Doctor Who Psychology: A Madman With a Box

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Foreword : the how, not why, of Who / Katy Manning -- Introduction : madness in who we are / Travis Langley -- The hearts of who we are. Who's Who : interview with four Doctors and a River on the core of personality / Travis Langley and Aaron Sagers -- The compassionate Doctor : caring for self by caring for others / Janina Scarlet and Alan Kistler -- The moral foundations of Doctor Who / Deirdre Kelly and Jim Davies -- Factor file one : the two factors: extraversion and neuroticism / Travis Langley -- Deep breath. The unconscious : what, when, where, why, and of course, who / William Sharp -- Id, superego, egoless : where is the I in Who? / William Sharp -- Weeping angels, archetypes, and the male gaze / Miranda Pollock and Wind Goodfriend -- New face, new man : a personality perspective / Erin Currie -- Dream Lords : would the Doctor run with Freud, Jung, Myers and Briggs? / Travis Langley -- Factor file two : the three factors: add psychoticism or openness? / Travis Langley -- Hands to hold. Who makes a good companion? / Sarita J. Robinson -- By any other name : evolution, excitation, and expansion / Wind Goodfriend -- A companion's choice : do opposites attract? / Erin Currie -- Factor file three : the five factors: adventures in the OCEAN / Travis Langley -- Lost things. Death and the Doctor : interview on how immortals face mortality / Janina Scarlet and Aaron Sagers -- Post-Time War stress disorder / Kristen Erickson and Matt Munson, with Stephen Prescott and Travis Langley -- Behind two hearts : grief and vulnerability / Jenna Busch and Janina Scarlet -- Boys to cybermen : social narratives and metaphors for masculinity / Billy San Juan -- From human to machine : at what point do you lose your soul? / Jim Davies and Daniel Saunders -- Factor file four : the six factors: a good man? / Travis Langley -- Natures. Getting to the hearts of Time Lord personality change : regeneration on the brain / Sarita J. Robinson -- A new Doctor? : the behavioral genetics of regeneration / Martin Lloyd -- The Time Lord's brain : regeneration, determinism, and free will / David Kyle Johnson and Travis Langley -- Factor file five : the further factors: aren't there limits? / Travis Langley -- File word : run! / Travis Langley.;"This compendium of nineteen essays offers a fascinating analysis of the psychology behind the long running sci-fi television show"--Back cover.