Routledge Handbook of Doctor Who
Contributions of 4000 words are invited for the forthcoming Routledge Handbook of Doctor Who. Under contract with Routledge and edited by Catriona Mills, Russell Sandberg and Marcus Harmes, this large-scale Handbook will be a generational work encompassing all aspects of the global phenomenon Doctor Who. The purpose of the work is to further academic research and the interdisciplinary approach that fuses the exploration of the official and the fan made.
The below table of contents indicates which chapters still require contributors. Please also review the notes below on what the overall focus of each section will be and tailor your abstract to this focus.
Please submit a 150 word abstract by January 24th 2025outlining what your proposed chapter would focus on. The editors will be interested in chapters which address the nominated area in novel ways.
The full chapter will be due by December 16th 2025.
Send to marcus.harmes@usq.edu.au, c.mills@uq.edu.au and SandbergR@cardiff.ac.uk
Part I: The Television Show
- Beginnings and Transformations (Lambert and her black and white successors)- Unavailable
- Navigating the 1970s (Letts) - Unavailable
- Triumphs and Tragedies (Hinchcliffe, Williams) - Unavailable
- Navigating the 1980s (JNT) - Unavailable
- False Hopes and Restarts - Unavailable
- Triumph of the Timelord (RTD) - Unavailable
- Too clever for its own good? (Moffat ) - Available
- Contested Progress (Chibnall) - Available
- RTD Redux - Available
Part II: Expanding Doctor Who Fictional Universes
- The Peter Cushing Films - Available
- K9and Company, the Sarah Jane Adventures and the Australian K9 - Unavailable
- Torchwood and Class - Available
- The War Between the Land and the Sea - Unavailable
- Fragments and Experiments: Short Episodes, Webcasts, Animations and AI - Available
- BBC and Big Finish Audio Productions - Available
- Interactive Experiences: Stage plays, Exhibitions, Conventions and Cosplay - Unavailable
- Gaming: Escape Rooms and Computer Games - Available
- Annuals and Comics- Unavailable
- The Target Range - Unavailable
- Novels for Children - Available
- Novels for Adults - Unavailable
- Fan Fiction and Fan Films - Unavailable
- Parodies – Unavailable
- Merchandise - Unavailable
Part III: The Literatures on and about Doctor Who
- Behind the Scenes Extras (including Doctor Who: Confidential, Totally Doctor Who and Doctor Who: Unleashed and DVD / Blu Ray extras content) - Unavailable
- Doctor Who Magazine and fanzines – Available
- Podcasts – Available
- Reference Works and Guides - Available
Part IV: Production Practices
- Special Effects from Practical to Digital - Available
- Costumes - Unavailable
- Art and Set Design - Unavailable
- Sound Design and Music- Available
- Archival Survival and Global Audiences - Available
Part V: Themes
- Social Class – Available
- Gender / Feminism - Available
- Race - Available
- Queerness - Available
- Disability – Available
- Ageing– Available
- Non-human, post-human, and monsters – Available
- Environmentalism and Ecology – Unavailable
- Law and Order - Unavailable
- History and the Past - Unavailable
- Philosophy and Economics – Available
- Colonialism and Empire - Unavailable
- Education and Pedagogy - Unavailable
- War and Conflict – Available
- Religion and Spirituality – Unavailable
- Science and Technology – Unavailable
- Language and Communication - Unavailable
Part I: The Television Show
Section focus: Each chapter should engage with an overarching and unifying set of issues which are:
- Overview of the era: the casting of the lead actor/s, the production team priorities
- Critical and academic interpretations of the era showing the complete era as a major media text in its own right
- The intersections between the era and its cultural and social historical context
- The most critical points of significance about each era
- And will highlight one serial/story/episode which exemplified the era
Part II: Expanding Doctor Who Fictional Universes
Section focus: The next section on the wider universe acknowledges and interprets the multiplying media texts which build on and exist beyond the strict BBC television canon of the series explored in the first chapters. Each chapter will be tightly focused and the section overall will traverse a range of genres and outputs. Chapters in this section will also:
- Focus upon the production history
- The relevant academic literature
- The social and cultural context of the works
- And will highlight one particular serial/story/episode/sequence to serve as an exemplar.
Part III: The Literatures on and about Doctor Who
Section focus: The third part examines the way the entire franchise both its canonical BBC incarnation and its expanded universe have become the subject of both academic discourse but other types of meta-textual commentary and extrapolation. Chapters in this section will be intersecting with broader issues of the growth of fan communities and activities and the creative intentions of the creators of different types of literatures.
- The section will demonstrate ways Doctor Who has not only followed but has led trends in merchandising television and popular culture and how emergent technologies from VHS to DVD and Blu-ray have enabled the expansion of what constitutes television merchandise, from just episodes to even merchandising production paperwork. Chapters in this section will also:
- Focus on the historical development of the work
- The relevant academic literature, the social and cultural context of the work
- And will suggest an exemplar work.
Part IV: Production Practices
Section focus: The fourth section is more practically oriented on the making of the classic and revised series and each tightly focused chapter will showcase the way resources, creativity and imagination have shaped what has appeared or been heard on screen and how these have inspired in turn fans’ imaginations.
- As Doctor Who is also only partly archivally intact, the section will also consider the significance of the programme in wider understanding of television heritage, the global dissemination of BBC drama, and the preservation and use of archives.
Part V: Themes
Finally this section opens up a wide thematic canvas with the chapters exploring the issues raised by the chosen theme. Both classic and new Who must feature and contributors are also welcome to include wider works as per section II.
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