Doctor Who and the art of adaptation: fifty years of storytelling

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Doctor Who is one of the most enduring British programs over the last 50 years and its success has translated to the U.S., where it has been shown for decades, first on PBS stations and currently on BBC America. This book looks at how the writers and producers of Doctor Who have adapted-and will no doubt continue to do so-various texts to create many episodes throughout the show's history. Periods via lead actorAcknowledgmentsEditorial NoteIntroduction Chapter One: In the BeginningChapter Two: What Gets Adapted?Chapter Three: Who Was Adapting?Chapter Four: Motives for AdaptingChapter Five: A Classical Education- Adapting History in Doctor WhoChapter Six: Victorian Worlds in Doctor WhoChapter Seven: Gothic Themes and Creative TensionsChapter Eight: British Westerns, American Frontiers, and a Marketing StrategyChapter Nine: Who-dunit? Agatha Christie in Time and SpaceChapter Ten: Tragedy, the Jacobeans... and Evelyn WaughConclusionFilmographyBibliographyIndexAbout the Author