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Overview‘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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ivan Phillips (University of Hertfordshire, UK)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Weight: 0.502kg ISBN: 9781788318884ISBN 10: 1788318889 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 20 February 2020 Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 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 IndexReviewsIvan Phillips' study is both nuanced and illuminating; it is highly interesting, intelligent, erudite and articulate. It is a real pleasure to read.--Alec Charles, author: Out of Time: The Deaths and Resurrections of Doctor Who Author InformationIvan Phillips is an Associate Dean in the School of Creative Arts at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. He has published widely on popular culture, art and literature, with a particular interest in science fiction and the Gothic. He reviews for the journal Critical Studies in Television and contributed a chapter to Paul Booth’s Fan Phenomena: Doctor Who (2013). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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