Throughout the long-running BBC series Doctor Who, the Doctor has rarely been alone - his companions are essential. This collection of new essays examines the role of the companion as an intermediate between viewers and the Doctor. The contributors discuss who travels with the Doctor and why, how the companions influence the narrative, and how their journeys change them.
Throughout the long-running BBC series Doctor Who, the Doctor has rarely been alone - his companions are essential. This collection of new essays examines the role of the companion as an intermediate between viewers and the Doctor. The contributors discuss who travels with the Doctor and why, how the companions influence the narrative, and how their journeys change them.
Gillian I. Leitch is an independent scholar and historical researcher and is currently co-chair of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Area of the PCA. She lives in Ottawa, Ontario. Sherry Ginn is a retired educator currently living in North Carolina. She has authored books examining female characters on science fiction television series as well as the multiple television worlds of Joss Whedon. Edited collections have examined sex in science fiction, time travel, the apocalypse, and the award-winning series Farscape, Doctor Who, and Fringe.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction-Comrade, Confidante, Companion, Chum: A Friend by Any Other Name (Sherry Ginn and Gillian I. Leitch) With Whom He Travels: The Companions of the Doctor (Gillian I. Leitch) "It's bigger on the inside": Verisimilitude and Companion Reactions to the TARDIS (Craig Owen Jones) "The battle-scarred, the insane, the ones even you can't control": Disability and the Female Bodies of the Doctor's Companions (Kimberley McMahon-Coleman) "There's nothing only about being a girl": Learning to "Play" the Doctor's Companion (David Boarder Giles and Amy Peloff) Life Post-TARDIS? The Case for Jo Grant and Sarah Jane Smith (Sherry Ginn) Rose Is England: Nationhood, British Invasion Anxiety and Why the Doctor Will (Almost) Always Rescue His Companions (Tanja Nathanael) Rory Williams: The Boy Who Waited (Teresa Forde) A Muted Melody: The (Dis)Empowerment of River Song (Tom Powers) Companions Who Weren't: The Pompadour and the Pauper (Pamela Achenbach) When No One Can Hear You Scream: Doctor Who Companions on the Printed Page (Aaron John Gulyas) Selected Filmography Selected Bibliography About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction-Comrade, Confidante, Companion, Chum: A Friend by Any Other Name (Sherry Ginn and Gillian I. Leitch) With Whom He Travels: The Companions of the Doctor (Gillian I. Leitch) "It's bigger on the inside": Verisimilitude and Companion Reactions to the TARDIS (Craig Owen Jones) "The battle-scarred, the insane, the ones even you can't control": Disability and the Female Bodies of the Doctor's Companions (Kimberley McMahon-Coleman) "There's nothing only about being a girl": Learning to "Play" the Doctor's Companion (David Boarder Giles and Amy Peloff) Life Post-TARDIS? The Case for Jo Grant and Sarah Jane Smith (Sherry Ginn) Rose Is England: Nationhood, British Invasion Anxiety and Why the Doctor Will (Almost) Always Rescue His Companions (Tanja Nathanael) Rory Williams: The Boy Who Waited (Teresa Forde) A Muted Melody: The (Dis)Empowerment of River Song (Tom Powers) Companions Who Weren't: The Pompadour and the Pauper (Pamela Achenbach) When No One Can Hear You Scream: Doctor Who Companions on the Printed Page (Aaron John Gulyas) Selected Filmography Selected Bibliography About the Contributors Index
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