Beschreibung:
The BBC TV series Doctor Who celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2013; this book analyses how promotion, commemorative merchandise and 3D cinema screenings worked paratextually to construct a 'popular media event' while sometimes uneasily integrating public service values and consumerist logics.
Introduction: Media Anniversaries - Brand, Paratext, Event... and the Hype of the Doctor1. Marketing the 50th Anniversary - Brand Management and the Cultural Value of the Doctor2. Merchandising the 50th Anniversary - Public Service Consumption in the Name of the Doctor 3. Mediatizing the 50th Anniversary - Cinematic Liveness and the 'Developing Art' of the Doctor