Once Upon a Time Lord
The Myths and Stories of Doctor Who
Seiten
2020
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-78453-267-3 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-78453-267-3 (ISBN)
"We're all stories in the end", said the Doctor in 'The Big Bang'. Stories are, fundamentally, what Doctor Who is all about.
‘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.
‘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.
Ivan Phillips is an Associate Dean in the School of Creative Arts at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. He has published widely on popular culture, art and literature, with a particular interest in science fiction and the Gothic. He reviews for the journal Critical Studies in Television and contributed a chapter to Paul Booth’s Fan Phenomena: Doctor Who (2013).
Acknowledgements
Introduction: ‘Quite a great spirit of adventure’
1. Critics, fans and mythologies of discourse
2. Doctor Who as mythology
3. Doctor Who and mythology
4. The hero and his worlds
Conclusion: ‘The universe will surprise you’
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.2.2020 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Who Watching |
| Zusatzinfo | 21 bw illus |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 409 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78453-267-3 / 1784532673 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78453-267-3 / 9781784532673 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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