Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who, 1966-1969

Name: Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who, 1966-1969
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ISBN: 9780975944615

ISBN-10: 0975944614

ISBN-13: 9780975944615

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Authors: Tat Wood, Lawrence Miles

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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 2…

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List price: $19.95
Publisher: Mad Norwegian Press
Publication date: 1/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.36" wide x 8.92" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.078
Language: English

Lawrence Miles is the author of. hold on. yeah, eight novels now, and is best-known for creating the time-bending Faction Paradox series. Recovering academic Tat Wood is the person most compilers of previous guidebooks went to for advice and cultural context. Despite having written for just about every major fanzine going, he has a rich, full and complex life.



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The Smugglers



The Tenth Planet



The Power of the Daleks



The Highlanders



The Underwater Menace



The Moonbase



The Macra Terror



The Faceless Ones



The Evil of the Daleks






The Tomb of the Cybermen



The Abominable Snowmen



The Ice Warriors



The Enemy of the World



The Web of Fear



Fury From the Deep



The Wheel in Space






The Dominators



The Mind Robber



The Invasion



The Krotons



The Seeds of Death



The Space Pirates



The War Games


Essays


What Are the Dodgiest Accents in the Series?


What's the Cyberman Timeline?


What Do Daleks Eat?


Why Was a McCrimmon Fighting for the Pretender?


How Many Atlantises Are There?


Whatever Happened to the USA?


How Did They Do Those Titles?


How Do You Set a Trap for This Man?


Why is That Portrait in Maxtible's Parlour?


Did Sergeant Pepper Know the Doctor?


How Buddhist is This Series?


Cultural Primer: Why the Radio Times?


What's the Timeline of the Twenty-First Century?


Was Yeti-in-a-Loo the Worst Idea Ever?


Does the Tardis Fly?


What Planet was David Whitaker On?


When Did the Doctor Get His Second Heart?


Who Was the Master of the Land of Fiction?


Whatever Happened to Planet 14?


Does Plot Matter?


Is Doctor Who Camp?


Was There Any Hanky-Panky in the Tardis?


Did Doctor Who End in 1969?