagues Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman are in the way.
    • 2019, Paul Booth, Crossing Fandoms: SuperWhoLock and the Contemporary Fan Audience‎, page 89:
      Neither Ben nor Thom knew much about SuperWhoLock, for instance, although they knew of WhoLock.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Wholock.

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