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A critical and cultural analysis of every televised Doctor Who story between [[1985]] and [[1996]], as well as the two 1960s films, and the charity specials from the early 1990s. Areas of examination include production notes; logical flaws in the story; detailed catalogues of facts; and an attempt to examine where each story came from, and why each was made in the contemporary cultural climate of [[Great Britain]] and [[Earth]]. Carrying on from | A critical and cultural analysis of every televised Doctor Who story between [[1985]] and [[1996]], as well as the two 1960s films, and the charity specials from the early 1990s. Areas of examination include production notes; logical flaws in the story; detailed catalogues of facts; and an attempt to examine where each story came from, and why each was made in the contemporary cultural climate of [[Great Britain]] and [[Earth]]. Carrying on from [[About Time 5|the previous chronological volume]], this volume also charts why and how the series flagged in both the ratings and the public's estimation toward the end of its run.'' | ||
==Contents== | ==Contents== | ||
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*Each story is broken down into many segments, including: '''Which One Is This?''' (very brief introduction, as the writers eschewed dense plot summaries), '''Firsts and Lasts''', '''Continuity''' - encompassing '''The Doctor''', '''The TARDIS''', '''The Time Lords''', '''The Supporting Cast''', '''The Supporting Cast (Evil)''', '''Planet Notes''', '''Non-Humans''' and '''History''' -, '''Where Did This Come From?''', '''Things That Don't Make Sense''', '''Critique''' (often divided into '''Prosection''' and '''Defence'''), '''Facts''' (writer, director, ratings, guest cast and list of cliffhangers) and '''The Lore''' (behind-the-scenes notes). | *Each story is broken down into many segments, including: '''Which One Is This?''' (very brief introduction, as the writers eschewed dense plot summaries), '''Firsts and Lasts''', '''Continuity''' - encompassing '''The Doctor''', '''The TARDIS''', '''The Time Lords''', '''The Supporting Cast''', '''The Supporting Cast (Evil)''', '''Planet Notes''', '''Non-Humans''' and '''History''' -, '''Where Did This Come From?''', '''Things That Don't Make Sense''', '''Critique''' (often divided into '''Prosection''' and '''Defence'''), '''Facts''' (writer, director, ratings, guest cast and list of cliffhangers) and '''The Lore''' (behind-the-scenes notes). | ||
===Essays=== | |||
Most serials are accompanied by an essay, and the essays cover a very broad range of topics. | Most serials are accompanied by an essay, and the essays cover a very broad range of topics. | ||
The essays in this volume are: | The essays in this volume are: | ||
* | * Is [[continuity]] a pointless waste of time? | ||
* Why are elements so weird in [[space]]? | |||
* Why do [[Time Lord]]s always meet in sequence? | |||
* Was there a [[Season 6B]]? | |||
* Did they think we'd buy just ? | |||
* What would the [[Season_23#Aborted_Season_23|''other'' Season 23]] have been like? | |||
* Who narrates this programme? | |||
* How [[Trial of a Time Lord|warped]] was the Doctor's mind? | |||
* How "Good" is the Doctor? | |||
* [[The Valeyard]] - err... How? | |||
* What's all this stuff about [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom anoraks]]? | |||
* What are the oddest romances in the programme's history? | |||
* The semiotic thickness of ''what''? | |||
* When did [[Susan]] go to school? | |||
* What are the gayest things in ''[[Doctor Who]]''? | |||
* Did [[Cartmel_Masterplan|Cartmel]] have ''any'' plan at all? | |||
* What were [[Josiah_Samuel_Smith|Josiah]]'s "blasphemous" theories? | |||
* Are these "[[Eternal|gods]]" related? | |||
* What about [[season 27]]? | |||
* Does [[Eighth Doctor|Paul McGann]] count? | |||
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