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Time on TV : narrative time, time travel and time travellers in popular television culture / edited by Lorna Jowett, Kevin Lee Robinson and David Simmons.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Investigating cult TV.
- Investigating cult TV
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science fiction television programs.
- Star Trek television programs.
- Time on television.
- Time travel on television.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 181 pages).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Distribution:
- London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2016.
- Summary:
- From early examples such as 'Star Trek' and 'Sapphire and Steel' to more contemporary shows including 'Life on Mars' and 'The Vampire Diaries, ' time has frequently been used as a device to allow programme makers to experiment stylistically and challenge established ways of thinking. This book offers readers a range of exciting, accessible, yet intellectually rigourous essays that consider the many and varied ways in which telefantasy shows have explored this subject, providing the reader with a greater understanding of the importance of time to the success of genre on the small screen.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Timey wimey stuff: Introduction to Time on TV / Lorna Jowett, Kevin Robinson and David Simmons
- Part I: Structuring Time. 'Time is a companion... who goes with us on the journey': Star Trek, Time Travel and Patterns of Narrative History' / Lincoln Geraghty ; Reality Resets: Changing the Past in Eureka / Stan Beeler ; Timeslip: Putting Aside Childish Things / Pete Boss ; The Primeval Anomaly / John Jeffreys ; 'There is a corridor': The Work of P.J. Hammond in Sapphire & Steel and Torchwood / Kevin Lee Robinson
- Part II: Experiencing Time. 'No one can touch the Gene Genie': The Past as Fantasy Space in Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes / Nicola Allen ; Watchmaking in the Dark: the Intricacy of Intimacy in Crime Traveller / David Hipple ; 'Centuries of evil ... wacky sidekicks ... yadda, yadda': Vampire Television and the Conventions of Flashback / Lorna Jowett ; Timeless: Memory, Temporality, and Identity in Once Upon A Time / Gwyneth Peaty ; 'Bonanza was never like this': Quantum Leap and Interrogating Nostalgia / David Simmons ; Time on TV: Afterword / Lorna Jowett and David Simmons
- Work Cited
- TV and Filmography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-174) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781350989467
- 1350989460
- 9781838609726
- 1838609725
- OCLC:
- 1139315392
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