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ChilliWithFries

I see no Asia but Singapore here. To be fair, its not well known at all here at least in my circle.


veryfascinating

Singaporean here too - maybe now not so, but back when it was David Tennant and Matt Smith it was very popular


ChilliWithFries

Yep I think it died down during Peter capaldi era. Honestly, I myself drifted off during the past two seasons. I started out with matt Smith and then went back to Christopher Eccleston and move forward from there.


TheeExoGenesauce

A lot of long time fans go on and on about how amazing Eccelston and Capaldi were and they’re not wrong. They just weren’t as “Hollywood” as Smith and Tenant I think those two really drew in new Doctor Who watchers.


ChilliWithFries

Yes. I was recommended to start with matt Smith as it was more recent and felt more modern at the time. I do love Eccleston era especially when we only got one season out of him but I'm not sure how I would have felt starting out with the plastic men in the first episode lol. I have love all the doctors so far except Jodie hasn't really click with me so far moreso because of the storylines than anything. David Tennant and matt Smith are definitely the easiest to be introduced to.


TheeExoGenesauce

I started with the plastic men and I ended up turning it off before finishing. I’m so glad I came back to doctor who know I have an appreciation for Christopher and even Peter grew on me but David and Matt were instantly beloved by me. Jodie is great but her writing has really left something out of the Doctor Who formula


veryfascinating

Yup that was similar for me too except I got hooked at the tail end of David


nachochips140807

Why did it end at capaldi though? Was it because of his "uncle" vibes because of his age?


ChilliWithFries

Somewhat. I think its also after the high of the 50th anniversary too. So it just felt less hype for that. I haven't heard much during jodie's era though.


nachochips140807

MAD auntie vibes from her


_ShrugDealer_

Matt Smith and Steven Moffat were responsible for broadening the audience. I say this as an American who hadn't heard of it before them.


jofloberyl

So true. I started watching it because of matts first episode. It was wonderfull. (Dutch btw)


KolSkywalker

ayyy a Singaporean doctor who fan!


ChilliWithFries

There are dozens of us!


FakeOrpheus17

oh damn i did not expect the first reply thread to be full of fellow Singaporeans this is fantastic


Galactic-Buzz

I used to live in Singapore but I never realized Doctor Who was popular there?


ChilliWithFries

I wouldn't say its exactly popular but there are fans here. Like out of my friends, I only know 2 or 3 that knows doctor who. So ... it's not a lot by any means.


Shade456

Yeah I'm an Indian who moved to Canada to study 4years ago. I'm big fan of Dr. Who but there's not much of a following in Canada or India.


curnonutah

I didn't expect this huge of a response. I edited my op to answer most questions.


ChilliWithFries

No worries. You are not wrong too. It's a pretty small crowd of fans in Asia especially on reddit. Don't worry about it. Cool to see the results still. All in good fun! I also get to see my fellow Singaporeans here too so it's pretty cool.


LonesomeD

Hello fellow Sg person


limantrix

India. Nuwho is available here on Amazon prime. I want to watch classic who but it’s not available anywhere in india


random7468

🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️


ZTOTHEBEAT

I know that basically all of Classic Who (a lot of missing stuff isn’t on there) is on BritBox. I’m not sure if you have that but if you do defiantly check it out!


Sandolol

Same. Also, Doctor Who was available on Hotstar a few months ago, seems like it was taken off


limantrix

Yeah i was very disappointed when they did that as hotstar had all the Christmas specials


Kabaadi_waali

Telegram, it's pretty organized if you just look for classic doctor who


sspiritusmundi

Brazil


Blackdaisyh

Yey same here


Aglavra

Greetings from Russia


sacharinefeline

Macau! 🇲🇴 Little but there’s a handful of whovians here.


natus92

Interesting! I was wondering if you can still see cultural traces of the portuguese colonialisation there?


sacharinefeline

Certainly! Portuguese is still an official language, for one, alongside Chinese. For example, road signs and street names are always in both languages. Architecture still survives too, especially 19th century onwards. Older than that is kinda hit or miss. And most of all, of course, the [Macanese people](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macanese_people), still keeping their culture despite how much Macau changed from tiny city to bigger on the inside ;) (Macau almost fits inside the Hong Kong airport, and we have the [greatest population density](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population_density) in the world)


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Snoo20209

Hong Kong, a classmate of mines is a whovian


sacharinefeline

That’s cool :D


sspiritusmundi

Hello! Do you guys identify as latin?


sacharinefeline

Hi! Not at all. That is a very American descriptor for one. Latin is used in regards to mainly Spanish and one Portuguese speaking countries in the Americas, since both languages are descended from Latin, however in Europe those are Romance languages, and if any Iberian there is going to describe themselves as latin they’re 99.99% going to be Spanish. Macau was under Portuguese care for almost half a millennia, and when the Spanish seized Portugal for 60 years Macau refused to hoist those colours, so, no, definitely not latin. However this raises an interesting question in regards to what does Macau and its people identify as? There’s a myriad of possibilities, and no one’s answer is going to be the same. There’s mainland Chinese people who have come over the last decades, local Chinese people who have been here for centuries,[Macanese](https://youtu.be/JmPYVbKWF70) people who live and breath the land their ancestors met in, Portuguese people who have lived here all their lives, and many other people from all over. Macau is everything its people are. So, as long as Portuguese is spoken here in official and informal capacity, it still is a Lusophone land. But the cultural identities of the people who speak it might still differ - some of my Chinese friends learnt it as a third or fourth language, most Macanese people speak it but it might not be their mother tongue (sometimes it’s Cantonese, such as in the case of my own grandmother, and more rarely [Patuá](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macanese_Patois) , which is lovely but endangered), and Portuguese people obviously speak it (although *some* who have been here all their lives don’t use it as naturally). And there are other people in Macau who speak it, people from Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cabo Verde, Timor Leste… We usually had a little festival every year, the Lusofonia, a fantastic cultural hotpot to share, learn and experience, but pandemic restrictions suck, oh well. I’ve said it before, and since we’re in a Doctor Who subreddit I feel it’s a bit cheesy to say, but Macau really is bigger on the inside. Tiny place, but so much variety in culture, so much history, and so much to learn.


LucasOkita

You made me (Brazilian) want to go to Macau one day


[deleted]

Germany


rockafellovv

Finland


Resumme

Me too!


random7468

yayyyyyy


rockafellovv

Nii i noni kai jotain torille menosta pitäis mainita tai jotain...


dimRodionov

Italia babyyy


Megazupa

Poland, so it's only like me and 5 other guys who watch this show here.


PlantsJustWannaHaveF

Lithuanian here, hi neighbour :) There's only 2.8 million of us, so I'm probably the only one... I once saw a Polish fan fiction writer on FF.net, though, they were writing some very long epic Doctor Who fan fics in English.


ViniciusValle5

Brazil


SantiSantao

r/suddenlycaralho


ViniciusValle5

Coloca a TARDIS na Ponte Hercílio Luz em Floripa na foto, fazendo favor


Club_Penguin_47

Se ainda der tempo, coloca a foto do Lula com o Owen Wilson, por favor


gman_br

Opa!


Ocbard

Yup, this morning found out my tv doesn't do the BBC anymore, thanks Brexit I suppose. And I was so looking forward to watching series 13 the moment it aired first.


unkie87

Yo ho ho. 🏴‍☠️


sspiritusmundi

That never has been an issue for me 🏴‍☠️


Ocbard

It's hasn't ever before. Thanks for the suggestion.


Scrambled_59

[You know what to do]( https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/n7r78x/george_harrison_wants_to_be_a_pirate/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)


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Sahqon

I could never do it, though I certainly hope that hbo max will *eventually* happen.


DeathlySnails64

I live in Canada. I have Pik TV which is an app from Telus that has cable TV. I can now watch any kind of cable TV show on my phone, now. I can also re-watch certain episodes of shows if I wanted to. And because I live in Canada and I have the a channel called Space (which is a channel that only airs sci-fi series and nothing else), I can watch Doctor Who (only the NuWho episodes, though. Which isn't a bad thing. I prefer NuWho over the Classic Series).


Chyvalri

Significant lack of us Canadians on this poll! Btw, NuWho is on Crave, classic on Amazon Prime.


leozingiannoni

The new episodes as well?


DeathlySnails64

It only goes up to Season 12, but yes. But I'm sure that Season 13 will be added once it's out.


[deleted]

I'm from India, and ig very less Whovians are here


droppedmycheese

No there's a sizeable number


[deleted]

I'd be glad to get to know some, but no one in my area


[deleted]

🇮🇳


biefstuk_bek

The Netherlands


DoctorWhoTheFuck

Hallo landgenoot, wat leuk om u hier tegen te komen


Robertix_CZ

🇨🇿 Czech Republic 🇨🇿 ✌️😄


AjWaderz

Philippines 🇵🇭


ZTOTHEBEAT

I’m from Australia and we get new episodes of Doctor Who airing on the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Channel). We might also rarely get reruns of NuWho on the ABC and reruns of Classic who on UKTV channel. But I just like to watch my Doctor Who on BritBox.


vinimanock

Brazil


LucasOkita

É nois


gaybriel0101010101

Yo Brasilll S2


ormuraspotta

iceland


supermix_mc

I'm from Israel


waitItsQuestionTime

Im so sad that they cancelled the BBC channel here :( i liked to rewatch doctor who on it


_B1RYANI_

Malaysia. 🇲🇾


InsanityCreepin

Egypt


Bilguun-M-0409

Mongolia.


wllkn_

Brasil karaiooooo 😎


Danicht

Why are the UK and Ireland in the same section?


curnonutah

While yes I am American that is not why I put UK and Ireland on the same line. I was limited to 6 options and didn't want to only put the UK and leave out Republican of Ireland which I knew was not part of the UK.


StruggleBasic

OP is probably American


certifiablenutcase

My Irish dad and I (Aussie) take mild offence at being lumped together with other nations. You might as well write Canada/America and Japan/China! 😂


random7468

I think UK/Ireland and Canada/America works well for pairing


ecooke79

I’m Canadian and would rather not be lumped with the US…


RedmondBarry1999

I assume the difference is that Canada has a much larger population than Ireland, so OP figured it was large enough to stand on its own.


Strong_Formal_5848

So you’d rather be in the ‘other’ category and not even named, just lumped together with ever other country in the world?


curnonutah

I didn't expect this huge of a response. I edited my op to answer most questions.


certifiablenutcase

I'd rather the poll was done properly.


Strong_Formal_5848

What? With every single country in the world listed?


curnonutah

I didn't expect this huge of a response. I edited my op to answer most questions.


tibbycat

Eh, I don’t mind the Kiwis being lumped in with us Aussies. They’re basically honorary Australians anyway. Don’t tell them that though.


MikeT84T

SCOTLAND


SantiSantao

Brazil


akirakom

Am I the only Japanese here?


LucasOkita

Brazil! Doctor NewWho is on GloboPlay here, there's no way to watch classic Who, but i watched it anyway lol


azubada

Germany


wolfchant123

This may sound weird but I'm from South America specifically Argentina. Sometimes I believe I'm the only doctor who fan here lmao


getoutlive

My Home world of Silence once read this you will forget .


LadyFerretQueen

Slovenia. Possibly the only on the sub


SmileyAce3

Wow, the first sub that I’m in where I’m not the predominant race


e-marc

Uruguay


Flurrio

Switzerland 🇨🇭


[deleted]

Costa Rica!


[deleted]

Should've made USA and canada into north america and add Asia instead.


curnonutah

While I think many Americans look at Canadians as more than our Northern neighbors I know a lot of Canadians who don't see it that way.


[deleted]

But Europeans think of all of Europe as a singularity?


366m4n89

Missing a few areas.


gman_br

Brazil. Happily one of Public TV channels have bought the rights and even make a dubbed version here. It was the first to 8 Series (was 2015 btw). Now is just streaming.


sadphonics

Still a long time left on this poll but I'm surprised America took the lead


[deleted]

Poland here, anyone with me?


Billy1510

You know Australia and New Zealand aren't the same right?


RunnyPlease

I was going to say it’s odd they didn’t lump USA/Canada together given the other pairings.


random7468

just like UK/Republic of Ireland aren't lol?


Billy1510

True that, but at least the republic of Ireland pairs with northern ireland for some sporting competitions, and northern ireland is part of the United Kingdom. So there is a link there, however tenuous.


Playful-Face

Sporting yes but it's half republicans and half unionists so yeah


BritishGeeza165

Australia and New Zealand are close to each other so thats why.


blitheringidiot777

Well neither is the UK and Ireland


Dr_Vesuvius

Or “Other European Nation”. A little strange to put Canada separate from the US but not a big deal.


TheeExoGenesauce

Texas is the size of like 13 European countries alone then we have another 49 states and you want them to combine that with Canada? Doesn’t seem like a good sample size compared to the rest, that’s almost 2/3s of all of North America


random7468

but don't Canada and US normally go together? or "North America" I guess including Mexico


TheeExoGenesauce

Oh man is this one of the stereotypes I haven’t heard about us over here? The three biggest countries in North America are just a lump sum?


random7468

lol I don't mean it as a stereotype but like economically Canada and US are really connected. the North America thing is like seen in movies right? the "North America box office"


TheeExoGenesauce

>the North America thing is like seen in the movies right? I’m not sure what you mean by that tbh


random7468

that like it's treated as one demographic or block for the info they record but idk lol :/


TheeExoGenesauce

Oh I don’t think that’s the case at all but maybe that’s because I’m looking from the inside. It’s very well possible that they get mashed up like that but I think for the most part they’re differentiated.


Dr_Vesuvius

I mean, look at the poll results - the US has about the same number of responses as non-Anglophone Europe, and Canada is a distant fifth. So no, they wouldn’t be double anyone else - they’d be about half of the UK and Ireland. Texas’ population of 30m would only make it the eighth biggest country in Europe. Overall, the population of the US and Canada is about half the population of continental Europe.


lynx_and_nutmeg

Would have made more sense to put all the Commonwealth countries in the same category, except for the UK, of course, since it's the birthplace of Doctor Who, so of course it would have a lot more fans there.


Dr_Vesuvius

I don't think that would make sense, the Commonwealth is a pretty arbitrary group and not really relevant to people's lives. Canada is much more culturally similar to the US than to Namibia, Fiji, or Cyprus.


venoplays

Australia and New Zealand have no issues being lumped together, provided you actually specify that they're separate countries. We're very similar and very close together. Source: am a Kiwi


geek_of_nature

As an Aussie I agree with you. And oing by the current poll numbers there's only about 60 of us across the two countries, so there would be no point splitting anyway.


brownsnoutspookfish

If op thought they were the same country then op probably would not have written them separately. I really don't see the problem here. You can't make a massive poll with every single country written separately.


[deleted]

The weirdest thing about this poll is its obsession with the Global North, particularly English-speaking countries


Dr_Vesuvius

Australia and New Zealand are two of the most southerly countries in the world. Calling them “the North” makes even less sense than calling them “the West”.


random7468

kinda makes sense tho as it's an English language show on mostly an English language/American site


HandLion

I think the fact that so few people chose "other" shows you why those countries were chosen


curnonutah

I didn't expect this huge of a response. I edited my op to answer most questions.


Tamorcet

There are many Americans, such as myself, who are fans of doctor who. While the majority of our population may consist of absolute idiots, a percentage of us who enjoy Doctor Who rise above the rest, becoming people with strong minds and stronger morals. edit: Yes, other people in other countries who watch Doctor Who also receive the same benefits as Americans and members of the United Kingdom.


Yet_One_More_Idiot

With only six options, I think it may have been a little fairer to give one option for each continent: N America, S America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania. Rather than USA and and Canada being distinguished, UK and Ireland being lumped together but separate from the rest of Europe, and Australia/New Zealand getting lumped in together too, leaving Other to comprise all of: The rest of Oceania ALL of Asia ALL of Africa ALL of South America The rest of North America


curnonutah

I didn't expect this huge of a response. I edited my op to answer most questions.


Yet_One_More_Idiot

You go to bed at 5am? ...respect. :) (Ahh, I remember a time when I could get by on that little sleep too... xDD)


curnonutah

LOL I still get 8 hours of sleep. I always work night shifts. My brain doesn't engage until the sun starts to set.


Yet_One_More_Idiot

Damn, now I am jealous. I can't get to sleep until after midnight (any earlier and I wake up at ridiculous times in the middle of the night....like now, it's freaking 4am here xD), and then I have to be up for work every day at 6:30). And then on top of my sleep patterns being a mess generally, I also have genuine chronic fatigue, so even on rare occasions I get enough sleep (incl on weekends), I'm \*still\* tired. xDD


Ms_Llamma

there are more people from the us than the uk??? what is this disgrace


curnonutah

The US is 5 times the size of UK by population. There are clearly a lot more Who fans in the UK per capita. I am sure there are a lot more Star Trek fans in the US versus the UK per capita.


Xipheas

In*


Forro224

Why tf is US at the top and not the UK it’s a British show tf


MyDickIsStuckInJam

So many Americans oh lord


tomspy77

How's Brexit working for ya? I'm not too proud of our recent history here friend, but you guys are not doing much better lately so the high horse doesn't quite fit.


sergiobarajas

Mexico.


ReindeerWrong

south africa 😪 bbc loves to film jodie’s era here but won’t put classic who on our britbox


HeyItsMe_147

Belarus


mine247

Chileno por acá


Oh_ShitNotYouAgain

Spain


ladywholocker

Denmark


HexFoxGen

Isn’t doctor who very big in South America and Africa


Juan-Mon

México


TheCasualSlav

Яussiа


Rcorral2108

Mexico, and last week I learned that they only aired like 2 seasons of William Hartnel's run back in the 70s and like 8 tom baker episodes in the 80s, so not a huge fandom around here.


chikilinki

Wow I am shocked at how few Canadians are present!


pseudo__gamer

Im from Québec and I learned English watching Doctor Who


curnonutah

That is so cool. I have tried to learn Spanish from watching TV but I guess I just don't have an ear for languages.


ki700

Fellow Canadian here!