About Time 9: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who (Series 4, the 2009 Specials) - by Tat Wood & Dorothy Ail (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>In <i>About Time</i>, the whole of <i>Doctor Who </i>is examined through the lens of the real-world social and political changes as well as ongoing developments in television production that influenced the series in ways big and small over the course of a generation. Volume 9 of this series finishes out the revamped <i>Doctor Who </i>starring David Tennant, covering Series 4, the 2009 Specials and extras such as the animated story <i>Dreamland. </i></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In <i>About Time</i>, the whole of <i>Doctor Who </i>is examined through the lens of the real-world social and political changes as well as ongoing developments in television production that influenced the series in ways big and small over the course of a generation. Armed with these guidebooks, readers will be able to cast their minds back to 1975, 1982, 2005 and other years to best appreciate the series' content and character.</p><p>Volume 9 of this series focuses on Series 4 (2008) of the revamped <i>Doctor Who </i>starring David Tennant, as well as the 2009 Specials that finished out his era, with bonus write-ups on<i> Music of the Spheres, </i>the animated adventure <i>Dreamland</i> and <i>The Sarah Jane Adventures </i>story "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith." Essays in this volume include: "Should <i>Doctor Who</i> be Appointment Television?", "How Can Anyone Know About the Time War?", and "Why Can't Anyone Just Die?"</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Since the far-off days of About Time 7, when most people were reasonably sure what number came immediately before 9, <b> Tat Wood</b> has been working further About Time installments and totally non-Doctor-Who-related works (one of which, World History in Minutes, is available through Quercus Books and all good remaindered book shops).</p><p><b>Dorothy Ail</b>'s writing has appeared in publications such as <i>Outside In: 160 New Perspectives on 160 Classic Doctor Who Stories by 160 Writers</i>, Obverse Press's <i>Liberating Earth</i> and one of the more recondite entries in <i>Chicks Dig Gaming</i>.</p><p><b>Lars Pearson</b> has served as editor-in-chief and publisher of Mad Norwegian Press since 2001, overseeing such works as the Hugo Award-winning Chicks Dig... essay book series and the (to date) eight-volume About Time series, a seminal work on Doctor Who. With Lance Parkin, he co-writes the definitive Doctor Who timeline Ahistory (now 30,000 words bigger than War and Peace). For three years, he was a staff editor at Wizard Entertainment, working on such magazines as InQuest Gamer, ToyFare and Wizard.</p>
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