Doctor Who and Science: Essays on Ideas, Identities and Ideologies in the Series - Couverture souple

 
9781476681122: Doctor Who and Science: Essays on Ideas, Identities and Ideologies in the Series
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ISBN 10 : 1476681120 ISBN 13 : 9781476681122
Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2021

Synopsis

Science has always been part of Doctor Who. The first episode featured scenes in a science laboratory and a science teacher, and the 2020 season's finale highlighted a scientist's key role in Time Lord history. Hundreds of scientific characters, settings, inventions, and ethical dilemmas populated the years in between. Behind the scenes, Doctor Who's original remit was to teach children about science, and in the 1960s it even had a scientific advisor.

This is the first book to explore this scientific landscape from a broad spectrum of research fields: from astronomy, genetics, linguistics, computing, history, sociology and science communication through gender, media and literature studies. Contributors ask: What sort of scientist is the Doctor? How might the TARDIS translation circuit and regeneration work? Did the Doctor change sex or gender when regenerating into Jodie Whittaker? How do Doctor Who's depictions of the Moon and other planets compare to the real universe? Why was the program obsessed with energy in the 1960s and 1970s, Victorian scientists and sciences then and now, or with dinosaurs at any time? Do characters like Missy and the Rani make good scientist role models? How do Doctor Who technical manuals and public lectures shape public ideas about science?

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À propos des auteurs

Marcus K. Harmes is an associate professor at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia. He researches on British popular culture especially science fiction and horror.

Lindy A. Orthia is an honorary senior lecturer at the School of Sociology, the Australian National University, Canberra. She has written extensively on Doctor Who and science.

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Éditeur
McFarland & Co Inc
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1476681120
ISBN 13 
9781476681122
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
243
Éditeur
Harmes Marcus K., Orthia Lindy A.
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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