Localized Doctor Who Fandoms Continue to Flourish

Both organized and general fandom for Doctor Who is thriving all over the world.

Last week, we brought you an article titled ‘Doctor Who is Bringing Students Together.’ It is about the popularity of student Doctor Who groups in Indiana, United States. Obviously, Indiana is not the only place where fandom for the franchise is going strong and making news.

Milwaukee Time Lords: Beginning and Present – credit: milwaukeetimelords.org

For another example, we take a short jump to up to Wisconsin where the Milwaukee Time Lords are located. According to Milwaukee Record:

"The Milwaukee Time Lords were founded in 1989, produced a newsletter, and had screenings way before any of this was cool. They still hold monthly meetings to talk Who and other sci-fi programming. A younger fan base of Whovians fills Turner Hall for cosplay, EDM music, and Doctor Who-themed cocktails every year at 42 Lounge’s Time Lord’s Ball, held December 26 last year."

Dalek Asylum Milwaukee – credit: milwaukeerecord.com

But, wait! There is more to Milwaukee’s enthusiasm for Doctor Who. The group Dalek Asylum Milwaukee — a group solely dedicated to building Daleks — is attempting to best the British for the Guinness Book of World Records record for the most amount of Daleks assembled in one place at one time. This prestigious accolade will not be easy to attain, but DAM is determined:

"The goal is to have the group of record-breaking Daleks assemble and storm Maker Faire Milwaukee in 2017 or 18, all rolling together and crying “Exterminate! Exterminate!” It’ll be a challenge to outpace the British Dalek-building community, but Hughett notes that Dalek Asylum Milwaukee can put out a call to the region for all Daleks to assemble and join them to beat the record.“There’s a large amount of Daleks in the Midwest. There’s a map on Project Dalek. You can see where the concentration of Daleks are, what they’re named, and who owns them.”"