Who-athon

English

Etymology

From Who +‎ -athon.

Noun

Who-athon (plural Who-athons)

1. (informal) A marathon of the British science-fiction series Doctor Who.
   • 1993 November 25, Michele Paige Goudie, “Oh geeze, I missed it.”, in rec.arts.drwho‎^[1] (Usenet):

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

   • 2006 April 4, Martin, “Tennant's Extra”, in uk.media.tv.sf.drwho‎^[2] (Usenet):

     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.

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

     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.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Who-athon.