Timeless Adventures: The Unofficial Story of How Doctor Who Conquered Television

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Timeless Adventures: The Unofficial Story of How Doctor Who Conquered Televisionfrom POLARIS Publishing(W) Brian J. RobbThis critical history ofDoctorWhocovers the series 60 years, from the creation of the show to its triumph as Britain’s number one TV drama. Opening with an in-depth account of the creation of the series within the BBC of the early 1960s, each decade of the show is tackled through a unique political and pop cultural historical viewpoint.Timeless Adventuresreveals how Doctor Who is at its strongest when it reflects the political and cultural concerns of a mass British audience (the 1960s, 1970s and 21st Century), and at its weakest when catering to a narrow fan-based audience (as in the 1980s). The book also addresses the cancellation of the show in the late 1980s (following the series becoming increasing self-obsessed) and the ways in which a narrowly-focused dedicated fandom contributed to the show’s demise and yet was also ins

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