Mackley, J. (2019) Doctor Who: Identity, Time and Terror. In: Bloom, C. (ed.) The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Gothic :. London: Palgrave Macmilan. 801 - 818.
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| Abstract: | This study considers the complexities of the Doctor’s identity through physical and gender regeneration, and the darkness within oneself. Furthermore, although free to roam through time, the Doctor’s involvement is limited, moving from being an observer to an active participant, yet constrained in the knowledge that certain events cannot be changed. Key components of the “Whoniverse” are the threatening monstrous or apparently demonic aliens which often drawn on folk motifs. More terrifying, however, are the ways the series explores childhood anxieties, such as fear of the dark, silence and solitude, as well as making commonplace items and instinctive actions terrifying. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Defamiliarisation, The Demonic, Gender regeneration, ,Horror, The 'Uncanny', Identity, Time travel, Infantile Anxiety, Inhumanity, Monstrous, Terror, Time |
| Creators: | Mackley, Jon |
| Editors: | Bloom, C |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmilan |
| Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: | ?? ASHUM ?? |
| Date: | 31 August 2019 |
| Date Type: | Acceptance |
| Page Range: | 801 - 818 |
| Title of Book: | The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Gothic : |
| Volume: | 3 |
| Place of Publication: | London |
| Number of Pages: | 17 |
| Language: | English |
| ISBN: | 978-3-030-33136-8 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33136-8_47 |
| Status: | Published / Disseminated |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| URI: | http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/13289 |
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