Doctor Who in Time and Space: Essays on Themes, Characters, History and Fandom, 1963-2012Gillian I. Leitch, Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III This collection of fresh essays addresses a broad range of topics in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, both old (1963-1989) and new (2005-present). The book begins with the fan: There are essays on how the show is viewed and identified with, fan interactions with each other, reactions to changes, the wilderness years when it wasn't in production. Essays then look at the ways in which the stories are told (e.g., their timeliness, their use of time travel as a device, etc.). After discussing the stories and devices and themes, the essays turn to looking at the Doctor's female companions and how they evolve, are used, and changed by their journey with the Doctor. |
Contents
Introduction Gillian I Leitch | 1 |
Fan Consumption of Televised Doctor Who in Britain 1963Present Andrew ODay | 7 |
British Fandom to the Present Andrew ODay | 25 |
3 Dont Call It a Comeback Aaron Gulyas | 44 |
4 Whose Doctor? JM Frey | 64 |
Memory and Chronology Kieran Tranter | 82 |
Time Travel Narratives Paul Booth | 97 |
7 Narrative Confl ict and the Portrayal of Media Public Relations and Marketing in the New Doctor Who Racheline Maltese | 112 |
Human Responses to the Apocalypse Andrew Crome | 175 |
The Britishness of HumanMachine Marriage in Series 31 Kate Flynn | 195 |
Gothic Horror and the Weeping Angels Trilogy David Whitt | 213 |
Time Travel as a Heroic Journey of SelfDiscovery for Rose Tyler Martha Jones and Donna Noble Antoinette F Winstead | 227 |
Sarah Jane Smiths Adventures with and Without Doctor Who Sherry Ginn | 242 |
The Evolution of the Doctors Female Companion in the New Who Lynette Porter | 253 |
Videography | 269 |
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