Watching Doctor Who : Fan Reception and Evaluation

"Watching Doctor Who" explores fandom's changing attitudes towards "Doctor Who". Why do fans love an episode one year but deride it a decade later? How do fans' values of "Doctor Who "change over time? As a show with an over fifty-year history, "Doctor Who" helps us understand the changing nature of notions of 'value' and 'quality' in popular television. The authors interrogate the way "Doctor Who" fans and audiences re-interpret the value of particular episodes, Doctors, companions, and eras of "Who". "With a foreword by Paul Cornell. [Publisher's Text]

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