[eccr] Doctor Who Conference, 1st July, University of Manchester

>Time And Relative Dissertations In Space:
>Critical Perspectives on Doctor Who
>
>Thursday 1st July 2004
>Bragg Lecture Theatre, Coupland II, School of Music and Drama, University 
>of Manchester, UK
>
>A one-day Doctor Who conference organised through the Centre for Screen 
>Studies at the University of Manchester.  Time and Relative Dissertations 
>In Space is an interdisciplinary conference that seeks to bring together 
>scholars, students and practitioners with a research interest in Doctor Who.
>
>Voted third in the British Film Institutes recent TV 100 poll of industry 
>professionals to find the greatest British programmes of all time, Doctor 
>Who has travelled an erratic path since it began in 1963.  Yet despite 
>periods of hostile criticism and cancellation, Doctor Who has managed to 
>survive and continue to tell stories that span the breadth of time and space.
>
>This conference will discuss the reasons for the programmes longevity, 
>interrogate its cultural significance and consider its relationship with 
>the changing mediascape.
>
>
>Provisional speakers:
>
>Jonathan Bignell (Reading), David Butler (Manchester), Alec Charles 
>(Tallinn), Kevin Donnelly (Aberystwyth), Steven Duckworth (Brunel), 
>Lincoln Geraghty (Nottingham), Peter Gregg (Minnesota), Matt Hills 
>(Cardiff), Matthew Kilburn (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography), Paul 
>Magrs (East Anglia, Writer, BBC Books and Big Finish Audios), Alan McKee 
>(Queensland University of Technology), Fiona Moore (Kingston), Robert 
>Shearman (Writer, Big Finish Audios and BBC1's Doctor Who), Alan Stevens 
>(Magic Bullet Productions)
>
>For a conference programme, abstracts of papers and registration details 
>please visit the conference website at:
>
>www.art.man.ac.uk/DRAMA/department/tardis.htm
>
>Or contact (david.g.butler /at/ man.ac.uk)
>
>
>Admission (includes lunch and refreshments): £45 or £35 if booked before 
>1st June; £30 students
>
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