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      • Trusted Partner
        The Arts
        October 2021

        Doctor Who – New Dawn

        Essays on the Jodie Whittaker era

        by Brigid Cherry, Matthew Hills, Andrew O'Day

        Doctor Who - new dawn explores the latest cultural moment in this long-running BBC TV series: the casting of a female lead. Analysing showrunner Chris Chibnall and Jodie Whittaker's era means considering contemporary Doctor Who as an inclusive, regendered brand. Featuring original interview material with cast members, this edited collection also includes an in-depth discussion with Segun Akinola, composer of the iconic theme tune's current version. The book critically address the series' representations of diversity, as well as fan responses to the thirteenth Doctor via the likes of memes, cosplay and even translation into Spanish as a grammatically gendered language. In addition, concluding essays look at how this moment of Who has been merchandised, especially via the 'experience economy', and how official/unofficial reactions to UK lockdown helped the show to further re-emphasise its public-service potential.

      • Trusted Partner
        The Arts
        October 2021

        Doctor Who – New Dawn

        Essays on the Jodie Whittaker era

        by Brigid Cherry, Matthew Hills, Andrew O'Day

        Doctor Who - new dawn explores the latest cultural moment in this long-running BBC TV series: the casting of a female lead. Analysing showrunner Chris Chibnall and Jodie Whittaker's era means considering contemporary Doctor Who as an inclusive, regendered brand. Featuring original interview material with cast members, this edited collection also includes an in-depth discussion with Segun Akinola, composer of the iconic theme tune's current version. The book critically address the series' representations of diversity, as well as fan responses to the thirteenth Doctor via the likes of memes, cosplay and even translation into Spanish as a grammatically gendered language. In addition, concluding essays look at how this moment of Who has been merchandised, especially via the 'experience economy', and how official/unofficial reactions to UK lockdown helped the show to further re-emphasise its public-service potential.

      • Television & film (Children's/YA)
        2015

        Movies to Imagine. The Adventure Begins in Yucatan

        by Zoraida Vásquez Beveraggi

        The cinematograph is one of the greatest inventions of all times. Children and adults continue to be amazed at the screen. We never stop asking: Who invented the movies?, where?, when?, which was the first film? Although many books have been written to answer all these questions, we wanted to know whan happened in Mexico; so we reviewed old documents and kept asking the experts. At the end of this journey we found an answer that very few know of: The first feature film was done in Merida, Yucatan in 1916! Prize in Eur 13:00. This book is coedition with the Secretary of Culture in Mexico. 92,070 copies sold to the Secretary of Public Education

      • Adventure
        April 2015

        The Game Master

        by Ian D Copsey

        What is it like to be someone else – especially your most hated enemy? Why do they think and do things differently?    Tired of arguing over which of them was the best gamer, Josh and Alex stumbled upon a new video game shop, run by an enigmatic and amiable Japanese shopkeeper. He was to be their Game Master in this virtual reality video game that had no game controls. Little did they know it was a game that would change their lives, of their friends… and enemies… forever.    “Oh! This game is no ordinary game,” The Game Master explained, “It reads your thoughts, seeks out your weaknesses to give challenges that are right just for you, the challenges you need to help you grow.”   "It can read our minds?" puzzled the boys. As they progressed through the game’s levels they found out more about themselves and the lives of everyone around them. Mysteriously, the Game of Life began to spread its influence beyond Josh and Alex’s lives and to their friends.    From Josh and Alex switching roles with each other in the game, campfire frolics and ghostly stories from their teachers, the boys learned more about their friends around them. The Game Master’s zany antics as he hosted a T.V. game show, “Hiro’s Happy Heroes” in the Game of Life, released a string of rib tickling gags, teases and tantalising tattles.   The climax of the Game of Life came from the school Rube Goldberg challenge in which each grade had to join as a team to build their own whacky, madcap contraption. Would Josh and Alex be able to manage to get the two bullies in the class to work within the team?   Patiently, with impish humour, the Game Master guides them through the different levels to a final intriguing twist.

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