About Time 9: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who (Series 4, the 2009 Specials) Contributor(s): Wood, Tat (Author), Ail, Dorothy (Author), Pearson, Lars (Editor) |
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ISBN: 193523420X ISBN-13: 9781935234203 Publisher: Mad Norwegian Press OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2019 |
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BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Television - Guides & Reviews - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.35 lbs) 384 pages |
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Publisher Description: In About Time, the whole of Doctor Who is examined through the lens of the real-world social and political changes as well as ongoing developments in television production that influenced the series in ways big and small over the course of a generation. Armed with these guidebooks, readers will be able to cast their minds back to 1975, 1982, 2005 and other years to best appreciate the series' content and character. Volume 9 of this series focuses on Series 4 (2008) of the revamped Doctor Who starring David Tennant, as well as the 2009 Specials that finished out his era, with bonus write-ups on Music of the Spheres, the animated adventure Dreamland and The Sarah Jane Adventures story "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith." Essays in this volume include: "Should Doctor Who be Appointment Television?", "How Can Anyone Know About the Time War?", and "Why Can't Anyone Just Die?" |
Contributor Bio(s): Wood, Tat: - Since the far-off days of About Time 7, when most people were reasonably sure what number came immediately before 9, Tat Wood has been working further About Time installments and totally non-Doctor-Who-related works (one of which, World History in Minutes, is available through Quercus Books and all good remaindered book shops). Ail, Dorothy: -Dorothy Ail's writing has appeared in publications such as Outside In: 160 New Perspectives on 160 Classic Doctor Who Stories by 160 Writers, Obverse Press's Liberating Earth and one of the more recondite entries in Chicks Dig Gaming. Pearson, Lars: -Lars Pearson has served as editor-in-chief and publisher of Mad Norwegian Press since 2001, overseeing such works as the Hugo Award-winning Chicks Dig... essay book series and the (to date) eight-volume About Time series, a seminal work on Doctor Who. With Lance Parkin, he co-writes the definitive Doctor Who timeline Ahistory (now 30,000 words bigger than War and Peace). For three years, he was a staff editor at Wizard Entertainment, working on such magazines as InQuest Gamer, ToyFare and Wizard. |