Doctor Who and Gay Male Fandom

A Queer(ed) Transmedia Franchise

AvMike Stack

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

Doctor Who is a BBC transmedia franchise that has lasted over sixty years. Its fanbase boasts a substantial following of gay men. This book asks why this should be. Through examining four core components, the Doctor, the TARDIS, the companion and the Daleks, this book traces the trajectory of queerness from wider culture to paratextual media and finally into the parent text, resulting in an inclusive brand. In doing so, it argues that fandom provides a space to mediate between personal identities and the wider world. Drawing from interviews with fans, the book demonstrates the complexities and contradictions of queerness, and proposes an alternative theory of gay cultural formation. This is the first book-length study to use queer theory to understand Doctor Who. It will be of interest to students and teachers of media theory and fan studies, psychosocial studies, queer theory and history, as well as Doctor Who fans. • First book-length queer theory analysis of Doctor Who • Contributes to fan studies debates on non-productivist fandom • Draws upon case studies of real-life fans, as well as quantitative data.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-12-01
Mått:156 x 234 x 14 mm
Vikt:480 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Transmedia
Antal sidor:258
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781041178286

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Mer om författaren

Mike Stack is currently an independent scholar. He previously authored The Black Archive #68: The Happiness Patrol (Obverse Books, 2023), as well as pieces on Arthur C. Clarke, The Tomorrow People, and the science of sex within Doctor Who.

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“Stack examines Doctor Who from the perspective of queer fandom, deftly uncovering its queer resonances…. He wisely grounds his argument in early statistical analysis showing that Doctor Who fans are likelier to be gay than the population average. What could have been reductive or essentialist instead remains attentive to complexity… The interviewees’ voices add a human depth… Stack’s chapter on the TARDIS is the book’s pinnacle… His textual analysis is dizzyingly expansive… superb….” -- Tom May, Northumbria University, UK, in Critical Studies in Television: The International Journal of Television Studies 20(3)“Stack’s methodology is clear and logical, with definitions for his terminology throughout… His use of empirical surveys alongside explications of British history, narrative study, queer theory, and psychosocial studies create a work both pleasing and thought-provoking… Just as the show is not only ‘a madman with a box,’ as Karen Gillan’s Amy Pond describes the Doctor, this book is many things at once. And, just like the show, it is well worth further study and discussion.” -- Kyle Smith, Fayetteville State University, USA, in Science Fiction Film & Television, Vol. 19(1), 130–133.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements, Introduction, Chapter 1 - Fan Identities: Defining Fandom and Quantifying the Doctor Who Gay Male Following, Chapter 2 - The Doctor: The Hero's Queer Masculinity, Performance and Contradictory Morality, Chapter 3 - The TARDIS: The Queer History of the Police Box and the Possibilities of Space, Chapter 4 - The Companion: Queering Cross-Gender Relations and Childhood Play, Chapter 5 - The Monster: The Queer Reception of the Daleks, Conclusion: Will the Queerness of Doctor Who Fandom Change?, Index