How Star Wars CHANGED Doctor Who | A Video Essay

I have a bad feeling about this. From 1977, Doctor Who was changed forever. This is the story of how a producer’s battle with Star Wars developed a new identity for the Time Lord, that endures to this day… It’s been a delight to turn my final university dissertation into a video essay for all to enjoy – happy times and places! Guest voices: Richard Lloyd (@StetsonDoctor) as Anthony Read – Timothy K (@ThatsChroma) as Graham Williams - Peter Ravenscroft (@TheMestor) as Douglas Adams - Matthew Toffolo (@batmanmarch) as Tom Baker - 0:00:00 – Prologue 0:00:32 – Introduction 0:02:14 – Chapter 1: Sun Makers 0:11:04 – Chapter 2: Pirate Planets 0:20:27 – Chapter 3: Cities of Death 0:27:08 – Chapter 4: Dreams of Conquest 0:32:40 – Conclusion 0:35:10 - Credits DOCTOR WHO IS PROPERTY OF THE BBC. NO COPYRIGHT INTENDED. LINKS: Twitter: Ko-Fi: References: Adams, D (Creator & Writer). (1978-1980). The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (Series 1 & 2) [Radio Series]. BBC. Ainsworth, J. (2017). Doctor Who: The Complete History (Vol 27). Panini UK; Hachette Partworks. Chapman, J. (2013). Inside the TARDIS: The Worlds of Doctor Who: A Cultural History (2nd ed.). I.B. Tauris. Creeber, G. (2015). Genre Theory. In G. Creeber (Ed.), The Television Genre Book (3rd ed., p. 1). Palgrave. Dacre, P. (1978, 12 March). The afternoon Tom Baker sat down quietly to watch Dr Who. Sunday Express, p.3. Ebert, T. L. (1980). The Convergence of Postmodern Innovative Fiction and Science Fiction: An Encounter with Samuel R. Delany’s Technotopia. Poetics Today, 1(4), 91-104. Edensor, T. (2002). National Identity, Popular Culture and Everyday Life. Taylor & Francis Group. Galaster, C. (2005). Hybrid Genres. In D. Herman, M. Jahn & M. L. Ryan (Eds.), Routledge Encyclopaedia of Narrative Theory (pp. 226-227). Routledge. Howe, D. J., Stammers, M. & Walker, S. J. (1992). Doctor Who The Handbook: The Fourth Doctor. Doctor Who Books. Howe, D. J., Stammers, M. & Walker, S. J. (1994b). Doctor Who The Seventies (1st ed.). Doctor Who Books. Jones, M. (2010). Aliens of London: (Re)Reading National Identity in Doctor Who. In C. Hanson (Ed.), Ruminations, Peregrinations, and Regenerations: A Critical Approach to Doctor Who (pp. 85-101). Cambridge Scholars Publisher. Krutnik, F. & Neale, S. (1990). Popular Film and Television Comedy. Routledge. Mittell, J. (2004). Genre and Television: From Cop Shows to Cartoons in American Culture. Routledge. Nicol, D. (2018). Doctor Who: A British Alien?. Palgrave Macmillan. Parekh, B. (2009). Being British. In A. Gamble & T. Wright (Eds.), Britishness: Perspectives on the British Question (pp. 32-40). Wiley-Blackwell. Sandbrook, D. (2020). Seasons in the Sun: Britain, 1974-79 (3rd ed.). Penguin Books. Sandifer, E. (2019). TARDIS Eruditorum: An Unofficial Critical History of Doctor Who Volume 5: Tom Baker and the Williams Years (2nd ed.). CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. Selznick, B. (2010). Rebooting and Re-branding: The Changing Brands of Doctor Who’s Britishness. In C. Hanson (Ed.), Ruminations, Peregrinations, and Regenerations: A Critical Approach to Doctor Who (pp. 68-84). Cambridge Scholars Publisher. Stradling, E. (Producer). (2007). ‘A Matter of Time’ [DVD Extra], Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation, BBCDVD2335(A). 2|Entertain. Tulloch, J. & Alvarado, M. (1983). Doctor Who: The Unfolding Text. Macmillian Publishers Ltd. Turner, A. W. (2013). Crisis? What Crisis? Britain in the 1970s (2nd ed.). Aurum Press Ltd.