Paul Booth 
Crossing Fandoms 
SuperWhoLock and the Contemporary Fan Audience

This book examines the fan-created combination of
Doctor Who, Sherlock, and
Supernatural as a uniquely digital fan experience, and as a metaphor for ongoing scholarship into contemporary fandom. 





What do you get when you cross the cult shows
Doctor Who,
Supernatural, and
Sherlock? In this book, Paul Booth explores the fan-created crossover universe known as
Super Who Lock—a universe where Sherlock Holmes and Dean Winchester work together to fight monsters like the Daleks and the Weeping Angels; a world where John Watson is friends with Amy Pond; a space where the unique brands of fandom interact. Booth argues that
Super Who Lock represents more than just those three shows—it is a way of doing fandom. Through interviews with fans and analysis of fan texts,
Crossing Fandoms: Super Who Lock and the Contemporary Fan Audience also demonstrates how fan studies in the digital age can evolve to take into account changingfan activities and texts.

Table of Content

Introduction.
Super Who Lock Fandom: Fandoms Crossed.- 1.
Supernatural Fandom: The Fandom Business.- 2.
Doctor Who Fandom: Bigger on the Inside.- 3.
Sherlock Fandom: The Fandom is Afoot.- Conclusion.
Super Who Lock Fandom: Cross Fandoms.

About the author

Paul Booth is Associate Professor of Media and Cinema Studies in the College of Communication at De Paul University, USA. He is the author of
Game Play (2015),
Playing Fans (2015),
Time on TV (2012) and
Digital Fandom (2010), and the editor of
Seeing Fans (with Lucy Bennett, 2016),
Controversies in Digital Ethics (with Amber Davisson, 2016), and
Fan Phenomena: Doctor Who (2013).