{"product_id":"adventures-across-space-and-time-9781350288379","title":"Adventures Across Space and Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdventures Across Space and Time\u003c\/i\u003e brings together key academic, critic and fan writings about \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e alongside newly-commissioned work addressing contemporary issues and debates to form a comprehensive guide to the wider Whoniverse.The perennially popular BBC series holds a unique place in the history of television and of TV fandom: the longest running science-fiction show, the series and its fan communities have tracked social and cultural changes over its 60 year lifetime. \u003ci\u003eAdventures Across Space and Time\u003c\/i\u003e presents classic writings on \u003ci\u003eWho\u003c\/i\u003e and its fandom by leading scholars including John Fiske, Henry Jenkins, John Tulloch and Matt Hills, but also represents writings and art by fans, including fans who went on to become showrunners, writers or even the Doctor himself, with contributions by Steven Moffat, Chris Chibnall, Douglas Adams and Peter Capaldi. This innovative anthology addresses \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e''s showrunners, Doctors, companions, enemies and c\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver its sixty-year history, \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who \u003c\/i\u003ehas inspired a vast array of commentary. \u003ci\u003eThe Doctor Who Reader\u003c\/i\u003e gathers together a commendably representative range of such writing, academic and fan, classic and newly commissioned. An essential addition to the scholarship's unfolding text. -- Una McCormack, scriptwriter and author of Doctor Who: The Target Storybook (2019)\u003cbr\u003eA wonderful book by some wonderful people, about what we love about \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e, why we love it, and how it loves us back. -- Steven Schapansky, host of Doctor Who: Radio Free Skaro, UK\u003cbr\u003eA brilliant compendium of the brilliance of \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who \u003c\/i\u003efandom. Intelligent, insightful and incredibly wide-ranging, this is a really engaging collection. I love the mix of new analysis and older pieces to give a comprehensive overview. A perfect introduction for those new to \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who \u003c\/i\u003escholarship, and packed with interest for more established scholars. There's so much here I'd never even thought of. I finished it then immediately wanted to start reading again. -- Simon Guerrier, producer and author of How The Doctor Changed My Life (2008)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations List of Tables Foreword by Matthew Sweet Acknowledgements  List of Contributors   \u003cb\u003eSection I: Into the (Transmedia) Vortex: From Dalekmania to Time Lord Victorious - Paul Booth\u003c\/b\u003e 1.     Transmedia \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e I  From ‘Canonicity in Doctor Who’ by Paul Cornell From ‘Doctor Who and the Convergence of Media: A Case Study in “Transmedia Storytelling”’ by Neil Perryman 2.  Early TV Scholarship  From ‘Dr Who: Similarity and Difference’ by John Tulloch From ‘Dr Who: Ideology and the Reading of a Popular Narrative Text’ by John Fiske 3.      Production Insights  From \u003ci\u003eThe Making of Doctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e by Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke From \u003ci\u003eTriumph of a Time Lord: Regenerating Doctor Who in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e by Matt Hills 4.      The (In)definite Article  From \u003ci\u003eTARDISBound: Navigating the Universes of Doctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e by Piers Britton From \u003ci\u003eDesign for Doctor Who: Vision and Revision in Science Fiction Television\u003c\/i\u003e by Piers Britton 5.      Bigger, Louder, and Now in Colour!  From ‘Adapting Telefantasy: The Doctor Who and the Daleks Films’ by John R. Cook From ‘Televisuality Without Television?: The Big Finish Audios and Discourses of “Tele-centric” Doctor Who’ by Matt Hills  From \u003ci\u003eLove and Monsters: The Doctor Who Experience, 1979 to the Present\u003c\/i\u003e by Miles Booy 6.      The Legacy of \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e Literature by Stacey Smith? 7.      The \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who \u003c\/i\u003eFigurine Collection by Ross Garner 8.      \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who: Time Fracture\u003c\/i\u003e – Process, Techniques and Principles of an Immersive Experience Production by Sarah Atkinson and Helen Kennedy 9.      The Costs of the Doctor: \u003ci\u003eTime Lord Victorious\u003c\/i\u003e and Managing Transmedia Engagement by Elizabeth Evans   \u003cb\u003eSection II Studying Doctor Who's Audiences and Fans - Matt Hills\u003c\/b\u003e 10.  The Powerless Elite From \u003ci\u003eScience Fiction Audiences\u003c\/i\u003e by John Tulloch and Henry Jenkins 11.  The Powerless Elite? From ‘Keeping the Elite Powerless: Fan-Producer Relations in the “Nu Who” (and New YOU) Era’ by Leora Hadas and Limor Shifman 12.  The Eras of \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e From ‘Periodising Doctor Who’ by Paul Booth 13.  Political Doctor Who From ‘Is Doctor Who Political?’ by Alan McKee 14.  Desiring \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e From ‘Desiring the Doctor: Identity, Gender and Genre in Online Fandom’ by Rebecca Williams 15.  Feminist \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e From ‘“Finally, we get to play the Doctor”: Feminist Female Fans’ Reactions to the First Female Doctor Who’ by Neta Yodovich 16.  Fans as Consumers: Psychographics and Tribalism in \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e Fandom by Alison Lawson and David Lawson 17.  The Controversy of the Thirteenth Doctor Announcement and \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e Fandom on Tumblr by Alice de Freitas Gomes and Polyana Inácio Rezende Silva 18.  \u003ci\u003eMarginally Fannish\u003c\/i\u003e: Fan Podcasts as Alternative Sites of Intersectional Education by Parinita Shetty 19.  Casual Fans and Non-Fans in \u003ci\u003eFlux\u003c\/i\u003e: The Reception of ‘Once, Upon Time’ and \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e’s Return to Serialization by Dominique Gagnon   \u003cb\u003eSection III: Doctor Who Fandom in the 21st Century - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoy Piedmont\u003c\/b\u003e 20.  Tumblr Fandom Is an Unknowable Anti-Monolith Cryptid by Lena Barkin 21.  The Police Box From ‘Doctor Who’s TARDIS Has a Different Meaning for Black Fans’ by Constance Gibbs 22.  Space Isn’t Always for Everyone: How Unconscious Racial Bias in \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e Scripts Affects Fan Perception of Companions of Colour by Amanda-Rae Prescott 23.  ‘Martha Jones is a lesbian’: Queer (Re)interpretations of Companions in \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e by Océane I. Nyela and Anna Young 24.  Fandom DIY: \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e Fans in Poland by Magdalena Stonawska 25.  ‘The Day of The Doctor’ and ‘Flux’ in Latin America: The Relationship between BBC’s Strategies and Brazilian Whovians by Eloy Vieira and Lilian França 26.  Translating \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e into Chinese: Fansubbing and \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e Fandom in China by Ting Guo  27.  The Girl Who Waited Survived: Fan Rewritings of Amy Pond by Bethan Jones 28.  Forks in the Fandom Road: Divergent Views on the Social Politics of \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e by Talia Franks 29.  Postcolonial \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e From ‘Through Coloured Eyes: An Alternative Viewing of Postcolonial Transition’ by Vanessa de Kauwe   \u003cb\u003eSection IV: Doctor Who’s Creative Intersections - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eTansy Rayner Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e 30.  Fans for Hire From ‘Douglas Adams: The First Professional Doctor Who Fan’ by Eddie Robson 31.  The Doctor Effect From ‘How Fanzines Helped Put Doctor Who Fans in Charge of Doctor Who’ by Nolan Feeney 32.  Fannish Origin Stories From ‘Dalek-Builders’ by Peter Capaldi From rec.arts.drwho Post by Steven Moffat 33.  Poachers Turned Cartographers by Ian Potter 34.  Within Any Fan’s Dream  From David J Richardson interviews Kate Orman 35.  Run Fast, Love Hard, Be Kind: Twenty Years in \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e Fandom by Lynne M Thomas 36.  Popping into Fiction From ‘Where To Find the Doctor in All of My Historical Fantasy Novels’ by Mary Robinette Kowal 37.  Sexism in Fandom From ‘The Uncomfortable Truth About Fandom Sexism’ by Claudia Boleyn 38.  When Fans Become Showrunners by Julia Henken 39.  Scripting Fandom in 21st Century \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e by Paul Driscoll 40. The legacy of the fanzine Renaissance by Leslie McMurtry  Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738615525719,"sku":"9781350288379","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350288379.jpg?v=1720049663","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/adventures-across-space-and-time-9781350288379","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}