{"product_id":"about-time-9-the-unauthorized-guide-to-doctor-who-series-4-the-2009-specials-9781935234203","title":"About Time 9: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who (Series 4, the 2009 Specials)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAbout Time\u003c\/i\u003e, the whole of \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who \u003c\/i\u003eis examined through the lens of the real-world social and political changes as well as ongoing developments in television production that influenced the series in ways big and small over the course of a generation. Armed with these guidebooks, readers will be able to cast their minds back to 1975, 1982, 2005 and other years to best appreciate the series' content and character.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 9 of this series focuses on Series 4 (2008) of the revamped \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who \u003c\/i\u003estarring David Tennant, as well as the 2009 Specials that finished out his era, with bonus write-ups on\u003ci\u003e Music of the Spheres, \u003c\/i\u003ethe animated adventure \u003ci\u003eDreamland\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sarah Jane Adventures \u003c\/i\u003estory \"The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith.\" Essays in this volume include: \"Should \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e be Appointment Television?\", \"How Can Anyone Know About the Time War?\", and \"Why Can't Anyone Just Die?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3470411\"\u003eTat Wood\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-7239839\"\u003eDorothy Ail\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mad Norwegian Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781935234203\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 193523420X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER010020\"\u003eTelevision | Guides \u0026amp; Reviews\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER004030\"\u003eFilm | History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the far-off days of About Time 7, when most people were reasonably sure what number came immediately before 9, \u003cb\u003e Tat Wood\u003c\/b\u003e has been working further About Time installments and totally non-Doctor-Who-related works (one of which, World History in Minutes, is available through Quercus Books and all good remaindered book shops).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDorothy Ail\u003c\/b\u003e's writing has appeared in publications such as \u003ci\u003eOutside In: 160 New Perspectives on 160 Classic Doctor Who Stories by 160 Writers\u003c\/i\u003e, Obverse Press's \u003ci\u003eLiberating Earth\u003c\/i\u003e and one of the more recondite entries in \u003ci\u003eChicks Dig Gaming\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLars Pearson\u003c\/b\u003e has served as editor-in-chief and publisher of Mad Norwegian Press since 2001, overseeing such works as the Hugo Award-winning Chicks Dig... essay book series and the (to date) eight-volume About Time series, a seminal work on Doctor Who. With Lance Parkin, he co-writes the definitive Doctor Who timeline Ahistory (now 30,000 words bigger than War and Peace). For three years, he was a staff editor at Wizard Entertainment, working on such magazines as InQuest Gamer, ToyFare and Wizard.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mad Norwegian Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692558913773,"sku":"9781935234203","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_67a5d75b-d9a7-45ca-b15a-bbe591400ff3.jpg?v=1649854528","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/about-time-9-the-unauthorized-guide-to-doctor-who-series-4-the-2009-specials-9781935234203","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}