Fifty Years in Time and Space: a Short History of Doctor Who (Frank Danes) St Mark's Press
10/04/2013 St Mark's Press UK
Product description -
Doctor Who has been a television institution for fifty years and is the longest running science fiction series in the world.
Beginning as a filler between Grandstand and Juke Box Jury, it was only expected to last for thirteen episodes. It soon became a national and international smash hit and is now the BBC’s flagship drama programme.
Fifty Years in Time and Space tells the story of Doctor Who from 1963 to 2013, covering the action on screen and behind the scenes. Whether you’re a serious fan or new to the series, travel with the Doctor through half a century of change in British culture. Battle the Daleks, the Cybermen, the Master, and the Weeping Angels!
Find out about the Doctor’s name; regeneration; the series’ representations of the Second World War and the Cold War; the cancellation crises of 1985 and 1989; the TV movie; the Dalek films of the 1960s and Doctor Who’s triumphant resurrection in 2005.
Board the TARDIS and relive fifty years of a television legend!
The author: Frank Danes studied English and American Literature at the University of Kent. He is the author of Victorian Literature: Teachers’ Resource (Cambridge University Press) and is Head of English at King’s Ely in Cambridgeshire. His favourite Doctors are Patrick Troughton, Matt Smith and Tom Baker.
REF: ISBN: 978-1907062186OP: £11.95
