Watching Doctor Who: Fan Reception and Evaluation (Who Watching)

Booth, Paul,Jones, Craig Owen

ISBN 10: 1350116769 / ISBN 13: 9781350116764

Published by Bloomsbury Academic, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Watching Doctor Who: Fan Reception and Evaluation (Who Watching)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350116769
• ISBN 13: 9781350116764
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Watching Doctor Who explores fandom's changing attitudes towards Doctor Who. Why do fans love an episode one year but deride it a decade later? How do fans' values of Doctor Who change over time? As a show with an over fifty-year history, Doctor Who helps us understand the changing nature of notions of 'value' and 'quality' in popular television. The authors interrogate the way Doctor Who fans and audiences re-interpret the value of particular episodes, Doctors, companions, and eras of Who.

With a foreword by Paul Cornell.

About the Authors

Paul Booth is Professor of Communication at DePaul University, USA. Booth's research interests include fandom, new technologies and media, popular culture, and cult media. He is the author of Time on TV (2012), Digital Fandom (2010), and Playing Fans (2014). He has edited Fan Phenomena: Doctor Who (2013), and has published numerous articles on fans, social media, and technology. He is currently enjoying a cup of coffee.

CRAIG OWEN JONES is a lecturer at San Jose State University, USA, and an Honorary Research Associate at the School of Music and Media, Bangor University, Wales. He has written three books and over thirty
articles on TV and film studies, music, history, and literary criticism.