Watching Doctor Who : fan reception and evaluation / Paul Booth and Craig Owen Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Booth, Paul, author.

Jones, Craig Jones, author.

Series:

Who watching

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Doctor Who (Television program : 1963-1989).

Doctor Who (Television program : 2005- ).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 196 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

Summary:

"Watching Doctor Who explores fandom's changing attitudes towards Doctor Who . Why do fans love an episode one year but deride it a decade later? How do fans' values of Doctor Who change over time? As a show with an over fifty-year history, Doctor Who helps us understand the changing nature of notions of 'value' and 'quality' in popular television. The authors interrogate the way Doctor Who fans and audiences re-interpret the value of particular episodes, Doctors, companions, and eras of Who . With a foreword by Paul Cornell."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Figures

Tables

Foreword by Paul Cornell Acknowledgements

Notes on Titles Introduction: Going Forward in All Our Beliefs: Regenerating and Re-Valuing Doctor Who Fandom Chapter One: The Concept of Evaluation in Doctor Who Reception Case Study 1A: The Mightiest Values: Rankings of Doctor Who - Paul Booth Case Study 1B: Fan Reaction Videos: Responding to Doctor Who - Craig Owen Jones Dialogue 1C: Evolving Evaluation of Doctor Who - Paul Booth and Craig Owen Jones Chapter Two: Reception History and Fan Perceptions of Doctor Who Case Study 2A: Tegan: The Makers' Vision - Craig Owen Jones Case Study 2B: Reception after the Fact: Companions in Big Finish - Paul Booth Dialogue 2C: The Ends of an Era ? Paul Booth and Craig Owen Jones Chapter Three: The Error of Eras Case Study 3A: Nightmare of Eden and the Limitations of Genre - Paul Booth Case Study 3B: The Discovery of The Time Meddler - Craig Owen Jones Dialogue 3C: Series 24 - Craig Owen Jones and Paul Booth Chapter Four: Re-Evaluating Value in the Canon of Doctor Who Case Study 4A: Evaluative Changes in The Talons of Weng-Chiang - Craig Owen Jones Case Study 4B: The Caves of Dilemma: or, The Twin Androzani? Evaluating Value at the Poles - Paul Booth Dialogue 4C: Minisodes and Changing Appreciation ? Craig Owen Jones and Paul Booth Conclusion: Go Forward in All of Your Beliefs, and Prove to Me that I Am Not Mistaken in Mine

Endnotes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-350-11675-0

1-350-11673-4

OCLC:

1138032048