Adventures Across Space and Time brings together key academic, critic and fan writings about Doctor Who alongside newly-commissioned work addressing contemporary issues and debates to form a comprehensive guide to the wider Whoniverse. The perennially popular BBC series holds a unique place in the history of television and of TV fandom: the longest running science-fiction show, the series and its fan communities have tracked social and cultural changes over its 60 year lifetime. Adventures Across Space and Time presents classic writings on Who and its fandom by leading scholars including John Fiske, Henry Jenkins, John Tulloch and Matt Hills, but also represents writings and art by fans, including fans who went on to become showrunners, writers or even the Doctor himself, with contributions by Steven Moffat, Chris Chibnall, Douglas Adams and Peter Capaldi. This innovative anthology addresses Doctor Who's showrunners, Doctors, companions, enemies and collaborators as well as issues and debates around queer fandom, intersectionality, the 'wokeness' of the Doctor, fan media including websites, podcasts and vlogs, fan activism and questions of race and sexuality in relation to the show and its spin offs. It considers Doctor Who as a peculiarly British phenomenon but also one that has delighted, engaged and sometimes enraged viewers around the world.

An essential guide to the Whoniverse, this book brings together key pieces from nearly six decades of writing about Doctor Who in conversation with newly commissioned academic and fan work about the show.

About the Author
Paul Booth is Professor at DePaul University, USA. He is the author/editor of 14 books, including A Fan Studies Primer (2021), Watching Doctor Who (Bloomsbury, 2020), Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies (2018), Digital Fandom 2.0 (2016), and Fan Phenomena: Doctor Who (2013). Matt Hills is Professor of Media and Film at the University of Huddersfield, UK. He is the author of six books, including Fan Cultures (2002), Triumph of a Time Lord (I.B. Tauris, 2010) and Doctor Who: The Unfolding Event (2015). He has also edited two volumes about the show, New Dimensions of Doctor Who (I.B. Tauris, 2013) and Doctor Who - New Dawn: Essays on the Jodie Whittaker Era (2021). Joy Piedmont is a librarian and freelance writer based in New York, USA. She is co-producer of Reality Bomb, a Doctor Who podcast and is the co-creator and co-chair of Gallifrey One's TARDIS Talks, a special track of programming giving space to big ideas and theories about Doctor Who and fandom. Tansy Rayner Roberts is a fantasy writer based in Australia. She is co-host of the Verity! Doctor Who Podcast. She is author of Ink Black Magic (2013), Siren Beat (2010), Seacastle (2007). She won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer in 2013.

Reviews
Over its sixty-year history, Doctor Who has inspired a vast array of commentary. The Doctor Who Reader gathers together a commendably representative range of such writing, academic and fan, classic and newly commissioned. An essential addition to the scholarship's unfolding text. -- Una McCormack, scriptwriter and author of Doctor Who: The Target Storybook (2019)
A wonderful book by some wonderful people, about what we love about Doctor Who, why we love it, and how it loves us back. -- Steven Schapansky, host of Doctor Who: Radio Free Skaro, UK
A brilliant compendium of the brilliance of Doctor Who fandom. Intelligent, insightful and incredibly wide-ranging, this is a really engaging collection. I love the mix of new analysis and older pieces to give a comprehensive overview. A perfect introduction for those new to Doctor Who scholarship, and packed with interest for more established scholars. There's so much here I'd never even thought of. I finished it then immediately wanted to start reading again. -- Simon Guerrier, producer and author of How The Doctor Changed My Life (2008)



Book Information
ISBN 9781350288379
Author Dr. Paul Booth
Format Paperback
Page Count 312
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC