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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The Cultural Lives of Doctor Who
The Cultural Lives of Doctor Who: The Hype of the Doctor
The Cultural Lives of Doctor Who: Doctor Whose Fandom?
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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The Cultural Lives of Doctor Who: Of Anniversaries and Authenticity, Costumes and Canon
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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The Cultural Lives of Doctor Who: Celebrations, Conferences, Conventions
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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The Cultural Lives of Doctor Who: “The Night of the Doctor”
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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The Cultural Lives of Doctor Who: The Lost, Missing, and Redacted Adventures of Doctor Who
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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The Cultural Lives of Doctor Who: Clara Who?: Re-Imagining the Doctor-Companion Model
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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The Cultural Lives of Doctor Who: What’s Special About Multiple Multi-Doctor Specials?
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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