Doctor Who and the art of adaptation : fifty years of storytelling /

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'Doctor Who' is one of the most enduring British programs over the last 50 years and its success has translated to the U.S., where it has been shown for decades, first on PBS stations and currently on BBC America. This book looks at how the writers and producers of 'Doctor Who' h...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harmes, Marcus K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
Colección:Science fiction television (Rowman and Littlefield, Inc.)
Temas:
Doctor Who (Television program : 1963-1989)
Doctor Who (Television program : 2005- )
History on television.
Television and history.
Science fiction television programs > Great Britain > History and criticism.
Histoire à la télévision.
Télévision et histoire.
Émissions de science-fiction télévisées > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire et critique.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
History on television
Science fiction television programs
Television and history
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • In the beginning
  • What gets adapted?
  • Who was adapting?
  • Motives for adapting
  • A classical education: adapting history in Doctor Who
  • Victorian worlds in Doctor Who
  • Gothic themes and creative tensions
  • British westerns, American frontiers, and a marketing strategy
  • Who-dunit? Agatha Christie in time and space
  • Tragedy, the Jacobeans' and Evelyn Waugh
  • Conclusion.

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