The Doctor's Monsters
Subtitle: Meanings of the Monstrous in Doctor Who
By: Graham Sleight ; [introduced by Paul Cornell]
Contributors: Cornell, Paul
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9781848851788
Subjects: Monsters on television; Monster pa tv; Tv-program; Doctor Who (Television program : 1963-1989); Doctor Who (Television program : 2005- ); Doctor Who (tv-program)
Description: Doctor Who has been on global television screens for nearly fifty years, and many of its most memorable protagonists have been its monsters, The Daleks, Cybermen, Slitheen, the Sonterans, Ood, Wiirrn, and others. Entertainingly and provocatively written, and introduced by Who scriptwriter Paul Cornell, The Doctor's Monsters takes a new look at these and many other creatures, and asks what inspired them and what lies behind them.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1.The Autons (1970, 1971, 2005, 2010); title: 2.The Weeping Angels (2007, 2010); title: 3.Kroll (1979); title: 4.The Primords (1970); title: 5.The Borad (1985); title: 6.The Axons (1971); title: 7.The Daleks I (1963-64); title: 8.The Cybermen I (1966-75); title: 9.The Sontarans (1973, 1975, 1978, 1985, 2008, 2011); title: 10.The Slitheen (2005); title: 11.The Silurians and the Sea-Devils (1970, 1972, 1984, 2010); title: 12.The Haemovores (1989); title: 13.The Daleks II (1964-74); title: 14.The Zarbi (1965); title: 15.The Wirrn (1974); title: 16.The Daleks III (1975-88); title: 17.The Daemons (1971); title: 18.The Sycorax (2005); title: 19.The Cybermen II (1982-88); title: 20.The Marshmen (1980); title: 21.The Ood (2006, 2008, 2009-10, 2011); title: 22.The Tharils (1981); title: 23.The Cybermen III (2006, 2008, 2011); title: 24.The Adipose (2008); title: 25.The Ice Warriors (1967, 1969, 1972, 1973); title: 26.The `Martians' (1970); title: 27.The Toclafane (2007); title: 28.The Cheetah-People (1989); title: 29.The Fendahl (1977); title: 30.The Mandrels (1980); title: 31.The Mara (1982, 1983); title: Note continued: 32.The Daleks IV (2005-10); title: 33.The Silents (2011).