''Whovians'' is an Australian comedy panel chat show hosted by

Rove McManus John Henry Michael McManus (born 21 January 1974), better known by the stage name Rove McManus, is an Australian triple Gold Logie award-winning comedian, television and radio presenter, producer and media personality. He was the host of the e ...

, which screens on

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. Rove engages with a team of four celebrity " Whovians", that is fans of science fiction television series ''

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'', to analyse, critique and unravel the mysteries of the program. The first episode screened on 16 April 2017 on

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as a companion piece to the first episode of the tenth series of ''Doctor Who'' after it aired on

. The second season began 8 October 2018 on

as a companion piece to the first episode of the eleventh series. The show regularly features fans such as

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, Steven "Bajo" O'Donnell and Justin Hamilton. Guest fans have included Geraldine Quinn,

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, Alice Fraser, Petra Elliott,

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, Bridie Connell,

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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

Episodes

Season 1 (2017)

* Note: ''Italicized names'' are guests to the panel.

Season 2 (2018)

Season 3 (2020)

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

2021

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

Reception

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

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt6792912 2017 Australian television series debuts Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming Australian comedy television series English-language television shows Television series about television Works about Doctor Who