Inside the Tardis: the worlds of Doctor Who

Art, Technology, Education: Synergy of Modes, Means, Tools of Communication

“…1-16), [40] (pp. [46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56] and as an artistic expression by using all known writing techniques [41] (pp. 790-807) and experimentations with new ones.…”

“…They attempt to collaborate in a writing project using PrimaryPad/TitanPad. Freeing the "subconscious flow" of writing, more authentic, original thoughts, memory paths are investigated-as well as a similar display of these memories particularly in broader entertainment areas [50]-and emotions are triggered [51]. Students create a questionnaire which they will distribute: its data the students will process and the content and their conclusions will be published on SlideShare and shared.…”

“Time Can Be Rewritten”: The Doctor, the Book, and the Database

“…Most worrisome of all, the uncanny fluidity of the book‐as‐database can entrap those who seek to control it, as if dragged under by the swift and unpredictable current of information. James Chapman suggests there are at least three ways of reading the inventiveness of “The Mind Robber:” as necessitated by various production crises; as the Doctor's dream; and as a drug‐induced “trip” (71). A fourth interpretation might be that the story is a working through of the anxious relationship Doctor Who had at that point in its history with its literary precursors, and in particular with the adaptations of classic novels that, as Richard Bignell notes, “formerly occupied the place in the [television] schedule that Doctor Who would take” (44).…”

“Maybe that's what happens if you touch the Doctor, even for a second”: Trauma in Doctor Who

“…Christopher Eccleston's Doctor is apparently a battle‐hardened and traumatized survivor, having himself witnessed and participated in the Time War. When viewers first encounter him, he appears a more ruthless and less pacific Doctor than in the original series, “brutal to his enemies” as Eccleston himself described him (3), and prone to both brooding silences and periods of forced jollity: “on the surface, he is chirpy, cheerful, and given to making bad jokes,” writes James Chapman, but, “his light‐hearted banter conceals a deep mental torment arising from his experiences during the Time War” (190). These are experiences not only of witnessing but also of active participation; Eccleston's Doctor savagely declares, “I made it happen,” to the lone Dalek in “Dalek” (2005) with regard to what he then believes is the destruction of their species alongside his own.…”