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- English
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A World of Demons
About this book
The first-ever essay anthology devoted solely to the villains the Doctor has encountered over the decades since Doctor Who 's 1963 premiere -- including all of the usual suspects (Daleks, Cybermen, Weeping Angels, the Silence, etc.), plus plenty of surprises. "One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel"—Jean-Antoninette ("Reinette") Poisson, aka Madame de Pompadour, "The Girl in the Fireplace" What a world of demons Doctor Who has presented us with over the past seven decades: from Daleks and Cybermen to Weeping Angels and the Silence, the greatest villains of the Who-niverse have achieved an iconic status all their own, cementing themselves in the minds of millions of viewers (why else would Parker Brothers have devised a version of Monopoly after them?). If, as the Seventh Doctor once said, "You can always judge a man by the quality of his enemies, " the Doctor is great indeed, rescuing the universe time and again from some of the most formidable and terrifying villains in science fiction history. Now, for the first time, an entire anthology of essays is dedicated to deconstructing this gallery of blackguards. Who are the greatest Who villains of all time? Why are they so frightening? And—apologies to Shakespeare—what do they tell us about the villainy of our own fears?Featuring essays by Joseph Dougherty (executive producer, Pretty Little Liars; producer, thirtysomething ), Steven Ashby, Anton Binder, Sarah Corey, Ken Deep, Jan Fennick, Hannah Friedman, Mark Givens, Nancy Hutchins, Jennie Jarvis, Don Klees, Chris Kocher, Robin Koman, Charles Martin, Michael Robinson, Steve Sautter, and Shane Thomas. Edited by David Bushman (Conversations with Mark Frost) and Barnaby Edwards (president, Doctor Who New York)
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Title Page
- Introduction
- How to Defeat a Cyberman: Break Its Heart
- The Echoes of Midnight
- No Heroes in the Library
- Steven Moffat Exits, Stage Left
- Sympathy for the Silence
- The Dream Lord
- Davros—A Good Man Looks at the Mirror
- Blink and You’re Dead: Terror of the Weeping Angels
- A Dark Secret after the Candle Is Out
- Survival or Stupidity
- Silurians and Sea Devils and Sontarans, Oh My!
- Beauty or Chips
- Things Seen and Unseen
- ‘Bananas Are Good’
- Am I a Good Man?
- Beauty and the Beasts
- Deconstruction of the Daleks
- Works Cited
- More To Read