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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherMAD Norwegian Press
ISBN-100975944630
ISBN-139780975944639
eBay Product ID (ePID)43894038
Product Key Features
Book TitleAbout Time Vol. 4 : the Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2010
TopicTime, Science Fiction / General
GenreFiction, Science
AuthorLawrence Miles, Tat Wood
Book SeriesAbout Time Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height6.1 in
Item Weight19.1 Oz
Item Length8.9 in
Item Width2.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
ReviewsIncludes several essays on such intensely important Doctor Who topics as ""Did Rassilon Know Omega?"" and ""How Badly Does Dalek History Suffer?""
Series Volume Number0
SynopsisCan a 400 year-old manuscript be the key to saving the world? CIA listening posts have detected evidence of an extraordinary operation by cosmonauts of the resurgent and aggressive Russian regime - a plan to deflect a giant asteroid into a collision course with the United States. The result would be unimaginable devastation, and the West's top astrophysicists are secretly assembled to try and find a way of averting total disaster. But the key to finding the asteroid is an incredible one - its course was predicted in an obscure Renaissance manuscript, the only copy of which has now gone mysteriously missing..., Constituting the largest reference work on Doctor Who ever written, the six-volume About Time strives to become the ultimate reference guide to the world's longest-running science fiction program. Written by Lawrence Miles (Faction Paradox) and long-time sci-fi commentator Tat Wood, About Time focuses on the continuity of Doctor Who (its characters, alien races and the like), but also examines the show as a work of social commentary. In particular, Miles and Wood dissect the politics and social issues that shaped the show during its unprecedented 26-year run (from 1963 to 1989), detailing how the issues of the day influenced this series. As part of this grand opus, About Time 4 examines Doctor Who Seasons 12 to 17 (1975 to 1979)-starring Tom Baker, the actor who popularized the show in America. Among other things, About Time 4 examines how the show's Gothic horror phase and its aftermath, plus answers such vitally important Who questions as Where (and When) is Gallifrey? and Why Couldn't the BBC Just Have Spent More Money?