Description
Book SynopsisExamines the British contribution to science fiction film and TV. The editors provide a conceptual introduction placing the essays within their critical context. Essay topics include the Hammer horrors of the 1950s, the various incarnations of
Doctor Who, Stanley Kubrick's
A Clockwork Orange, and such 21st-century productions as
28 Days Later and
Torchwood.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: British Science Fiction Beyond the TARDIS
- 1. H.G. Wells and Science Fiction Cinema
- 2. Aftermaths: Post-Apocalyptic Imagery
- 3. The BBC Versus "Science Fiction": The Collision of Transnational Genre and National Identity in Television of the Early 1950s
- 4. Hammer Horror and Science Fiction
- 5. Robert Fuest and The Final Programme: Science Fiction and the Question of Style
- 6. "Anything Can Happen in the Next Half-Hour": Gerry Anderson's Transnational Science Fiction
- 7. Tracking UFO: Format, Text and Context
- 8. A Clockwork Orange, Exploitation and the Art Film
- 9. Visions of an English Dystopia: History, Technology and the Rural Landscape in The Tripods
- 10. The Future of History in Dennis Potter's Cold Lazarus
- 11. Expatriate! Expatriate! Doctor Who: The Movie and Commercial Negotiation of a Multiple Text
- 12. Invasion of the Brit-Snatchers: National Identity in Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema
- 13. A Cosy Catastrophe: Genre, National Cinema, and Fan Responses to 28 Days Later
- 14. Desiring the Doctor: Identity, Gender and Genre in Online Fandom
- 15. Invaders from Space, Time Travel and Omnisexuality: The Multi-Layered Narrative of Torchwood
- Chapter Notes
- Select Bibliography
- About the Contributors
- Index
