Time and Relative Dissertations in Space

"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." "Doctor Who" has travelled an erratic path since it began in 1963, veering between respected institution and the source of countless jokes about low-budget visual effects. Yet, despite periods of hostile criticism and cancellation, the programme has survived to tell stories that span the breadth of space and time, returning to BBC1 in 2005 as a revitalised family drama with huge popular and critical success. "Time and Relative Dissertations in Space" 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", including Paul Magrs, Daniel O'Mahony, Lance Parkin and Dale Smith, 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. With essays addressing core themes such as genre, narrative, authorship, visual style, music, sound, audiences, adaptations and the portrayal of history on screen, "Time and Relative Dissertations in Space" will be of interest to those involved in the wider field of Television Studies as well as readers with a fascination and love for "Doctor Who."

ISBN 0719076811   Pages 352 ISBN13 9780719076817 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Manchester University Press   Weight (grammes) 635 Imprint Manchester University Press   Published in Manchester Format Hardback   Height (mm) 234 Publication date 01 Nov 2007   Width (mm) 156 Library of Congress 2008299591   Spine width (mm) 30 DEWEY 791.4572   Academic level Further/Higher education DEWEY edition DC23

Pt. I		An earthly programme: origins and directions		17
1		How to pilot a TARDIS: audiences, science fiction and the fantastic in Doctor Who by David Butler		19
2		The child as addressee, viewer and consumer in mid-1960s Doctor Who by Jonathan Bignell		43
3		Now how is that wolf able to impersonate a grandmother?' History, pseudo-history and genre in Doctor Who by Daniel O'Mahony		56
4		Bargains of necessity? Doctor Who, Culloden and fictionalising history at the BBC in the 1960s by Matthew Kilburn		68
Pt. II		The subtext of death: narratives, themes and structures		87
5		The empire of the senses: narrative form and point-of-view in Doctor Who by Tat Wood		89
6		The ideology of anachronism: television, history and the nature of time by Alec Charles		108
7		Mythic identity in Doctor Who by David Rafer		123
8		The human factor: Daleks, the 'Evil Human' and Faustian legend in Doctor Who by Fiona Moore and Alan Stevens		138
Pt. III		The seeds of television production: making Doctor Who		159
9		The Filipino army's advance on Reykjavik: world-building in Studio D and its legacy by Ian Potter		161
10		'Who done it': discourses of authorship during the John Nathan-Turner era by Dave Rolinson		176
11		Between prosaic functionalism and sublime experimentation: Doctor Who and musical sound design by Kevin J. Donnelly		190
12		The music of machines: 'special sound' as music in Doctor Who by Louis Niebur		204
Pt. IV		The parting of the critics: value judgements and canon formations		215
13		The talons of Robert Holmes by Andy Murray		217
14		Why is 'City of Death' the best Doctor Who story? by Alan McKee		233
15		Canonicity matters: defining the Doctor Who canon by Lance Parkin		246
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"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.

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