I think there are several factors going on in fandom.
One - is that its social-political structure it is one which is egalitarian, people from various communities of different shapes, gender, sexuality etc are brought together based upon one common interest.
Two - how fandom interacts with the medium, primarily it deals with the show like a documentary - a collection of facts (but only that which is stated or seen) put into some theoretical framework.
Three - that intelligence is a valued trait, and more significantly that it is a major if not the main definition of one's self identity.
Four - the error that a collection of trivial facts is intelligence.
Five - being human one grabs power in a social-political structure where there are no rules, hierarchical structure or authority.
Six - a whole lot of underdeveloped inter-personal skills; 6a - namely fandom talk at each other, not with each other; 6b - that in fandom, one doesn't interact with a person, but a collection of facts and theories.
Thus it becomes a battle of authorship. The best fan, the one who excells at being the best Doctor Who fan is one can be has the most knowledge and power and therefore is the one who can wield their authorship over the show and everyone else.
So any fan who becomes an NA author or Producer/Writer of the new Doctor Who series is seen as a threat to that ambition.
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Date: 2008-07-14 01:42 am (UTC)One - is that its social-political structure it is one which is egalitarian, people from various communities of different shapes, gender, sexuality etc are brought together based upon one common interest.
Two - how fandom interacts with the medium, primarily it deals with the show like a documentary - a collection of facts (but only that which is stated or seen) put into some theoretical framework.
Three - that intelligence is a valued trait, and more significantly that it is a major if not the main definition of one's self identity.
Four - the error that a collection of trivial facts is intelligence.
Five - being human one grabs power in a social-political structure where there are no rules, hierarchical structure or authority.
Six - a whole lot of underdeveloped inter-personal skills; 6a - namely fandom talk at each other, not with each other; 6b - that in fandom, one doesn't interact with a person, but a collection of facts and theories.
Thus it becomes a battle of authorship. The best fan, the one who excells at being the best Doctor Who fan is one can be has the most knowledge and power and therefore is the one who can wield their authorship over the show and everyone else.
So any fan who becomes an NA author or Producer/Writer of the new Doctor Who series is seen as a threat to that ambition.