WINNER of the Ian King Society of the Year 2023-24!
WINNER of the Member's Choice Award 2023-24!
For anyone interested in joining, we will have a stall at the 2024 Societies Fair on Wednesday September 25th, so if you're interested, come on down and have a chat with our committee members! We'd love to meet you all!
We're the University of Birmingham Doctor Who Society, or DocSoc for short.
DocSoc is a society where you can express your love for all things Doctor Who (both classic and new) as well as its various spin-off shows including Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. Additionally, we are aiming to involve content from the Doctor Who Extended Universe - so if you're more of a comics-person or bookworm, never fear for there is a place for all levels of Doctor Who Fans in our society!
We run events every Tuesday evening (during term time), ranging from watching episodes of both the new and classic series, arts & craft sessions, quizzes, pizza nights, pub nights, bowling and more. We occasionally run events with other nerdy societies, as well as interesting collaborations with other societies like RockSoc and PhilSoc - over the past few years we have collaborated with many societies and been part of the annual inter-society quiz!
In June 2022, we helped to organise a Doctor Who Convention for university Doctor Who societies across the UK!
In November 2023, we ran a week-long timetable of events in collaboration with 10 different societies to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Doctor Who.
In June 2024, we ran a trip to Cardiff to visit filming locations the show has used since 2005!
In the 2024-25 academic year, we will be taking part in Whoniversity Challenge - a Doctor Who Quiz taking place between lots of Doctor Who Societies from across the UK!
Every kind of member is welcome in DocSoc, from those who've only seen a few episodes, to those who've seen every episode that still exists. New members can join at any time and we welcome any event suggestions all throughout the year!
For more information, and to keep track of our events, follow us on Facebook and/or Instagram - check out our Linktree for the links! We also have a Discord Server, which allows the DocSoc community to connect outside of our meetings - and announcements from the Committee will be displayed here, so it's worth joining that too!
If you have any questions, you can also email us at doctorwho@guild.bham.ac.uk or head to any of our social media pages where you can find and contact any of the committee members.
The current 2024-25 committee consists of:
- President: Max Williams
- Vice-President and Wellbeing Officers: Ethan Mark & Rob Rattray
- Treasurer: Daniyal Hussain
- Secretary: Oliver Cox
- Social Secretaries: Carina Walker & Emma Sheppard
Allons-y!