{"product_id":"9781788318884","title":"Once Upon a Time Lord The Myths and Stories of Doctor Who","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWho Watching\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eOnce Upon a Time Lord\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Myths and Stories of Doctor Who\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIvan Phillips\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Television \/ Genres \/ Drama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Every story ever told really happened...' (The Doctor, 'Hell Bent', 2015)\u003cbr\u003eStories are, fundamentally what \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e is all about.  In  \u003ci\u003eOnce Upon a Time Lord, \u003c\/i\u003eIvan Phillips explores a wide range of perspectives on these stories and presents a lively and richly-varied analysis of the accumulated tales that constitute this popular modern mythology. Concerned equally with 'classic' and 'new' \u003ci\u003eWho\u003c\/i\u003e, Phillips looks at how aspects of the Time Lord's story have been developed on television and beyond, tracing lines of connection and divergence across various media.  He discusses \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who \u003c\/i\u003eas a mythology that has drawn on its own past in often complex ways, at the same time reworking elements from many other sources, whether literary, cinematic, televisual or historical. \u003ci\u003eOnce Upon A Time Lord \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an original take on this singular hero's journey, reading the unsettled enigma of the Doctor in relation to the characters, narratives and locations that he has encountered across more than half a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIvan Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e is an Associate Dean in the School of Creative Arts at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. He has published widely on popular culture, art and literature, with a particular interest in science fiction and the Gothic. He reviews for the journal \u003ci\u003eCritical Studies in Television\u003c\/i\u003e and contributed a chapter to Paul Booth's \u003ci\u003eFan Phenomena: Doctor Who \u003c\/i\u003e(2013). \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 February 2020\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781788318884\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e312\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332874698892,"sku":"9781788318884","price":85.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_08f075ac-8090-48d3-ad06-127339110b5d.jpg?v=1783607062","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781788318884","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}