TY - BOOK AU - Stack,Mike TI - Doctor Who and Gay Male Fandom: A Queer(ed) Transmedia Franchise T2 - Transmedia SN - 9789048555918 AV - PN1992.77.D6273 S73 2024 U1 - 791.456522 23/eng/20240916 PY - 2024///] CY - Amsterdam PB - Amsterdam University Press KW - Television and gay people KW - Television viewers KW - AUP Wetenschappelijk KW - Amsterdam University Press KW - Fan and Audience Studies KW - Film, Media, and Communication KW - Gender and Sexuality Studies KW - Media Studies KW - Psychology KW - PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General KW - bisacsh KW - Fandom, Sexuality, Transitional phenomena, Queer theory, Queer history N1 - Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; 1. Fan Identities : Defining Fandom and Quantifying the Doctor Who Gay Male Following --; 2. The Doctor : The Hero’s Queer Masculinity, Performance, and Contradictory Morality --; 3. The TARDIS : The Queer History of the Police Box and the Possibilities of Space --; 4. The Companion : Queering Cross-Gender Relations and Childhood Play --; 5. The Monster : The Queer Reception of the Daleks --; Conclusion : Will the Queerness of Doctor Who Fandom Change? --; Index; restricted access N2 - Doctor Who is a BBC transmedia franchise that has lasted over sixty years. Its fanbase boasts a substantial following of gay men. This book asks why this should be. Through examining four core components – the Doctor, the TARDIS, the companion and the Daleks – this book traces the trajectory of queerness from wider culture to paratextual media and finally into the parent text, resulting in an inclusive brand. In doing so, it argues that fandom provides a space to mediate between personal identities and the wider world. Drawing from interviews with fans, the book demonstrates the complexities and contradictions of queerness, and proposes an alternative theory of gay cultural formation. This is the first book-length study to use queer theory to understand Doctor Who. It will be of interest to students and teachers of media theory and fan studies, psychosocial studies, queer theory and history, as well as Doctor Who fans UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048555918?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789048555918 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789048555918/original ER -