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.