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Informationen zum Autor David Butler is Lecturer in Screen Studies at the University of Manchester Klappentext This 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. Zusammenfassung This 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. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: An earthly programme: origins and directions1. How to pilot a TARDIS: audiences, science fiction and the fantastic in Doctor Who - David Butler2. The child as addressee, viewer and consumer in mid-1960s Doctor Who - Jonathan Bignell3. 'Now how is that wolf able to impersonate a grandmother?' History, pseudo-history and genre in Doctor Who - Daniel O'Mahony4. Bargains of necessity? Doctor Who, Culloden and fictionalising history at the BBC in the 1960s - Matthew Kilburn Part II: The subtext of death: narratives, themes and structures5. The empire of the senses: narrative form and point-of-view in Doctor Who - Tat Wood6. The ideology of anachronism: television, history and the nature of time - Alec Charles7. Mythic identity in Doctor Who - David Rafer8. The human factor: Daleks, the 'evil human' and Faustian legend in Doctor Who - Fiona Moore and Alan StevensPart III: The seeds of television production: making Doctor Who9. The Filipino army's advance on Reykjavik: world-building in studio D and its legacy - Ian Potter10. 'Who done it': discourses of authorship during the John Nathan-Turner era - Dave Rolinson11. Between prosaic functionalism and sublime experimentation: Doctor Who and musical sound design - Kevin J. Donnelly12. The music of machines: 'special sound' as music in Doctor Who - Louis NieburPart IV: The parting of the critics: value judgements and canon formations13. The talons of Robert Holmes - Andy Murray14. Why is 'City of Death' the best Doctor Who story? - Alan McKee15. Canonicity matters: defining the Doctor Who canon - Lance Parkin16. Broader and deeper: the lineage and impact of the Timewyrm series - Dale Smith17. Televisuality without television? The Big Finish audios and discourses of 'tele-centric' Doctor Who - Matt HillsAfterword: My adventures - Paul Magrs...
