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. 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.

ISBN	071907682X	Pages	352
ISBN13	9780719076824 (What's this?)	Volumes	1
Publisher	Manchester University Press	Weight (grammes)	544
Imprint	Manchester University Press	Published in	Manchester
Format	Paperback	Height (mm)	234
Publication date	01 Nov 2007	Width (mm)	156
Library of Congress	PN1990	Spine width (mm)	25
DEWEY	791.4572	Academic level	Further/Higher education
DEWEY edition	DC22

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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