{"product_id":"madman-in-a-box-the-social-history-of-doctor-who-paperback","title":"Madman in a Box: The Social History of Doctor Who - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"From \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e's modest if promising beginnings, it has gone on to become a global media empire, providing its viewers with a powerful lens by which the past fifty years can be evaluated.\"\u003c\/b\u003e Having been on the air for more than fifty years, \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e, a programme dealing with time travel, has itself become a sort of time machine, allowing viewers to observe and evaluate changes in their world. In this fascinating book, history professor David Johnson looks at how the programme's storytelling has reflected social developments over the past five decades in various areas of content such as computers, medical advances, war and gender. The 'madman with a box' has spent more than fifty years in a box - a television box - helping the audience to explore social issues and new technologies in an entertaining and informative way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Johnson MA is Professor of History for Colorado Northwestern Community College in Colorado, USA. His field of study is modern European history, with a preference for British history. He has a previously published essay in the book \u003ci\u003eTime and Relative Dimensions in Faith: Religion and Doctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e (Darton, Longman \u0026amp; Todd, 2013) and has been a fan of the programme since the mid-1980s, when he discovered it as a teenager. He was actively involved with \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e fandom for many years, including assisting with the first two Gallifrey One conventions in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 174\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 7.99 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47782657818845,"sku":"9781845839390","price":30.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/IpWoMV5C4c9781845839390_0e9e38b4-fdc4-40fe-bd1e-210f33315814.webp?v=1776144944","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/madman-in-a-box-the-social-history-of-doctor-who-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}