Major & Minor Orthodox Whovian Groups

**The major and minor groups of Orthodox Whovians:**

**Classical**

These people only like **the classic series**. They may or may not like **the TV movie**, but they definitely don't like anything after that, holding everything after to be blasphemous and not true to the canon.

**Moderate Classical**

Again, this group only likes the classic series, but they don't even like all of that. At some point the show lost its way (probably around the end of the first Baker era), and became a hollow shadow of itself.

**Modernist**

This group likes all of **Modern Doctor Who**, but either dislikes or simply has no desire to watch any of the classic stuff.

**Televist**

This group holds that all televised episodes are considered canonical, and should be viewed as such.

**Virginite**

Anyone in this group has read all or most the **VNAs** and consider those to be central to the doctrine of Whovianism. They believe in the loomed birth, and may or may not like the other Doctor Who novels that have been published.

**Half-Humanist**

This person considers t**he Eighth Doctor** to be their favourite Doctor, and they hold his various media adventures (be they tv, audio, novel, or comic) to be more important than several eras of the actual televised show. They believe in the half-human birth, and the sexuality of the Doctor as evidenced through works such as **The Dying Days**. Many also live in constant hope that one day **McGann** shall return in some sort of miniseries.

**Ecclestonian**

While not a huge group, these individuals consider **Series 1** of Doctor Who to be peak Who, and think of everything else as a step down. They firmly believe that **Eccleston** was the best, **the BBC** blacklisted him, and anyone who skips series 1 is a heretic and deserves to be burned at the stake.

**Attractivist**

The central tenet of this group is that **Tennant** and **Smith** are the only Doctors that really matter and are any good. They may or may not also like **Davison** (regardless of whether they've seen any of his episodes), and they definitely think that **Capaldi** was too old to play the Doctor.

**Hybridian**

Once again, while not as large as Attractivism, Hybridism believes that Capaldi is the absolute best Doctor, his speeches should be the basis for your life, **Heaven Sent** is the best episode of television ever (except for maybe an episode or two of **The Thick of It**), Capaldi was let down by bad writing at times, and 12 should have said more swear words.

**Badwolfist**

This group is broader than the previous three, and considers **the RTD era** as whole to be the best of Doctor Who. Series 1, **3**, or **4** has the single best run of episodes in the entire show, (except for maybe **series 2**,) **Love and Monsters** is actually not that bad, and the RTD designs for the **Daleks** and **Cybermen** are the best either has ever looked.

**Geroniminian**

This group holds that **the Moffat era** is the best in the show's history, and that Moffat may be the single best writer to ever write for Doctor Who. While some episodes may be rushed, as a whole his arcs are glorious and his seasons beyond compare (except for maybe **series 7b**).

**Tecteunian**

This group, while more recent and controversial, believes that **the Chibnall era** is the height of Doctor Who. **Jodie** is a great Doctor, probably even the greatest except for maybe Tennant, and while she's been let down by some bad writing, her episodes are largely good, and **The Timeless Children** is alright at worst, and a beautiful twist at best. **The Brain of Morbius** is also held in high regard, even if it hasn't been personally viewed in its entirety by them. (This group is considered heretical by some others, but is recognized as a legitimate and orthodox viewpoint none the less.)

**Briggsian**

This group loves **Big Finish**, considers it more canonical than [insert era/story you dislike], and firmly believe that **Nicholas Briggs** should be the next showrunner. They also tend to be one of the poorest groups, as most have given their life savings over to Big Finish.

**Yarvellite**

This group likes all of Doctor Who well enough, and considers everything as being canon. The Daleks were created by **Davros**, and they were created by **Yarvelling**. The Doctor was once human, and **Bessie** was once a monster truck.

**Moderate Yarvellite**

This group likes all of Doctor Who and consider everything as being canon, except for one or two things they they believe go a bit too far. (This may or may not include the titular Yarvelling and his Dalek creation.)

**Factionist**

This bizzare little group primarily loves **Faction Paradox**, and considers everything else in Doctor Who secondary. There are only eight or nine of them in total, and they are almost cult-like in their devotion to the Faction and to **the Holy Father Lawrence Miles**, but are probably not actually a cult.

**Baggsian**

This group considers **Bill Baggs**' **BBV** Doctor Who stuff to all be good and all be canon. May or may not exist solely of Bill Baggs.

**Wilfredian**

This group firmly believes that **Wilfred Mott** is the greatest character ever, is so sweet and wholesome, and definitely should have traveled with the Doctor for at least 1 series, if not 2 or 3 or 4 or 5. They may or may not like other aspects of Doctor Who, but Wilfred Mott is the thing they care about the most.