Love and Monsters

The Doctor Who Experience 1979 to the Present

Miles Booy (Independent Scholar, UK)

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I B TAURIS
28 February 2012

Television; Science fiction; Popular culture; Doctor Who Reference; Aliens; Time Travel; First Doctor; Second Doctor; Third Doctor; Fourth Doctor; Fifth Doctor; Sixth Doctor; Seventh Doctor; Eighth Doctor; Ninth Doctor; Tenth Doctor; Eleventh Doctor

Series: Investigating Cult TV

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 fans on television, up to the 2010 general election in Britain. This is also the story of how the ambitious producer John Nathan-Turner, assigned to the programme in 1979, produced a visually-excessive programme for a tele-literate fanbase, and how this style changed the ways in which Doctor Who could be read. The Doctor's world has never been bigger, inside or out!

By: Miles Booy (Independent Scholar UK)
Imprint: I B TAURIS
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 322g
ISBN: 9781848854796
ISBN 10: 184885479X
Series: Investigating Cult TV
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 28 February 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents Acknowledgements/Notes on Sources Introduction Chapter One: Blue Diamond Chapter Two: Jonathan and Jeremy Chapter Three: American Express Chapter Four: The New Vocabularies Chapter Five: The Next Generation Chapter Six: Who Watches The Watchers Chapter Seven: The Franchise of Doom Bibliography Index

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'.