Top 10 Fan Wars: from Doctor Who to Twilight to Star Wars vs Star Trek

The Doctor underwent his biggest regeneration of all when he returned in 2005. Along with a new face and new Tardis came a whole new approach: bigger budgets, more emotional storylines and deafening music. What was once an insular fanbase (it’s hard to remember, but Doctor Who used to be considered nerdy even among nerds) attracted a younger audience who had no memory of Tom Baker et al.

There was a clash of the generations, Classic vs nuWho. With the petty, internecine hatred that comes so naturally to nerds, they constantly snipe at each other on Tumblr and the various Doctor Who forums.

There is a further split in the nuWho crowd, between fans of Russell T Davies and his successor Steven Moffat. Combine that with the ongoing discussion of who is the best Doctor and at this point, Whovians are split into more competing factions than communists in the 1920s.

Incidentally, Radio Times is often accused of being biased one way or the other. Please believe us: we don’t care.