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Time and Relative Dissertations in Space David Butler

Time and Relative Dissertations in Space By David Butler

Time and Relative Dissertations in Space by David Butler


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This fascinating book takes the reader on a rich and varied study of one of the greatest television programmes of all time: Doctor Who. Combining essays from academics in Screen Studies with practitioners who have contributed to the ongoing narrative of Doctor Who, this collection is the first to study the Doctor's adventures in all their forms.

Time and Relative Dissertations in Space Summary

Time and Relative Dissertations in Space: Critical Perspectives on Doctor Who by David Butler

Time and relative dissertations in space takes the reader on a rich and varied study of one of the greatest television programmes of all time: Doctor Who. This book is the first study of Doctor Who to explore the Doctor's adventures in all their manifestations: on television, audio, in print and beyond. Although focusing on the original series (1963-89), the collection recognises that Doctor Who is a cultural phenomenon that has been 'told' in many ways through a myriad of texts. Combining essays from academics as well as practitioners who have contributed to the ongoing narrative of Doctor Who, the collection encourages debate with contrasting opinions on the strengths (and weaknesses) of the programme, offering a multi-perspective view of Doctor Who and the reasons for its endurance.

Time and Relative Dissertations in Space Reviews

"Adds to existing scholarship on "Doctor Who" in important ways the book brings together the work of an impressive range of writers that collectively present an engaging, thought-provoking and complex analysis of the texts of "Doctor Who.""--Cathy Johnson, Department of Media Arts, Royal Holloway University of London."

About David Butler

David Butler is Lecturer in Screen Studies at the University of Manchester

Table of Contents

Part I: An earthly programme: origins and directions 1. How to pilot a TARDIS: audiences, science fiction and the fantastic in Doctor Who - David Butler 2. The child as addressee, viewer and consumer in mid-1960s Doctor Who - Jonathan Bignell 3. 'Now how is that wolf able to impersonate a grandmother?' History, pseudo-history and genre in Doctor Who - Daniel O'Mahony 4. Bargains of necessity? Doctor Who, Culloden and fictionalising history at the BBC in the 1960s - Matthew Kilburn Part II: The subtext of death: narratives, themes and structures 5. The empire of the senses: narrative form and point-of-view in Doctor Who - Tat Wood 6. The ideology of anachronism: television, history and the nature of time - Alec Charles 7. Mythic identity in Doctor Who - David Rafer 8. The human factor: Daleks, the 'evil human' and Faustian legend in Doctor Who - Fiona Moore and Alan Stevens Part III: The seeds of television production: making Doctor Who 9. The Filipino army's advance on Reykjavik: world-building in studio D and its legacy - Ian Potter 10. 'Who done it': discourses of authorship during the John Nathan-Turner era - Dave Rolinson 11. Between prosaic functionalism and sublime experimentation: Doctor Who and musical sound design - Kevin J. Donnelly 12. The music of machines: 'special sound' as music in Doctor Who - Louis Niebur Part IV: The parting of the critics: value judgements and canon formations 13. The talons of Robert Holmes - Andy Murray 14. Why is 'City of Death' the best Doctor Who story? - Alan McKee 15. Canonicity matters: defining the Doctor Who canon - Lance Parkin 16. Broader and deeper: the lineage and impact of the Timewyrm series - Dale Smith 17. Televisuality without television? The Big Finish audios and discourses of 'tele-centric' Doctor Who - Matt Hills Afterword: My adventures - Paul Magrs

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GOR004799032
9780719076824
071907682X
Time and Relative Dissertations in Space: Critical Perspectives on Doctor Who by David Butler
Used - Good
Paperback
Manchester University Press
2007-11-01
352
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