Citations:Wholock

Proper noun: "(fandom slang) genre of chiefly fan-created crossover fiction [...]"

 * 2012, Charles Wang, "Not Sure If Still Funny", Kitsch (Cornell University), Spring 2012, page 36:
 * Whovians have joined with Sherlock fans to create WhoLock crossovers, which range from brilliant to bizarre.
 * 2014, Christopher Hooton, "Doctor Who Sherlock crossover: I would do 'Wholock', says Steven Moffat", The Independent, 11 August 2014:
 * Doctor Who and Sherlock showrunner Steven Moffat has "come clean" about the possibility of a crossover 'Wholock ' episode between the two shows, saying he wants to do it but his "killjoy" colleagues Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman are in the way.
 * 2014, Ng Cheng Cheng, "Youth Networking Interactions: Performing Identity Online Through Stance and Humour", thesis submitted to the National University of Singapore, page 84
 * Nonetheless, a stance analysis of a few of his usual remarks to his fellow Wholock enthusiasts revealed some interesting characteristics:
 * 2015, Paul Booth, Playing Fans: Negotiating Fandom and Media in the Digital Age, page 44 (image caption):
 * Figure 7. "Wholock AU," Tumblr, karlimeaghan.
 * 2015, Eckart Voigts, "The Politics of Mash-Up Transgression and the Polyprocess of Cultural Jazz", in The Politics of Adaptation: Media Convergence and Ideology (eds. D. Hassler-Forest & P. Nicklas), pages 88-89:
 * John Smith's production of 'Wholock,' a mash-up of Sherlock and Dr Who with excellent production values and impressive amateur special effects with over 2.8 million YouTube views, is an example of vitality and gained the producer deserved recognition.
 * 2016, Alexis Bartolomucci, "'Dr. Who" meshes with 'Sherlock' at the library", Poland Neighbors (Poland, OH), 2 January 2016, page 3 (image caption):
 * Different crafts were available for people to make while enjoying the "WhoLock."
 * 2016, Kieron Moore, All-Consuming Fire review, Starburst, February 2016, page 26:
 * So stop worrying about how it fits into the continuity and enjoy this lovingly crafted retro-Wholock; though the later part of the story may rely on one sci-fi action cliche too many, spending time in the company of McCoy's Doctor, Briggs' Holmes, and respective companions is a delight.
 * 2019, Paul Booth, Crossing Fandoms: SuperWhoLock and the Contemporary Fan Audience, page 89:
 * Neither Ben nor Thom knew much about SuperWhoLock, for instance, although they knew of ''WhoLock.
 * 2020, Robert Smith & Graeme Burk, Who Is The Doctor 2, unnumbered page:
 * Ben Pickles, from Vancouver, had designed a popular YouTube Doctor Who–Sherlock mash-up called WhoLock.

Proper noun: "(fandom slang) the crossover ship of The Doctor from Doctor Who and Sherlock from the eponymous television series"

 * 2013, Teresa Forde, "You Anorak': The Doctor Who Experience and Experiencing Doctor Who, in Doctor Who: Fan Phenomena (ed. Paul Booth), page 63:
 * Similar readings still proliferate in contemporary fan writing; for example, on Tumblr with the relationship between Amy Pond and the Doctor, as in the ‘ship Amy/Doctor, or even the Doctor and Sherlock Holmes making the crossover relationship of Wholock (see Nistasha Perez’s chapter in this volume).