The long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who has developed a large fan base over the years. Doctor Who fans are sometimes referred to as Whovians, or simply as the Doctor Who fandom. The usage of "Whovian" was restricted to fans in the United States during the 1980s, when the Doctor Who Fan Club of America (pronounced by members as Dwifca – now defunct) published the Whovian Times as its newsletter.