Design for Doctor Who: Vision and Revision in Science Fiction Television

Piers Britton's book "Doctor Who: A History of Design" explores the series' unique design requirements and its iconic imagery, covering the original and revived series. It includes case studies of historical adventures, cosplay, and high-profile designs.

Format: Hardback
Length: 280 pages
Publication date: 17 June 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

The long-running popular TV series "Doctor Who" is a uniquely design-intensive text, according to Piers Britton. Its time-and-space-travel premise requires designers to be tirelessly imaginative in devising new worlds and entities and recreating past civilizations. While "Doctor Who's" attempts at worldbuilding are notorious for being hit-and-miss, the distinctiveness of the series' design imagery is beyond question. Over the course of six decades, "Doctor Who" has produced designs that are not only iconic but have proven to be an ever-more important element in the series' identity and mythos. In the first in-depth study of "Doctor Who's" costumes, sets, and graphics, Piers Britton offers an historical overview of both the original and the revived series, explores theoretical frameworks for evaluating "Doctor Who" design, and provides detailed analysis of key images. Case studies include the visual morphology of "Doctor Who's" historical adventures, the evaluative character of cosplay, and the ongoing significance for the "Doctor Who" brand of such high-profile designs as the Daleks and the TARDIS interior, the "time-tunnel" title sequence, and the costumes of the Fourth and Thirteenth Doctors.

Weight: 500g
Dimension: 146 x 223 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350116870