Adventures in Whostory Introducing Doctor Who and History Continuing from the previous post … Finally, it will surely not have escaped the reader’s attention that there is a great deal of publishing activity surrounding Doctor Who, particularly responding to the 50th anniversary of the program in 2013. Books aimed at the general audience of the […]

  Adventures in Whostory Introducing Doctor Who and History Continuing from the previous post … Since Tulloch’s The Unfolding Text, many academic titles have sought to study how social forces operate on the program. The issues of class and gender have since been investigated by titles such as Britton’s Tardisbound (I.B. Tauris, 2011) while race, […]

  Adventures in Whostory Introducing Doctor Who and History Continuing from the previous post … Tulloch and Alvarado’s The Unfolding Text (St. Martin’s Press, 1983) was the first serious analysis of the program which sought to examine it through an institutional lens. Of the many program guides available, John Kenneth Muir’s A Critical History of […]

Adventures in Whostory Introducing Doctor Who and History Continuing from the previous post … Doctor Who’s stories and characters not only consider history, but itself also has a long history and has become part of our collective identity. The essays here join and complement a rich and growing field of study and exploration. There have […]

Adventures in Whostory Introducing Doctor Who and History Continuing from the previous post … Finally, history is personal. It narrates who we have been, presents a mirror for our reflection, and offers us a glimpse of our potential. The essays in this final part, “History and Identity,” consider the reflection of image and self-awareness within […]

Adventures in Whostory Introducing Doctor Who and History Continuing from the previous post … The historical timeline established by Doctor Who on television is not entirely secure from reimagining by new episodes or via the paratextual and transmedia environment within which alternative books and audios challenge the canon. The third part in this volume considers […]

  Adventures in Whostory Introducing Doctor Who and History Continuing from the previous post … The essays in the first part, “Television as History: Inform and Entertain,” evaluate how the program affords education to audiences through entertain- ment and distinguishes between the dissemination of classical history through school and books, and that of “public history.” […]