Who Is The Doctor

By (author): Graeme Burk, Robert Smith?

The essential companion for everyone from casual viewer to avid fan

Doctor Who was already the world’s longest-running science fiction series when it returned in 2005 to huge success. An enormously popular series among genre fans in North America, Doctor Who encompasses horror, science fiction, comedy, action, and historical adventure and is loved for its uniquely British wit and clever scripting. It’s no wonder the series’ hero, monsters, and even its theme song are pop culture icons.

In Who Is The Doctor, experts Graeme Burk and Robert Smith? bring insights into all facets of Doctor Who’s triumphant return to television from the history of Daleks, Cybermen, and the eight classic series Doctors, to a guide to every episode of the new series. Covering the six seasons of the new series, this is the essential companion for the most avid fan as well as the more casual viewer. Allons-y!

AUTHOR

Graeme Burk

Graeme Burk is a freelance writer who has written for magazines, small presses, and websites in Canada and Britain, including several books on Doctor Who, most recently the biography of its creator, Sydney Newman. He is a past finalist for a Writers Guild of Canada award for new screenwriters. Robert Smith? is a biomathematics professor at the University of Ottawa, honored in 2018 with his profession’s Distinguished Service Award. He is co-author of several books about Doctor Who and editor of the Outside In television review guides. He is best known for developing a mathematical model for defeating a zombie outbreak.

AUTHOR

Robert Smith?

Graeme Burk is a writer and communications professional. He is the host of Reality Bomb, a Doctor Who podcast, and the author of three short stories in Doctor Who anthologies published by the BBC. He currently has a screenplay in development. Robert Smith? is a professor of disease modeling at the University of Ottawa. Since 1999, he has edited The Doctor Who Ratings Guide, one of the premier Doctor Who fan sites, and has had a number of Doctor Who short stories published in anthologies. In 2009, he received international media attention for a mathematical model of a zombie outbreak. Together, they are the co-authors of popular guides to Doctor Who: Who’s 50, The Doctor Is In, and the upcoming Who Is The Doctor 2. They live in Ottawa, Ontario.

Reviews

“This is the kind of book to keep with you when watching (or re-watching) the series and dipping into when you have an idle moment.” — Steven Silver’s Reviews
Who is the Doctor is a strong addition to the many volumes written about the new show, and one that, I suspect, will be referred to long after the more cerebral analyses have faded into oblivion.” — Sci-Fi Bulletin
“A thought-provoking and educational supplement to the first six series of the re-launched Doctor Who.” — Boomerocity.com
“This is one of the finer episode guides I have run across for any show, and highly recommend it for any fan of the ninth, tenth, or eleventh Doctor.” — BookGuys.ca
“Graeme and Robert have a talent that might be considered rare in TV criticism — even when you don’t agree with their assessments, they’re never insulting about it, and they always explain themselves.” — Craig Byrne

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The essential companion for everyone from casual viewer to avid fan

Doctor Who was already the world’s longest-running science fiction series when it returned in 2005 to huge success. An enormously popular series among genre fans in North America, Doctor Who encompasses horror, science fiction, comedy, action, and historical adventure and is loved for its uniquely British wit and clever scripting. It’s no wonder the series’ hero, monsters, and even its theme song are pop culture icons.

In Who Is The Doctor, experts Graeme Burk and Robert Smith? bring insights into all facets of Doctor Who’s triumphant return to television from the history of Daleks, Cybermen, and the eight classic series Doctors, to a guide to every episode of the new series. Covering the six seasons of the new series, this is the essential companion for the most avid fan as well as the more casual viewer. Allons-y!

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Details

Dimensions:

440 Pages
9.75in * 6.75in * 1.012in
1.93lb

Published:

April 01, 2012

City of Publication:

Toronto

Country of Publication:

CA

Publisher:

ECW Press

ISBN:

9781550229844

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Language:

eng

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