Design for Doctor Who

<p>The long-running popular TV series <i>Doctor Who</i> is Piers Britton argues a 'uniquely design intensive text': its time-and-space-travel premise requires that designers be tirelessly imaginative in devising new worlds and entities and recreating past civilizations. While <i>Doctor Who</i>'s attempts at worldbuilding are notorious for being hit-and-miss - old jokes about wobbly walls and sink plungers die hard - the distinctiveness of the series' design imagery is beyond question. And over the course of six decades<i> Doctor Who</i> has produced designs which are not only iconic but in being repeatedly revisited and updated have proven to be an ever-more important element in the series' identity and mythos. <p/>In the first in-depth study of <i>Doctor Who</i>'s costumes sets and graphics Piers Britton offers an historical overview of both the original and the revived series explores theoretical frameworks for evaluating <i>Doctor Who</i> design and provides detailed analysis of key images. Case studies include the visual morphology of <i>Doctor Who</i>'s historical adventures the evaluative character of cosplay and the ongoing significance for the <i>Doctor Who</i> brand of such high-profile designs as the Daleks and the TARDIS interior the 'time-tunnel' title sequence and the costumes of the Fourth and Thirteenth Doctors.</p>