Once upon a time lord : the myths and stories of Doctor Who / Ivan Phillips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Ivan, author.

Series:

Who Watching

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Doctor Who (Television program : 1963-1989).

Doctor Who (Television program : 2005- ).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020.

Summary:

"'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."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781788316477

1788316479

9781788316453

1788316452

OCLC:

1139275370