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Illuminating Torchwood: Essays on Narrative, Character and Sexuality in the BBC Series (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy)
 
 

Illuminating Torchwood: Essays on Narrative, Character and Sexuality in the BBC Series (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy) [Kindle Edition]

Andrew Ireland , Donald E. Palumbo , C.W. Sullivan III , Andrew Ireland

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Created in 2006 as a spinoff of Doctor Who, the internationally popular BBC television series Torchwood is a unique blend of science fiction and fantasy, with much more of an adult flavor than its progenitor. The series' "omnisexual" protagonist, maverick 51st-century time agent Captain Jack Harkness, leads a team of operatives from the present-day Torchwood Institute, a secret organization dedicated to battling supernatural and extraterrestrial criminals. With its archetypal characters, adult language, subversive humor and openly homosexual and bisexual storylines, Torchwood provides a wealth of material for scholarly analysis and debate.
Using Torchwood as its focal point, this timely collection of essays by a range of experts and enthusiasts provides an interpretive framework for understanding the continually developing forms and genres of contemporary television drama.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 2278 KB
  • Print Length: 252 pages
  • Publisher: McFarland (6 Mar 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B005KFXPG6
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #303,083 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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Good cross over for acedemia and the fan... 1 Jan 2011
By A. Sutton - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
As a fan of the series and having studied (and work in) the media - I found this book offered a well balanced critique on Torchwood. This is a collection of essays that are entertaining in their own right - but as a collection, they provide a wealth of material for debate and enables you to revisit the episodes with a fresh perspective.
8 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Disappointing and Biased Essay Collection on Torchwood 18 April 2010
By M. E. McCombs - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I purchased this book looking for the usual detailed anaylsis that this series of essay collections presents on the shows and books they explore. I don't know if it was a bias introduced by the books editor or by the BBC who had broadcast the show but either way this book seems to explore only the sexuality of Jack Harkness and Gwen Cooper with negilible mention of the other characters in the series. I returned the book frustrated with the way the essays were done.

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