Marcus K. Harmes is a professor at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia. He researches on British popular culture especially science fiction and horror. Lindy A. Orthia is an honorary senior lecturer at the School of Sociology, the Australian National University, Canberra. She has written extensively on Doctor Who and science.

“A distinctly interdisciplinary set of essays…the collection has an interesting variety of methodological approaches beyond those usually seen in traditional literary and cultural studies…admirable…balanced and intriguing…fun and well-rounded…nuanced and intricate…readers will find in this volume a varied and thoroughly researched set of essays whose topical and enthusiastic approach demonstrates the versatility and longevity of Doctor Who scholarship.”—SFRA Review

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsTimeline and Terminology for Doctor Who’s Doctors and ErasIntroduction to Doctor Who and ScienceLindy A. Orthia and Marcus K. HarmesWho’s Planet Looks Like Home?J.J. EldridgeWho’s MoonElizabeth R. StanwayE=mc3: Doctor Who and EnergyMarcus K. HarmesTranslation by TARDIS: Exploring the Science Behind Multilingual Communication in DoctorMark Halley and Lynne Bowker“I don’t want to go”: How Does Regeneration Work in Doctor Who?Natalie RingDid the Doctor Change Sex or Change Gender? Navigating the Sex and Gender Divide in DoctorMike StackCandyfloss, Lego and Hope: What Sort of Scientist Is Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor?Lindy A. Orthia and Vanessa de KauweThe Mad Scientist Wore Prada: Female Frankensteins in the Universe of DoctorKristine LarsenMaxtible’s Mirrors: Victorian Science in ­Classic-Era DoctorMarcus K. Harmes and Richard ScullyThe Victorians Sleeping in Our Minds: Victorian Scientific Enquiry in Old and New Series DoctorCatriona MillsDoctor Who and the Dinosaurs: Spectacle, Monstrosity, Melodrama and Ideology in Dinosaur MediationsRoss GarnerThe Use and Abuse of Scientific Writing in Doctor Who’s Epistolary ParatextsTonguç İbrahim SezenThe Science of DoctorMark EricksonConcluding Remarks: Science in Twenties DoctorLindy A. Orthia and Marcus K. HarmesAbout the ContributorsIndex

Marcus K. Harmes is a professor at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia. He researches on British popular culture especially science fiction and horror. Lindy A. Orthia is an honorary senior lecturer at the School of Sociology, the Australian National University, Canberra. She has written extensively on Doctor Who and science.

“A distinctly interdisciplinary set of essays…the collection has an interesting variety of methodological approaches beyond those usually seen in traditional literary and cultural studies…admirable…balanced and intriguing…fun and well-rounded…nuanced and intricate…readers will find in this volume a varied and thoroughly researched set of essays whose topical and enthusiastic approach demonstrates the versatility and longevity of Doctor Who scholarship.”—SFRA Review

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsTimeline and Terminology for Doctor Who’s Doctors and ErasIntroduction to Doctor Who and ScienceLindy A. Orthia and Marcus K. HarmesWho’s Planet Looks Like Home?J.J. EldridgeWho’s MoonElizabeth R. StanwayE=mc3: Doctor Who and EnergyMarcus K. HarmesTranslation by TARDIS: Exploring the Science Behind Multilingual Communication in DoctorMark Halley and Lynne Bowker“I don’t want to go”: How Does Regeneration Work in Doctor Who?Natalie RingDid the Doctor Change Sex or Change Gender? Navigating the Sex and Gender Divide in DoctorMike StackCandyfloss, Lego and Hope: What Sort of Scientist Is Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor?Lindy A. Orthia and Vanessa de KauweThe Mad Scientist Wore Prada: Female Frankensteins in the Universe of DoctorKristine LarsenMaxtible’s Mirrors: Victorian Science in ­Classic-Era DoctorMarcus K. Harmes and Richard ScullyThe Victorians Sleeping in Our Minds: Victorian Scientific Enquiry in Old and New Series DoctorCatriona MillsDoctor Who and the Dinosaurs: Spectacle, Monstrosity, Melodrama and Ideology in Dinosaur MediationsRoss GarnerThe Use and Abuse of Scientific Writing in Doctor Who’s Epistolary ParatextsTonguç İbrahim SezenThe Science of DoctorMark EricksonConcluding Remarks: Science in Twenties DoctorLindy A. Orthia and Marcus K. HarmesAbout the ContributorsIndex

Marcus K. Harmes is a professor at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia. He researches on British popular culture especially science fiction and horror. Lindy A. Orthia is an honorary senior lecturer at the School of Sociology, the Australian National University, Canberra. She has written extensively on Doctor Who and science.

“A distinctly interdisciplinary set of essays…the collection has an interesting variety of methodological approaches beyond those usually seen in traditional literary and cultural studies…admirable…balanced and intriguing…fun and well-rounded…nuanced and intricate…readers will find in this volume a varied and thoroughly researched set of essays whose topical and enthusiastic approach demonstrates the versatility and longevity of Doctor Who scholarship.”—SFRA Review

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsTimeline and Terminology for Doctor Who’s Doctors and ErasIntroduction to Doctor Who and ScienceLindy A. Orthia and Marcus K. HarmesWho’s Planet Looks Like Home?J.J. EldridgeWho’s MoonElizabeth R. StanwayE=mc3: Doctor Who and EnergyMarcus K. HarmesTranslation by TARDIS: Exploring the Science Behind Multilingual Communication in DoctorMark Halley and Lynne Bowker“I don’t want to go”: How Does Regeneration Work in Doctor Who?Natalie RingDid the Doctor Change Sex or Change Gender? Navigating the Sex and Gender Divide in DoctorMike StackCandyfloss, Lego and Hope: What Sort of Scientist Is Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor?Lindy A. Orthia and Vanessa de KauweThe Mad Scientist Wore Prada: Female Frankensteins in the Universe of DoctorKristine LarsenMaxtible’s Mirrors: Victorian Science in ­Classic-Era DoctorMarcus K. Harmes and Richard ScullyThe Victorians Sleeping in Our Minds: Victorian Scientific Enquiry in Old and New Series DoctorCatriona MillsDoctor Who and the Dinosaurs: Spectacle, Monstrosity, Melodrama and Ideology in Dinosaur MediationsRoss GarnerThe Use and Abuse of Scientific Writing in Doctor Who’s Epistolary ParatextsTonguç İbrahim SezenThe Science of DoctorMark EricksonConcluding Remarks: Science in Twenties DoctorLindy A. Orthia and Marcus K. HarmesAbout the ContributorsIndex