In this final post in Antenna's The Cultural Lives of Doctor Who series, Matt Hills looks at the promotion and marketing that's occurred around the Doctor Who franchise across 2013.
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In this penultimate post in our The Cultural Lives of Doctor Who series, Pam Wojcik argues that female Doctor Who fans are the ur-fans of the series, the original targeted audience and point of identification within the show.
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Tags: BBC, cosplay, David Tennant, Doctor Who, fandom, fangirls, Matt Smith, Osgood, Peter Capaldi, Rose Tyler, sexism, shipping, Sydney Newman, television, Tumblr, Verity Lambert
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In this latest entry in The Cultural Lives of Doctor Who series, Piers Britton discusses the use of costume as a marker of authenticity in "The Name of the Doctor" and its many ramifications for Who tradition and canon.
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Tags: authenticity, BBC, Christopher Eccleston, Colin Lavers, costumes, Doctor Who, Howard Burden, James Acheson, John Hurt, Maureen Heneghan, mise-en-scene, Paul McGann, The Day of the Doctor, The Five Doctors, The Name of the Doctor, The Night of the Doctor, The Three Doctors, Time Lord, War Doctor, William Hartnell
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In this latest post in Antenna's The Cultural Lives of Doctor Who series, Paul Booth examines Doctor Who fan celebrations and conventions and how they demonstrate the continued affective and communal power of the cult television franchise.
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In this latest post in Antenna's The Cultural Lives of Doctor Who series, Jenna Stoeber discusses the recent "The Night of the Doctor" mini-episode and its impact on canonical knowledge of the series.
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Tags: #savetheday, BBC, Christopher Eccleston, Doctor Who, Doctor Who Magazine, fandom, John Hurt, Paul McCann, Steven Moffat, television, The Day of the Doctor, The Night of the Doctor, The War Doctor, YouTube
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One of the defining characteristics of Doctor Who is that, despite its academic and popular scrutiny, there are many gaps in its history, which remind us that histories - including media histories - are always only assembled from the perspective of the present.
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Analyzing the role of the Doctor's female companions, Keara Goin argues that despite her independence and brash image, Clara Oswald is little more than the Doctor's caretaker and a re-packaging of the traditional mother archetype.
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Tags: Alec Charles, BBC, Clara Oswald, Doctor Who, Jenna-Louise Coleman, Lindy A. Orthia, Margaret and Michael Rustin, Matt Smith, post-feminism, public broadcasting, television
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In this inaugural post in Antenna's new series The Cultural Lives of Doctor Who, Matt Hills discusses the show's regular anniversary celebrations and the phenomena of "multi-Doctor" stories.
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Tags: #savetheday, BBC, David Tennant, Destiny of the Doctor, Doctor Who, John Hurt, Matt Smith, multi-Doctor, Peter Capaldi, Prisoners of Time, public broadcasting, television, The Day of the Doctor, The Light at the End
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