Research Catalog

Title

The Doctor Who franchise : American influence, fan culture and the spinoffs / Lynnette Porter.

Author

Porter, Lynnette R., 1957-

Publication

• Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2012]
• ©2012

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Holdings

Details

Description

vi, 194 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"Doctor Who and spinoffs Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures offer American audiences very different insights into the Whoniverse. Whereas Torchwood became a U.S.-U.K. co-production, The Sarah Jane Adventures was largely mismarketed. The past decade has been an exciting time in the Whoniverse, the Doctor--and the franchise--are poised for yet another regeneration"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

• Doctor Who (Television program : 1963-1989)
• Doctor Who (Television program : 2005- )
• Torchwood (Television program)
• Sarah Jane adventures (Television program)
• Television programs > Great Britain
• Great Britain > American influences

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The culture of Doctor Who -- Doing business with the U.S. -- The "Americanization" of British television -- Intertextuality and the Doctor -- Intertextuality, Captain Jack, and the future of Torchwood -- "You don't kill Sarah Jane!" -- Tweet success: social media and television marketing -- Friday is fez day: the popularity of conventions -- The cosmos is their oyster.

ISBN

• 9780786465569 (softcover : alk. paper)
• 0786465565 (softcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2012035864

OCLC

810414685

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library