Research Catalog

Title

Time and relative dissertations in space : critical perspectives on Doctor Who / edited by David Butler.

Publication

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

Butler, David, 1974-

Description

xii, 336 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

Doctor Who (Television program : 1963-1989)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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

Call Number

MWGV (Great Britain) 08-794

ISBN

• 9780719076824
• 071907682X

OCLC

148905827

Title

Time and relative dissertations in space : critical perspectives on Doctor Who / edited by David Butler.

Imprint

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2007.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Butler, David, 1974-

Research Call Number

MWGV (Great Britain) 08-794