"Paradise is a little too green for me": Discourses of environmental disaster in Doctor Who 1963-2010.

The article discusses the British science fiction television programme "Doctor Who," which has engaged with many of the real-life scientific and political issues faced by human beings. It cites the programme's representations of the problems, their causes, their effects and their solutions. It state...

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Publicado en:Colloquy: Text Theory Critique no. 21; pp. 56 - 81
Autor principal: Orthia, Lindy A.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Monash University, Faculty of Arts Nov2011
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Sumario:The article discusses the British science fiction television programme "Doctor Who," which has engaged with many of the real-life scientific and political issues faced by human beings. It cites the programme's representations of the problems, their causes, their effects and their solutions. It states that the programme follows a trajectory of increasing surrender toward environmental problems and disillusionment with the ability of Western science to provide solutions.