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Once Upon a Time Lord

Ivan Phillips
Once Upon a Time Lord Book PDF

Author : Ivan Phillips
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 52,8 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.

The Language of Doctor Who

Jason Barr,Camille D. G. Mustachio
The Language of Doctor Who Book PDF

Author : Jason Barr,Camille D. G. Mustachio
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 50,5 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.

New Dimensions of Doctor Who

David Mellor,Matt Hills
New Dimensions of Doctor Who Book PDF

Author : David Mellor,Matt Hills
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 49,6 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.

Watching Doctor Who

Paul Booth,Craig Owen Jones
Watching Doctor Who Book PDF

Author : Paul Booth,Craig Owen Jones
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781350116740

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Watching Doctor Who by Paul Booth,Craig Owen Jones Pdf

Watching Doctor Who explores fandom's changing attitudes towards Doctor Who. Why do fans love an episode one year but deride it a decade later? How do fans' values of Doctor Who change over time? As a show with an over fifty-year history, Doctor Who helps us understand the changing nature of notions of 'value' and 'quality' in popular television. The authors interrogate the way Doctor Who fans and audiences re-interpret the value of particular episodes, Doctors, companions, and eras of Who. With a foreword by Paul Cornell.

TARDISbound

Piers D. Britton
TARDISbound Book PDF

Author : Piers D. Britton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780857732217

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TARDISbound by Piers D. Britton Pdf

'Doctor Who' has always thrived on multiplicty, unpredictability and transformation, it's worlds and characters kaleidoscopic and shifting, and 'Doctor Who"s complexity has grown. With its triumphant return to TV in 2005, it was made up of four different fictional forms, across three different media, with five actors simultaneously playing the eponymous hero. 'TARDISbound' is the first book to deal both with the TV series and with the 'audio adventures', original novels, and short story anthologies produced since the 1990s, engaging with the common elements of these different texts and with distinctive features of each. 'TARDISbound' places 'Doctor Who' under a variety of lenses, from examining the leading characteristics of these 'Doctor Who' texts, to issues of class, ethnicity and gender in relation to the Doctor(s), other TARDIS crew-members, and the non-human/inhuman beings they encounter. 'TARDISbound' also addresses major questions about the aesthetics and ethical implications of 'Doctor Who'.

Adventures Across Space and Time

Anonim
Adventures Across Space and Time Book PDF

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350288393

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Adventures Across Space and Time by Anonim Pdf

Adventures Across Space and Time brings together key academic, critic and fan writings about Doctor Who 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. Adventures Across Space and Time presents classic writings on Who 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 Doctor Who's showrunners, Doctors, companions, enemies and collaborators as well as issues and debates around queer fandom, intersectionality, the 'wokeness' of the Doctor, fan media including websites, podcasts and vlogs, fan activism and questions of race and sexuality in relation to the show and its spin offs. It considers Doctor Who as a peculiarly British phenomenon but also one that has delighted, engaged and sometimes enraged viewers around the world.

Design for Doctor Who

Piers D. Britton
Design for Doctor Who Book PDF

Author : Piers D. Britton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350116832

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Design for Doctor Who by Piers D. Britton Pdf

The long-running popular TV series Doctor Who is, Piers Britton argues, a 'uniquely design intensive text': its time-and-space-travel premise requires that designers be tirelessly imaginative in devising new worlds and entities and recreating past civilizations. While Doctor Who's attempts at worldbuilding are notorious for being hit-and-miss – old jokes about wobbly walls and sink plungers die hard – the distinctiveness of the series' design imagery is beyond question. And over the course of six decades Doctor Who has produced designs which are not only iconic but, in being repeatedly revisited and updated, have proven to be an ever-more important element in the series' identity and mythos. In the first in-depth study of Doctor Who's costumes, sets and graphics, Piers Britton offers an historical overview of both the original and the revived series, explores theoretical frameworks for evaluating Doctor Who design, and provides detailed analysis of key images. Case studies include the visual morphology of Doctor Who's historical adventures, the evaluative character of cosplay, and the ongoing significance for the Doctor Who brand of such high-profile designs as the Daleks and the TARDIS interior, the 'time-tunnel' title sequence, and the costumes of the Fourth and Thirteenth Doctors.

Doctor Who: A British Alien?

Danny Nicol
Doctor Who A British Alien Book PDF

Author : Danny Nicol
Publisher : Springer
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 48,7 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.

Being a Girl with The Doctor

Gillian I. Leitch,Sherry Ginn
Being a Girl with The Doctor Book PDF

Author : Gillian I. Leitch,Sherry Ginn
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476650630

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Being a Girl with The Doctor by Gillian I. Leitch,Sherry Ginn Pdf

Throughout the long running BBC series Doctor Who, the Doctor has rarely been alone, traveling with both female and male "companions." The companion is essential to Doctor Who because he or she is a stand-in for the audience, providing information about the Doctor's ongoing adventures. With the casting of a female actor in the role of the Doctor in 2018, one criticism of the series was finally resolved. After the shift in gender identity, the role of the Doctor and the companion also shifted--or has it? The continued focus on romantic relations between the TARDIS occupants has led to complaints from both male and female fans, reiterating and reinforcing myriad criticisms about the portrayal of the female companions. Essays in this book consider how gender is presented in Doctor Who and how certain female companions have been able to break out of the gendered roles usually assigned to them through the classic and new series.

The Routledge Companion to Imaginary Worlds

Mark J.P. Wolf
The Routledge Companion to Imaginary Worlds Book PDF

Author : Mark J.P. Wolf
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317268284

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The Routledge Companion to Imaginary Worlds by Mark J.P. Wolf Pdf

This companion provides a definitive and cutting-edge guide to the study of imaginary and virtual worlds across a range of media, including literature, television, film, and games. From the Star Trek universe, Thomas More’s classic Utopia, and J. R. R. Tolkien’s Arda, to elaborate, user-created game worlds like Minecraft, contributors present interdisciplinary perspectives on authorship, world structure/design, and narrative. The Routledge Companion to Imaginary Worlds offers new approaches to imaginary worlds as an art form and cultural phenomenon, explorations of the technical and creative dimensions of world-building, and studies of specific worlds and worldbuilders.

Crossing Fandoms

Paul Booth
Crossing Fandoms Book PDF

Author : Paul Booth
Publisher : Springer
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137574558

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Crossing Fandoms by Paul Booth Pdf

This book examines the fan-created combination of Doctor Who, Sherlock, and Supernatural as a uniquely digital fan experience, and as a metaphor for ongoing scholarship into contemporary fandom. What do you get when you cross the cult shows Doctor Who, Supernatural, and Sherlock? In this book, Paul Booth explores the fan-created crossover universe known as SuperWhoLock—a universe where Sherlock Holmes and Dean Winchester work together to fight monsters like the Daleks and the Weeping Angels; a world where John Watson is friends with Amy Pond; a space where the unique brands of fandom interact. Booth argues that SuperWhoLock represents more than just those three shows—it is a way of doing fandom. Through interviews with fans and analysis of fan texts, Crossing Fandoms: SuperWhoLock and the Contemporary Fan Audience also demonstrates how fan studies in the digital age can evolve to take into account changing fan activities and texts.

Conflicting Masculinities

Katherine Byrne,Julie Anne Taddeo,James Leggott
Conflicting Masculinities Book PDF

Author : Katherine Byrne,Julie Anne Taddeo,James Leggott
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781838608170

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Conflicting Masculinities by Katherine Byrne,Julie Anne Taddeo,James Leggott Pdf

Never before has period drama offered viewers such an assortment of complex male characters, from transported felons and syphilitic detectives to shell shocked soldiers and gangland criminals. Neo-Victorian Gothic fictions like Penny Dreadful represent masculinity at its darkest, Poldark and Outlander have refashioned the romantic hero and anti-heritage series like Peaky Blinders portray masculinity in crisis, at moments when the patriarchy was being bombarded by forces like World War I, the rise of first wave feminism and the breakdown of Empire. Scholars of film, media, literature and history explore the very different types of maleness offered by contemporary television and show how the intersection of class, race, history and masculinity in period dramas has come to hold such broad appeal to twenty-first-century audiences.

Fashion Cultures Revisited

Stella Bruzzi,Pamela Church Gibson
Fashion Cultures Revisited Book PDF

Author : Stella Bruzzi,Pamela Church Gibson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136474729

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Fashion Cultures Revisited by Stella Bruzzi,Pamela Church Gibson Pdf

Following on from the ground-breaking collection Fashion Cultures, this second anthology, Fashion Cultures Revisited, contains 26 newly commissioned chapters exploring fashion culture from the start of the new millennium to the present day. The book is divided into six parts, each discussing different aspects of fashion culture: Shopping, spaces and globalisation Changing imagery, changing media Altered landscapes, new modes of production Icons and their legacies Contestation, compliance, feminisms Making masculinities Fashion Cultures Revisited explores every facet of contemporary fashion culture and the associated spheres of photography, magazines and television, and shopping .Consequently it is an ideal companion to those interested in fashion studies, cultural studies, art, film, fashion history, sociology and gender studies.

Revisiting Imaginary Worlds

Mark J.P. Wolf
Revisiting Imaginary Worlds Book PDF

Author : Mark J.P. Wolf
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317375937

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Revisiting Imaginary Worlds by Mark J.P. Wolf Pdf

The concept of world and the practice of world creation have been with us since antiquity, but they are now achieving unequalled prominence. In this timely anthology of subcreation studies, an international roster of contributors come together to examine the rise and structure of worlds, the practice of world-building, and the audience's reception of imaginary worlds. Including essays written by world-builders A.K. Dewdney and Alex McDowell and offering critical analyses of popular worlds such as those of Oz, The Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, and Minecraft, Revisiting Imaginary Worlds provides readers with a broad and interdisciplinary overview of the issues and concepts involved in imaginary worlds across media platforms.

Doctor Who: The Unfolding Event — Marketing, Merchandising and Mediatizing a Brand Anniversary

Matt Hills
Doctor Who The Unfolding Event Marketing Merchandising and Mediatizing a Brand Anniversary Book PDF

Author : Matt Hills
Publisher : Springer
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137463326

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Doctor Who: The Unfolding Event — Marketing, Merchandising and Mediatizing a Brand Anniversary by Matt Hills Pdf

The BBC TV series Doctor Who celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2013; this book analyses how promotion, commemorative merchandise and 3D cinema screenings worked paratextually to construct a 'popular media event' while sometimes uneasily integrating public service values and consumerist logics.