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Love and Monsters: The Doctor Who Experience, 1979 to the Present
Miles Booy
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Paperback. From the twilight of Tom Baker's years to the newest Doctor, Matt Smith, Miles Booy explores the shifting meaning of Doctor Who across the years - from the Third Doctor's suggestion that we should read the Bible, via costumed fans on television, up to the 2010 general election in Britain. Series: Investigating Cult TV Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: APT; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 326.
Scholar and Who fan Miles Booy has written the first historical account of the public interpretation of Doctor Who. Love and Monsters begins in 1979 with the publication of 'Doctor Who Weekly', the magazine that would start a chain of events that would see creative fans taking control of the merchandise and even of the programme's massively successful twenty-first century reboot. From the twilight of Tom Baker's years to the newest Doctor, Matt Smith, Miles Booy explores the shifting meaning of Doctor Who across the years - from the Third Doctor's suggestion that we should read the Bible, via costumed ... Read more
Scholar and Who fan Miles Booy has written the first historical account of the public interpretation of Doctor Who. Love and Monsters begins in 1979 with the publication of 'Doctor Who Weekly', the magazine that would start a chain of events that would see creative fans taking control of the merchandise and even of the programme's massively successful twenty-first century reboot. From the twilight of Tom Baker's years to the newest Doctor, Matt Smith, Miles Booy explores the shifting meaning of Doctor Who across the years - from the Third Doctor's suggestion that we should read the Bible, via costumed ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Investigating Cult TV Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848854796
SKU
V9781848854796
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Ref
99-5
About Miles Booy
Miles Booy studied film, television and literature at the College of St Mark and St John in Plymouth, before doing post-graduate work in cinema at the University of East Anglia. He lives in Stafford with his wife and son. He has a PhD, so you can call him 'The Doctor'.
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