Wholock

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proper noun

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.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

proper noun

alternative WhoLock

  1. slanglifestyleA 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.

    Neither Ben nor Thom knew much about SuperWhoLock, for instance, although they knew of WhoLock.

    2019, Paul Booth, Crossing Fandoms: SuperWhoLock and the Contemporary Fan Audience, page 89
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    Whovians have joined with Sherlock fans to create WhoLock crossovers, which range from brilliant to bizarre.

    2012, Charles Wang, "Not Sure If Still Funny", Kitsch (Cornell University), Spring 2012, page 36

    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.

    2014 August 11, Christopher Hooton, “Doctor Who Sherlock crossover: I would do 'Wholock', says Steven Moffat”, in The Independent

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Wholock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wholock

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Chicago

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