Time on Television Narrative Time, Time Travel and Time Travellers in Popular TV Culture,9781784530136

Time on Television Narrative Time, Time Travel and Time Travellers in Popular TV Culture

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ISBN13: 9781784530136
ISBN10: 1784530131
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2015-04-30
Publisher(s): I. B. Tauris
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Summary

From early examples such as Star Trek and Sapphire and Steel to more contemporary shows including Life on Mars and The Vampire Diaries, time has frequently been used as a device to allow programme makers to experiment stylistically and challenge established ways of thinking. Time on Television offers readers a range of exciting, accessible, yet intellectually rigorous essays that consider the many and varied ways in which telefantasy shows have explored this subject, providing the reader with a greater understanding of the importance of time to the success of genre on the small screen

Author Biography

Lorna Jowett is Reader in Television Studies at the University of Northampton, UK.
 
Kevin Lee Robinson is Lecturer in Scriptwriting for TV and Film, University of Northampton, UK.
 
David Simmons is Lecturer in English and Film and TV, University of Northampton, UK.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Time on Television; Lorna Jowett, Kevin Robinson and David Simmons
2. Structuring Time: 'Time is a companion... who goes with us on the journey': Star Trek, Time Travel and Patterns of Narrative History; Lincoln Geraghty
3. Reality Resets: Changing the Past In Eureka; Stan Beeler
4. Timeslip and Cold War Science; Pete Boss
5. Primeval and the Portals of Time; John Jeffrey
6. 'There is a corridor': the Work of P.J. Hammond in Sapphire and Steel and Torchwood; Kevin Robinson
7. The Time Tunnel; Lynnette Porter
8. Experiencing Time: Freudian concepts in Life on Mars; Nicola Allen
9. Temporality and the Deadwalker: Time, Duration and Self in Caprica; Mike Starr
10. 'Centuries of evil… wacky sidekicks… yadda, yadda': Vampire Television and the Conventions of Flashback; Lorna Jowett
11. The Walking Dead and Apocalyptic Time; Gwyneth Peaty
12. 'Bonanza was never like this..,' Quantum Leap, Time Travel and Nostalgia; David Simmons
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