Time Lords and Star Cops
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Time Lords and Star Cops

British science fiction television in the 1970s–80s

  1. 248 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Time Lords and Star Cops

British science fiction television in the 1970s–80s

About this book

British science fiction television of the 1970s and 1980s is full of Machiavellian protagonists and fatalistic endings. It presents a complex world of moral and ethical dilemmas, appropriate to the emerging political landscape of Thatcherite Britain. This book analyses the science fiction series of the period – including Blake's 7, Doctor Who and Sapphire & Steel – alongside Britain's transition from social-democracy to neoliberal economics and the premiership of Margaret Thatcher. It examines the abrupt shifts in themes and tone that these series often exhibit compared to their predecessors, highlighting comparisons to the similarly abrupt change in Britain's political landscape.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 British science fiction television in the consensus era: authority and paternalism
  9. 2 ‘Wealth is the only reality’: Blake’s 7 and Thatcherism
  10. 3 Sapphire & Steel: the illusion of independence
  11. 4 Rewriting the Doctor: Doctor Who in the late Thatcher era
  12. 5 ‘A precarious existence’: science fiction television adaptations of the 1980s
  13. 6 ‘It Won’t be Easy’: original science fiction series of the 1980s
  14. Conclusion
  15. Television programmes discussed
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index