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Title
Doctor Who and history
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Fleiner, Carey, 1965- (Editor)
October, Dene (Editor)
Subject
Doctor Who (Television program : 1963-1989)
Doctor Who (Television program : 2005- )
History on television (LCSH)
Television and history (LCSH)
Language
English
Classification
LCC: PN1992.77.D6273 D6195 2017
DDC: 791.45/72 full
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Supplementary Content
bibliography
index
Content
text
Summary
"This collection of new essays examines how the Doctor engages with history and inspires reflections upon it history. Topics includes reconstruction of lost historical serials, reflections on Britain's colonial past, the subversion of nostalgia for village life, the depiction of Norse myths, alternate history, and the impact of historical decisions on the present"-- Provided by publisher.
Table Of Contents
Journeys through Cathay: remediation and televisuality in "Marco Polo" / Dene October
"O tempora, o mores": class(ics) and education in Doctor Who / Aven McMaster and Mark Sundaram
Remixing the imperial past: Doctor Who, British slavery and the white savior's burden / Susana Loza
Doctor, go Roman: "The Romans," Emperor Nero and historical comedy in Doctor Who / Carey Fleiner
History as genre, aesthetic and context in "The Gunfighters" / Ramie Tateishi
A rude awakening: metafiction in Eric Pringle's "The Awakening" / Andrew O'Day
Playing with history: Terrance Dicks, fans and season 6b / Rhonda Knight
Doctor Who unbound and the alternate history / Karen Hellekson
The Vikings at the end of the universe: Doctor Who, Norsemen and the end of history / Marcus K. Harmes
History and identity
Ape-man or regular guy? depictions of Neanderthals and neanderthal culture in Doctor Who / Kristine Larsen
The dark heart of the village: Doctor Who in the 1970s and the problematic idyll / Peter Lowe
Doctor Who and environmentalism in the 1960s and early 1970s / Mark Wilson.
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Doctor Who and history
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