About Time 4.2: The Unauthorized Guide to Doctor Who Expanded 2nd Edition 1977-1977 Seasons 15 to 17

by Tat Wood, Lars Pearson (Editor)

In About Time , the whole of Doctor Who is examined through the lens of the real-world social and political changes as well as ongoing developments in television production that influenced the series in ways big and small over the course of a generation. Armed with these guidebooks, readers will be able to cast their minds back to 1975, 1982, 2005, and other years to best appreciate the series' content and character. The Second Edition of About Time 4 is such an upgrade, it's split into two volumes! Volume 2 greatly expands upon the commentary and essays offered on Doctor Who Seasons 15 to 17: the Graham Williams Era of Doctor Who , including the "Key to Time" season, all starring the iconic Tom Baker as the fourth Doctor. Essays in this volume “Is Doctor Who Unsuitable for Adults?”, “Why Does the Doctor's Age Keep Changing?” and “It's the Panto Essay, Isn't It Boys and Girls?”

464 pages, Paperback

Published August 2, 2023

About the author

Tat Wood is co-writer (with Lawrence Miles) of the About Time episode guides to the television series Doctor Who. This book series, begun in 2004, emphasises the importance of understanding the series in the context of British politics, culture and science. Volume Six is entirely Wood's work.

Wood has also written for Doctor Who Magazine. In a 1993 edition of "Dreamwatch", he wrote a piece entitled "Hai! Anxiety", in which the Jon Pertwee era of the series was — unusually for the time — held up to sustained criticism.

In addition to this he has written features for various magazines, on subjects as diverse as Crop Circles, Art Fraud, the problems of adapting Children's novels for television and the Piltdown Hoax.

He is also active in Doctor Who fandom, notably as editor of the fanzines Spectrox and Yak Butter Sandwich and Spaceball Ricochet, which mixes academic observations with irreverent humour and visual bricolage. Some of his fan writing was included in the anthology Licence Denied, published in 1997.

For most of 2005 he was the public relations face of the Bangladeshi Women's Society, a charity based in Leyton, East London, and managed to keep his work running a supplementary school separate from his writing.

Reviews

[Daniel Kukwa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This would be 5 stars...but Tat Wood just can't hold it back...his pathalogical need to take shots at any of the following: 1980s Doctor Who, anything made in the USA, especially Star Trek, 21st century Doctor Who...actually, the entire 21st century seems to make him a passive-aggressive old-man-shouts-at-cloud, bringing down the enjoyment of an otherwise perfect update. What a shame.

[Arthur B · Rating 3 out of 5]

As with volume 4.1, the expansion on the one hand means this provides much more information, but on the other hand means that navigability and digestibility are sacrificed somewhat. Full review: https://fakegeekboy.wordpress.com/202...