This book examines the fan-created combination ofDoctor Who, Sherlock, andSupernatural 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 showsDoctor Who,Supernatural, andSherlock? In this book, Paul Booth explores the fan-created crossover universe known asSuperWhoLocka 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 thatSuperWhoLockrepresents more than just those three showsit is a way of doing fandom. Through interviews with fans and analysis of fan texts,Crossing Fandoms: SuperWhoLock and the Contemporary Fan Audience also demonstrates how fan studies in the digital age can evolve to take into account changingfan activities and texts.

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

Introduction.SuperWhoLock 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.SuperWhoLock Fandom: Cross Fandoms.