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Once Upon a Time Lord Ivan Phillips (University of Hertfordshire, UK)

Once Upon a Time Lord By Ivan Phillips (University of Hertfordshire, UK)

Once Upon a Time Lord by Ivan Phillips (University of Hertfordshire, UK)


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We're all stories in the end, said the Doctor in 'The Big Bang'. Stories are, fundamentally, what Doctor Who is all about.

Once Upon a Time Lord Summary

Once Upon a Time Lord: The Myths and Stories of Doctor Who by Ivan Phillips (University of Hertfordshire, UK)

'Every story ever told really happened...' (The Doctor, 'Hell Bent', 2015) Stories are, fundamentally what Doctor Who is all about. In Once Upon a Time Lord, Ivan Phillips explores a wide range of perspectives on these stories and presents a lively and richly-varied analysis of the accumulated tales that constitute this popular modern mythology. Concerned equally with 'classic' and 'new' Who, Phillips looks at how aspects of the Time Lord's story have been developed on television and beyond, tracing lines of connection and divergence across various media. He discusses Doctor Who as a mythology that has drawn on its own past in often complex ways, at the same time reworking elements from many other sources, whether literary, cinematic, televisual or historical. Once Upon A Time Lord offers an original take on this singular hero's journey, reading the unsettled enigma of the Doctor in relation to the characters, narratives and locations that he has encountered across more than half a century.

About Ivan Phillips (University of Hertfordshire, UK)

Ivan Phillips is an Associate Dean in the School of Creative Arts at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. He has published widely on popular culture, art and literature, with a particular interest in science fiction and the Gothic. He reviews for the journal Critical Studies in Television and contributed a chapter to Paul Booth's Fan Phenomena: Doctor Who (2013).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction: 'Quite a great spirit of adventure' 1. Critics, fans and mythologies of discourse 2. Doctor Who as mythology 3. Doctor Who and mythology 4. The hero and his worlds Conclusion: 'The universe will surprise you' Notes Bibliography Index

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NGR9781784532673
9781784532673
1784532673
Once Upon a Time Lord: The Myths and Stories of Doctor Who by Ivan Phillips (University of Hertfordshire, UK)
New
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2020-02-20
312
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