The humanism of Doctor Who a critical study in science fiction and philosophy /

"From 1963 to 1989, the BBC television program Doctor Who followed a time-traveling human-like alien called "The Doctor" as he sought to help people, save civilizations and right wrongs. Though created as a family program, the series has dramatized serious themes in philosophy, scienc...

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Main Author: Layton, David
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers, 2012.
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245 1 4 |a The humanism of Doctor Who  |h [electronic resource] :  |b a critical study in science fiction and philosophy /  |c David Layton. 
260 |a Jefferson, N.C. :  |b McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers,  |c 2012. 
300 |a vii, 355 p. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Preface -- Why Doctor Who? -- What is humanism? -- Existence -- Knowledge -- Archetypes and mythology -- Religion -- Science -- Good and evil -- Ethics -- Politics -- Justice. 
520 |a "From 1963 to 1989, the BBC television program Doctor Who followed a time-traveling human-like alien called "The Doctor" as he sought to help people, save civilizations and right wrongs. Though created as a family program, the series has dramatized serious themes in philosophy, science, religion, and politics"--Provided by publisher. 
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