Book 9 - John Tulloch "Dr.Who, The Unfolding Text"

John Tulloch "Dr.Who, The Unfolding Text" (Macmillan)




I guess this was the first book on Who from an academic point of view (published 1983). Better such books have been published since but this is a decent enough start - easy to mock for its slips ("Mandragola", "Castravalva" and variations, "Doug Adams") and for its rather partial selection of stories from the black and white era, and for its occasional repetitiveness, but I found a number of really interesting points too: despite the authors' somewhat uncritical acceptance of Ian Levine's views.

Graham Williams is allowed to put his side of the story and puts it well, and one gets a sense as in nowhere else that I have seen of Who as emerging from continual dialogue among its creators.

Also they actually explain the phrase "semiotic thickness" and make it comprehensible. despite such caveats, if you are a fan of the series (Like myself) you should try and get hold of this.

The Brassic Beta Decay Conundrum

Been a day of watching TV , starting with Avengers Assemble on Sky Movies. Then watched some football when Spot, my cousin  came in from work, followed by watching some Simpsons , and when he went to bed The Big Bang Theory. Thank goodness we have a full Sky range of channels now.

Did not even go out to the pub, as after getting some items for lunch I did not have enough to buy a pint and is unfair to let Phil pay for all my beer. However, I will be back on Wednesday.night.