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Bringing Doctor Who back for the masses: regenerating cult, commodifying class
Ist Teil von
Science fiction film and television, 2016-06, Vol.9 (2), p.209-227
Ort / Verlag
Liverpool: Liverpool University Press
Erscheinungsjahr
2016
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Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Reviving Doctor Who (UK 2005–) for British television was a difficult task. Generating large audiences early on Saturday evenings was challenging for the BBC, facing competition from ITV and audience fragmentation. The regenerated series needed to engage the original series’ fans and attract new audiences. Through analysis of industry, text, publicity and stardom, this essay argues that to attract new audiences the BBC foregrounded authorial style and stardom which lead to positive working-class representations. I argue that once successful, its working-class narratives diminished, commodified in the process of making cult television mainstream.