Who-athon

noun

A marathon of the British science-fiction series Doctor Who.

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Meanings

nounWho-athon (plural Who-athons)

plural Who-athons

  1. informalA marathon of the British science-fiction series Doctor Who.

    Makes me wish I had a VCR so I could blow the dust off of all my video tapes and have a Who-athon.

    1993 November 25, Michele Paige Goudie, “Oh geeze, I missed it.”, in rec.arts.drwho (Usenet)
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    To set the scene for the new series, UKTV Gold is showing all of the last one, created by Russell T Davies and starring Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor and Billie Piper as his companion Rose. The Who-athon will screen from 11am-6pm on Saturday, and from 11am-6pm on Sunday.

    2006 April 4, Martin, “Tennant's Extra”, in uk.media.tv.sf.drwho (Usenet)

    But the Who-athon starts early on Saturday morning, with retrospectives on each doctor and classic episodes starting on UKTV at 6.30am and running throughout the day - and on Sunday, too.

    2013 November 21, “TV picks of the week: A lesson in Who-story”, in The New Zealand Herald

Origin

From Who + -athon.

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