{"product_id":"time-and-relative-dissertations-in-space-critical-perspectives-on-doctor-who-9780719076824","title":"Time and Relative Dissertations in Space Critical","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis fascinating book takes the reader on a rich and varied study of one of the greatest television programmes of all time: Doctor Who. Combining essays from academics in Screen Studies with practitioners who have contributed to the ongoing narrative of Doctor Who, this collection is the first to study the Doctor’s adventures in all their forms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: An earthly programme: origins and directions\u003cbr\u003e1. How to pilot a TARDIS: audiences, science fiction and the fantastic in Doctor Who - David Butler\u003cbr\u003e2. The child as addressee, viewer and consumer in mid-1960s Doctor Who - Jonathan Bignell\u003cbr\u003e3. ‘Now how is that wolf able to impersonate a grandmother?’ History, pseudo-history and genre in Doctor Who - Daniel O’Mahony\u003cbr\u003e4. Bargains of necessity?  Doctor Who, Culloden and fictionalising history at the BBC in the 1960s - Matthew Kilburn \u003cbr\u003ePart II: The subtext of death: narratives, themes and structures\u003cbr\u003e5. The empire of the senses: narrative form and point-of-view in Doctor Who - Tat Wood\u003cbr\u003e6. The ideology of anachronism: television, history and the nature of time - Alec Charles\u003cbr\u003e7. Mythic identity in Doctor Who - David Rafer\u003cbr\u003e8. The human factor: Daleks, the ‘evil human’ and Faustian legend in Doctor Who - Fiona Moore and Alan Stevens\u003cbr\u003ePart III: The seeds of television production: making Doctor Who\u003cbr\u003e9. The Filipino army’s advance on Reykjavik: world-building in studio D and its legacy - Ian Potter\u003cbr\u003e10. ‘Who done it’: discourses of authorship during the John Nathan-Turner era - Dave Rolinson\u003cbr\u003e11. Between prosaic functionalism and sublime experimentation: Doctor Who and musical sound design - Kevin J. Donnelly\u003cbr\u003e12. The music of machines: ‘special sound’ as music in Doctor Who - Louis Niebur\u003cbr\u003ePart IV: The parting of the critics: value judgements and canon formations\u003cbr\u003e13. The talons of Robert Holmes - Andy Murray\u003cbr\u003e14. Why is ‘City of Death’ the best Doctor Who story? - Alan McKee\u003cbr\u003e15. Canonicity matters: defining the Doctor Who canon - Lance Parkin\u003cbr\u003e16. Broader and deeper: the lineage and impact of the Timewyrm series - Dale Smith\u003cbr\u003e17. Televisuality without television? The Big Finish audios and discourses of ‘tele-centric’ Doctor Who - Matt Hills\u003cbr\u003eAfterword: My adventures - Paul Magrs\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037319954775,"sku":"9780719076824","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719076824.jpg?v=1750935270","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/time-and-relative-dissertations-in-space-critical-perspectives-on-doctor-who-9780719076824","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}