TARDIS Eruditorum - Volume 5: Tom Baker and the Williams Years

An Unofficial Critical History of Doctor Who , #5

Paperback, 413 pages

English language

Published 2019 by Eruditorum Press.

ISBN:
978-1-6741-4630-0
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ASIN:
1674146302
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In this fifth volume of essays adapted from the acclaimed blog TARDIS Eruditorum you’ll find a critical history of Tom Baker’s final four seasons of Doctor Who. TARDIS Eruditorum tells the ongoing story of Doctor Who from its beginnings in the 1960s to the present day, pushing beyond received wisdom and fan dogma to understand the story not just as the story of a geeky sci-fi show but as the story of an entire tradition of mystical, avant-garde, and politically radical British culture. It treats Doctor Who as a show that really is about everything that ever happened, and everything that ever will. This volume focuses on the madcap final years of Tom Baker, looking at its connections with punk, British comic books, the Kabbalah, and more. Every blog post from Tom Baker’s final four seasons has been revised and updated from its original form, along with eight brand new …

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Subjects

  • Doctor Who
  • Nonfiction