02856nam 2200613 450 991079103560332120230124184354.01-4422-3285-4(CKB)2550000001297176(EBL)1686844(SSID)ssj0001193892(PQKBManifestationID)11670919(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001193892(PQKBWorkID)11147077(PQKB)10925371(MiAaPQ)EBC1686844(Au-PeEL)EBL1686844(CaPaEBR)ebr10870859(CaONFJC)MIL608306(OCoLC)879601294(EXLCZ)99255000000129717620140523h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDoctor Who and the art of adaptation fifty years of storytelling /Marcus K. HarmesLanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield,2014.©20141 online resource (245 p.)Science Fiction TelevisionDescription based upon print version of record.1-4422-3284-6 1-306-77055-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Editorial Note; Introduction; Periods by Lead Actor; Part I: The Questions; 1 In the Beginning; 2 What Gets Adapted?; 3 Who Was Adapting?; 4 Motives for Adapting; Part II: The Case Studies; 5 A Classical Education; 6 Victorian Worlds in Doctor Who; 7 Gothic Themes and Creative Tensions; 8 British Westerns, American Frontiers, and a Marketing Strategy; 9 Whodunit? Agatha Christie in Time and Space; 10 Tragedy, the Jacobeans . . . and Evelyn Waugh; Conclusion; Filmography; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorDoctor 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 have adapted-and will no doubt continue to do so-various texts to create many episodes throughout the show's history.Science fiction television (Rowman and Littlefield, Inc.)History on televisionTelevision and historyScience fiction television programsGreat BritainHistory and criticismHistory on television.Television and history.Science fiction television programsHistory and criticism.791.45/72Harmes Marcus K.931800MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791035603321Doctor Who and the art of adaptation3817412UNINA