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PublisherMcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers

ISBN-100786495251

ISBN-139780786495252

eBay Product ID (ePID)219094844

Product Key Features

Book TitleWho Travels with the Doctor? : Essays on the Companions of Doctor Who

Number of Pages180 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2016

TopicTelevision / General, Essays

IllustratorYes

GenrePerforming Arts, Literary Collections

AuthorSherry Ginn

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight9.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2016-011763

Reviews" Who Travels with the Doctor? is an international eight author examination of a sampling of the various people who have traveled with a certain Time Lord"-- SFCrowsnest ; "scholars of television and other media and of narrative in any media explore secondary characters in the 50-year British television science fiction series"-- ProtoView .

Dewey Edition23

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Dewey Decimal791.4572

Table Of ContentTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction--Comrade, Confidante, Companion, Chum: A Friend by Any Other Name (Sherry Ginn and Gillian I. Leitch) With Whom He Travels: The Companions of the Doctor (Gillian I. Leitch) "It's bigger on the inside": Verisimilitude and Companion Reactions to the TARDIS (Craig Owen Jones) "The battle-scarred, the insane, the ones even you can't control": Disability and the Female Bodies of the Doctor's Companions (Kimberley McMahon-Coleman) "There's nothing only about being a girl": Learning to "Play" the Doctor's Companion (David Boarder Giles and Amy Peloff) Life Post-TARDIS? The Case for Jo Grant and Sarah Jane Smith (Sherry Ginn) Rose Is England: Nationhood, British Invasion Anxiety and Why the Doctor Will (Almost) Always Rescue His Companions (Tanja Nathanael) Rory Williams: The Boy Who Waited (Teresa Forde) A Muted Melody: The (Dis)Empowerment of River Song (Tom Powers) Companions Who Weren't: The Pompadour and the Pauper (Pamela Achenbach) When No One Can Hear You Scream: Doctor Who Companions on the Printed Page (Aaron John Gulyas) Selected Filmography Selected Bibliography About the Contributors Index

SynopsisThroughout the long-running BBC series Doctor Who , the Doctor has rarely been alone--his companions are essential. Male or (mostly) female, alien or (mostly) human, young or old (none as old as he), the dozens of companions who have travelled with him over the past 50 years have served as sympathetic proxies for the audience. Through their adventures the companions are perfected, facing danger and thus discovering their strengths and weaknesses. Yet they all pay a price, losing their innocence and sometimes their lives. This collection of new essays examines the role of the companion as an intermediate between viewers and the Doctor. The contributors discuss who travels with the Doctor and why, how they interact, how the companions influence the narrative and how their journeys change them., Throughout the long-running BBC series Doctor Who, the Doctor has rarely been alone - his companions are essential. This collection of new essays examines the role of the companion as an intermediate between viewers and the Doctor. The contributors discuss who travels with the Doctor and why, how the companions influence the narrative, and how their journeys change them.

LC Classification NumberPN1992.77.D6273W57