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Bezig met laden... About Time 6: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who: Seasons 22 to 26, the TV Moviedoor Tat Wood
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. http://nhw.livejournal.com/1032098.html As in previous volumes, Wood's sarcastic yet affectionate humour makes it a good read, even though it's the period of the programme's history I probably know least well. There are some brilliantly sardonic one-liners which I was regrettably unable to refrain from reading aloud to anyone who would listen. The explanatory essays are as good as ever. Slightly disappointed with the editing - there seem to be a lot more typoes than usual, and some other structural glitches as well. But any serious fan needs to get this. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)About Time (6)
Constituting the largest reference work on Doctor Who ever written, the six-volume About Time strives to become the ultimate reference guide to the world's longest-running science fiction program. Written by long-time sci-fi commentator Tat Wood, About Time focuses on the continuity of Doctor Who (its characters, alien races and the like), but also examines the show as a work of social commentary. In particular, Wood dissects the politics and social issues that shaped the show during its unprecedented 26-year run (from 1963 to 1989), detailing how the issues of the day influenced this series. As part of this grand opus, About Time 6 examines Doctor Who Seasons 22 to 26 (1985 to 1989) - the end of the show's classic run, starring Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy - as well as the 1996 TV Movie starring Paul McGann. Among other things, About Time 6 answers such vitally important Who questions as Is Continuity a Pointless Waste of Time?, What are the Oddest Romances in the Programme's History? and Does Paul McGann Count? Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Wood's unrelenting hatred for the McGann TV movie is similarly baffling. He discards any attempt at being objective (something the previous books only managed in part, to be fair) and simply goes off the deep end, devoting a very long essay to whether or not McGann can reeeeally be the eighth Doctor, right down to a debate over whether that face drawn in "Human Nature" is reeeeally taken from a TVM publicity photo or not (it is, and a very famous one, too!). Perhaps the nadir of Wood's mania comes when he actually suggests Eric Roberts would've been a better Doctor than McGann. Yeah, we get that you don't like it, mate.
Overall I really felt like Wood's unbridled "opinion column" approach sabotaged the book from being the culmination of a great series. Instead, it's a decent entry, but you really have to wade through some overdone nonsense to get to anything interesting. It's one thing to present a humorous, spiky take on the making of a TV show. It's quite another to rant on and on and on without actually saying anything meaningful at all. ( )