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A term used in Doctor Who fiction to refer to any piece of work which reuses old monsters or characters purely in an attempt to stir feelings in the groins of sad anal fanboys.
Fan1 "In this new book, the Daleks, the Cybermen and Yartek team up to fight a war against the Doctor, UNIT and the Time-Lords. The Doctor finally defeats The Master on the planet Skaro with help from Leela, K9 and the Sonic Screwdriver."

Fan2 "Sounds like a load of fanwank to me!"
Fanwank by Ian Moore January 28, 2004
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To fill in plot holes or explain away lapses in continuity in fictional works by coming up with (often convoluted) explanations of how it could have happened.
"But David used Sarah's real name even though he never knew her before she changed her identity."

"He could have read her file. He had access to it in episode seventeen and there were a few minutes when he could have flicked through it."
fanwank by The Rev November 13, 2004
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fagwanker 

A popular colloquial amalgam, comprising of the two slang roots; 'fag' and 'wanker', meaning:
1. Somebody who engages in masturbation with homosexuals
2. Somebody who is not held in high regard by the user, rather, is strongly disliked.
Des: "Hey John, I just bought a radiohead album!"
John: "Go wank some fags, you damn fagwanker!"
fagwanker by arklow representin March 23, 2006
When the writers of a television show, movie, video game or other product include jokes that the audience will get based not on the show, but on outside knowledge. Actors meeting co-stars from previous series, saying famous lines, or put in familiar situations just to play to the base like an asexual form of fanservice.

An in-jokey shout out in a body of work. The type of thing that fans will catch, but everyone else will ignore. More obscure than a simple reference, more in-depth than an in-joke, but a unique kind of thing anyway.

The writers are, in effect, winking at their fans. Fankwink.
Wow, they really put "you wouldn't like me when I'm angry" in the new Hulk movie? That's some Grade-A fanwink right there.
fanwink by yo go re February 23, 2009
a person who wanks/masturbates to gay porn.
dicky C: what's up dr. Faggot?

bill: oh my god, somebody needs his dose of fagwank!
Wanking over pictures of friends and aquaintances whilst viewing facebook.

The need for a fabwank usually occurs, inexplicably, at the same time as your hot friend uploading their nudist camp holiday photos.
Oh FFS, your mum's only gone and uploaded that video of her playing netball with no bra on. Pass me the tissues, I need a fabwank
fabwank by DangerWizzle June 16, 2010

Fan Wank 

When a nerd attempts to explain the inconsistencies in their favourite TV shows/films with supposedly 'common sense' conjecture based on non-canon material. Especially applicable to Science Fiction.
"Did you know that the Nova class science vessel was introduced to replace the Oberth class vessels in the 2360s?"

"Man, is that true?"

"Erm, don't really know. I think I made it up. Makes sense though. Wait, did I just have a fan wank?"
Fan Wank by vacant72 August 1, 2008
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