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Doctor Who: Impossible Worlds

Author : Stephen Nicholas,Mike Tucker
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780062458254

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An intimate, behind-the-curtains tour of the sets, costumes, spacecraft, alien planets, creatures, weapons, and gadgets used to create the stunning world of Doctor Who. From distant galaxies in the far-flung future, to ancient history on the planet Earth, Doctor Who is unique for the breadth of imaginative possibilities it offers the artists charged with bringing each episode to life. Mining the depths of the BBC archives, Stephen Nicholas and Mike Tucker have compiled this breathtaking collection of rare and never-before-published images that are interwoven with fascinating insights from the show’s writers. Showcasing the work of Doctor Who’s remarkable designers, Doctor Who: Impossible Worlds pays tribute to the care and attention to detail essential to creating the look of the show, from the characters themselves—including recurring villains like the Daleks or the Cybermen—to the smallest hand prop featured in the briefest of scenes, to the TARDIS console room and other regularly used sets. Doctor Who: Impossible Worlds explores how the art department works together with costumers and make-up and special effects artists to produce a coherent look for a diverse range of alien worlds; reveals how the artists’ relationship with the computer graphics department allows them to create locations far grander than possible in the real world; and shows how today’s creative artists have built upon the designs produced by their predecessors—the pioneers of the program’s “classic” era whose legacy has delighted audiences since 1963. Divided thematically, Doctor Who: Impossible Worlds examines the history of the program and its art and set design, and highlights how various re-occurring designs have evolved over time. Chock full of surprising, illuminating, and fascinating information, photographs, and trivia, Doctor Who: Impossible Worlds is essential for every Whovian, whether you're an established fan or are new to the show.

Impossible Worlds, Impossible Things

Author : Melissa Beattie,Ross P. Garner,Una McCormack
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781443820462

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Impossible Worlds, Impossible Things by Melissa Beattie,Ross P. Garner,Una McCormack Pdf

The successful regeneration of Doctor Who in the twenty-first century has sparked unprecedented popular success and renewed interest within the academy. The ten essays assembled in this volume draw on a variety of critical approaches—from cultural theory to audience studies, to classical reception and musicology—to form a wide-ranging interdisciplinary discussion of Doctor Who, classic and new, and its spin-off series, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. With additional contributions from Andrew Pixley, Robert Shearman, Barnaby Edwards, and Matt Hills, the volume is intended to be accessible to everyone, from interested academics in relevant fields to the general public.

Impossible Worlds

Author : Stephen Nicholas,Mike Tucker
Publisher : Ebury Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-29
Category : Doctor Who (Television program : 1963-1989)
ISBN : 1849909660

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Impossible Worlds by Stephen Nicholas,Mike Tucker Pdf

From distant galaxies in the far-flung future, to ancient history on the planet Earth, Doctor Who is unique for the breadth of possibilities that it can offer a designer. For the first time in history, the Doctor Who Art Department are opening their doors to reveal a unique, behind-the-scenes look at one of the most loved series on British Television. Whether it's iconic sets like the TARDIS console room, recurring villains like the Daleks or the Cybermen, or the smallest hand prop featured in the briefest of scenes, this book showcases the work of the Doctor Who art department in glorious detail. Discover how the designers work with the costume, make-up and special effects teams to produce the alien worlds, and how the work has evolved from the programme's 'classic' era to the panoramic alien worlds and technologies that delight audiences today. Featuring hundreds of models, sketches, storyboards and concept artworks, many never-before-seen, Doctor Who: Impossible Worlds opens the doors to 50 years of astonishing creative work from one of the most inventive shows on television.

Doctor Who: A British Alien?

Author : Danny Nicol
Publisher : Springer
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783319658346

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Doctor Who: A British Alien? by Danny Nicol Pdf

This book argues that Doctor Who, the world’s longest-running science fiction series often considered to be about distant planets and monsters, is in reality just as much about Britain and Britishness. Danny Nicol explores how the show, through science fiction allegory and metaphor, constructs national identity in an era in which identities are precarious, ambivalent, transient and elusive. It argues that Doctor Who’s projection of Britishness is not merely descriptive but normative—putting forward a vision of what the British ought to be. The book interrogates the substance of Doctor Who’s Britishness in terms of individualism, entrepreneurship, public service, class, gender, race and sexuality. It analyses the show’s response to the pressures on British identity wrought by devolution and separatist currents in Scotland and Wales, globalisation, foreign policy adventures and the unrelenting rise of the transnational corporation.

New Dimensions of Doctor Who

Author : David Mellor,Matt Hills
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780857734297

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New Dimensions of Doctor Who by David Mellor,Matt Hills Pdf

The Doctor may have regenerated on many occasions, but so too has Doctor Who. Moving with the times, the show has evolved across fifty years...New Dimensions of Doctor Who explores contemporary developments in Doctor Who's music, design and representations of technology, as well as issues of showrunner authority and star authorship. Putting these new dimensions in context means thinking about changes in the TV industry such as the rise of branding and transmedia storytelling. Along with its faster narrative pace, and producer/fan interaction via Twitter, 'new Who' also has a new home at Roath Lock Studios, Cardiff Bay. Studying the 'Doctor Who Experience' in its Cardiff setting, and considering audience nostalgia alongside anniversary celebrations, this book explores how current Doctor Who relates to real-world spaces and times. New Directions of Doctor Who is the scholarly equivalent of a multi-Doctor story, bringing together the authors of Triumph of a Time Lord and TARDISbound, as well as the editors of Time and Relative Dissertations in Space, Impossible Worlds, Impossible Things, Torchwood Declassified and Doctor Who, The Eleventh Hour. It also features contributions from experts on TV brands, bioethics, transmedia and cultural icons. As 'new Who' creates ongoing mysteries and poses exciting questions, this collection demonstrates the vitality of Doctor Who studies.

Doctor Who: I Am The Master

Author : Peter Anghelides,Mark Wright,Mike Tucker,Beverly Sanford,Matthew Sweet,Jac Rayner
Publisher : Random House
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473532441

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Doctor Who: I Am The Master by Peter Anghelides,Mark Wright,Mike Tucker,Beverly Sanford,Matthew Sweet,Jac Rayner Pdf

Everything you think you know...is a lie. The Doctor and the Master; their conflict of light and dark has spanned many times and faces across the universe. This collection - of five short stories and a novella - explores the depths of darkness in the Master’s hearts; the arch-schemer’s secrets and sinister ambitions revealed through brand new adventures and encounters. Join six incarnations of evil for undreamed of adventures: a quest to free alien warlords... a dangerous mission to save a vital ally... a meeting with Bram Stoker... a shattering of lives on a distant world... a trial of wits to gain untold power... and drop in on the Master’s latest incarnation during his 77 years of imprisonment on Earth.

Postcards from Impossible Worlds

Author : Peter Chiykowski
Publisher : Chizine Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Flash fiction, Canadian
ISBN : 1771484675

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Postcards from Impossible Worlds by Peter Chiykowski Pdf

Postcards From Impossible Worlds collects 88 dazzling micro-stories written as postcards from strange and beautiful worlds that run parallel to our own.

New Dimensions of Doctor Who

Author : David Mellor,Matt Hills
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780857722867

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New Dimensions of Doctor Who by David Mellor,Matt Hills Pdf

The Doctor may have regenerated on many occasions, but so too has Doctor Who. Moving with the times, the show has evolved across fifty years...New Dimensions of Doctor Who explores contemporary developments in Doctor Who's music, design and representations of technology, as well as issues of showrunner authority and star authorship. Putting these new dimensions in context means thinking about changes in the TV industry such as the rise of branding and transmedia storytelling. Along with its faster narrative pace, and producer/fan interaction via Twitter, 'new Who' also has a new home at Roath Lock Studios, Cardiff Bay. Studying the 'Doctor Who Experience' in its Cardiff setting, and considering audience nostalgia alongside anniversary celebrations, this book explores how current Doctor Who relates to real-world spaces and times. New Directions of Doctor Who is the scholarly equivalent of a multi-Doctor story, bringing together the authors of Triumph of a Time Lord and TARDISbound, as well as the editors of Time and Relative Dissertations in Space, Impossible Worlds, Impossible Things, Torchwood Declassified and Doctor Who, The Eleventh Hour. It also features contributions from experts on TV brands, bioethics, transmedia and cultural icons. As 'new Who' creates ongoing mysteries and poses exciting questions, this collection demonstrates the vitality of Doctor Who studies.

The Language of Doctor Who

Author : Jason Barr,Camille D. G. Mustachio
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781442234819

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The Language of Doctor Who by Jason Barr,Camille D. G. Mustachio Pdf

In a richly developed fictional universe, Doctor Who, a wandering survivor of a once-powerful alien civilization, possesses powers beyond human comprehension. He can bend the fabric of time and space with his TARDIS, alter the destiny of worlds, and drive entire species into extinction. The good doctor’s eleven “regenerations” and fifty years’ worth of adventures make him the longest-lived hero in science-fiction television. In The Language of Doctor Who: From Shakespeare to Alien Tongues, Jason Barr and Camille D. G. Mustachio present several essays that use language as an entry point into the character and his universe. Ranging from the original to the rebooted television series—through the adventures of the first eleven Doctors—these essays explore how written and spoken language have been used to define the Doctor’s ever-changing identities, shape his relationships with his many companions, and give him power over his enemies—even the implacable Daleks. Individual essays focus on fairy tales, myths, medical-travel narratives, nursery rhymes, and, of course, Shakespeare. Contributors consider how the Doctor’s companions speak with him through graffiti, how the Doctor himself uses postmodern linguistics to communicate with alien species, and how language both unites and divides fans of classic Who and new Who as they try to converse with each other. Broad in scope, innovative in approach, and informed by a deep affection for the program, TheLanguage of Doctor Whowill appeal to scholars of science fiction, television, and language, as well as to fans looking for a new perspective on their favorite Time Lord.

Popular Culture as Pedagogy

Author : Kaela Jubas,Nancy Taber,Tony Brown
Publisher : Springer
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789463002745

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Popular Culture as Pedagogy by Kaela Jubas,Nancy Taber,Tony Brown Pdf

"Grounded in the field of adult education, this international compilation offers a range of critical perspectives on popular culture as a form of pedagogy. Its fundamental premise is that adults learn in multiple ways, including through their consumption of fiction. As scholars have asserted for decades, people are not passive consumers of media; rather, we (re)make our own meanings as we accept, resist, and challenge cultural representations. At a time when attention often turns to new media, the contributors to this collection continue to find “old” forms of popular culture important and worthy of study. Television and movies – the emphases in this book – reflect aspects of consumers’ lives, and can be powerful vehicles for helping adults see, experience, and inhabit the world in new and different ways. This volume moves beyond conceptually oriented scholarship, taking a decidedly research-oriented focus. It offers examples of textual and discursive analyses of television shows and films that portray varied contexts of adult learning, and suggests how participants can be brought into adult education research in this area. In so doing, it provides compelling evidence about the complexity, politics, and multidimensionality of adult teaching and learning. Using a range of television shows and movies as exemplars, chapters relate popular culture to globalization, identity, health and health care, and education. The book will be of great use to instructors, students, and researchers located in adult education, cultural studies, women’s and gender studies, cultural sociology, and other fields who are looking for innovative ways to explore social life as experienced and imagined."

Religion and Doctor Who

Author : Andrew Crome,James F. McGrath
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781625643773

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Religion and Doctor Who by Andrew Crome,James F. McGrath Pdf

Doctor Who has always contained a rich current of religious themes and ideas. In its very first episode it asked how humans rationalize the seemingly supernatural, as two snooping schoolteachers refused to accept that the TARDIS was real. More recently it has toyed with the mystery of Doctor's real name, perhaps an echo of ancient religions and rituals in which knowledge of the secret name of a god, angel or demon was thought to grant a mortal power over the entity. But why does Doctor Who intersect with religion so often, and what do such instances tell us about the society that produces the show and the viewers who engage with it? The writers of Religion and Doctor Who: Time and Relative Dimensions in Faith attempt to answer these questions through an in-depth analysis of the various treatments of religion throughout every era of the show's history. While the majority of chapters focus on the television show Doctor Who, the authors also look at audios, novels, and the response of fandom. Their analyses--all written in an accessible but academically thorough style--reveal that examining religion in a long-running series such as Doctor Who can contribute to a number of key debates within faith communities and religious history. Most importantly, it provides another way of looking at why Doctor Who continues to inspire, to engage, and to excite generations of passionate fans, whatever their position on faith. The contributors are drawn from the UK, the USA, and Australia, and their approaches are similarly diverse. Chapters have been written by film scholars and sociologists; theologians and historians; rhetoricians, philosophers and anthropologists. Some write from the perspective of a particular faith or belief; others write from the perspective of no religious belief. All, however, demonstrate a solid knowledge of and affection for the brilliance of Doctor Who.

Slow Empire

Author : Dave Stone
Publisher : Bbc Books
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 056353835X

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Slow Empire by Dave Stone Pdf

The Slow Empire's advanced and complex technology is helping the Vortex Wraiths to materialize. The Empire's pride in its advanced communications systems has invited in a menace that could mean the end of the confederation altogether. But, as the Doctor discovers, this may be no bad thing...

Impossible Worlds

Author : Stephen Coates,Alex Stetter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015049972246

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Impossible Worlds by Stephen Coates,Alex Stetter Pdf

"This book explores the ways in which real buildings have resulted from visionary ideas, and assesses the extent to which these buildings have changed the way people live. In three sections, the editors Stephen Coates and Alex Stetter have arranged key texts together with a selection of projects which illustrate the ideas, and the built realities which followed on from them." "In the first part, Hilary French explores the development of communitarian ideas, and the ways in which utopian thinking has generated new ideas for housing. The second section, with a major text by Joe Kerr, argues that the supposedly ideal housing devised by the proponents of Garden Cities has been Disneyfied and sold to wealthy Americans in a bizarre subversion of the American Dream. In the third section, Francois Penz and Maureen Thomas explain the influence of film on the development of visionary architecture, arguing that unbuilt projects have been just as important as those realised in three dimensions."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Rethinking Gender in Popular Culture in the 21st Century

Author : Astrid M. Fellner,Marta Fernández-Morales,Martina Martausová
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781527505285

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Rethinking Gender in Popular Culture in the 21st Century by Astrid M. Fellner,Marta Fernández-Morales,Martina Martausová Pdf

This book explores popular culture representations of gender, offering a rich and accessible discussion of masculinities and femininities in 21st-century popular media. It brings together contributors from various European countries to investigate the workings of gender in contemporary pop culture products in a brave, original, and rigorous way. This volume is both an academic proposal and an exercise of commitment to a serious analysis of some of the media that influence us most in our everyday lives. Representation matters, and the position we take as viewers or consumers during reception matters even more.

Once Upon a Time Lord

Author : Ivan Phillips
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781788316460

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Once Upon a Time Lord by Ivan Phillips Pdf

'Every story ever told really happened...' (The Doctor, 'Hell Bent', 2015) Stories are, fundamentally what Doctor Who is all about. In Once Upon a Time Lord, Ivan Phillips explores a wide range of perspectives on these stories and presents a lively and richly-varied analysis of the accumulated tales that constitute this popular modern mythology. Concerned equally with 'classic' and 'new' Who, Phillips looks at how aspects of the Time Lord's story have been developed on television and beyond, tracing lines of connection and divergence across various media. He discusses Doctor Who as a mythology that has drawn on its own past in often complex ways, at the same time reworking elements from many other sources, whether literary, cinematic, televisual or historical. Once Upon A Time Lord offers an original take on this singular hero's journey, reading the unsettled enigma of the Doctor in relation to the characters, narratives and locations that he has encountered across more than half a century.