[Commlist] Call for papers: Routledge Handbook of Doctor Who

Contributions of 4000 words are invited for the forthcoming /Routledge 
Handbook of Doctor Who/. Under contract with Routledge and edited by 
Catriona Mills, Russell Sandberg and Marcus Harmes, this large-scale 
Handbook will be a generational work encompassing all aspects of the 
global phenomenon /Doctor Who/. The purpose of the work is to further 
academic research and the interdisciplinary approach that fuses the 
exploration of the official and the fan made.

The below table of contents indicates which chapters still require 
contributors. Please also review the notes below on what the overall 
focus of each section will be and tailor your abstract to this focus.

Please submit a 150 word abstract by January 24th outlining what your 
proposed chapter would focus on. The editors will be interested in 
chapters which address the nominated area in novel ways.

The full chapter will be due by December 16^th 2025.

Send to (marcus.harmes /at/ usq.edu.au) <mailto:(marcus.harmes /at/ usq.edu.au)>, 
(c.mills /at/ uq.edu.au) <mailto:(c.mills /at/ uq.edu.au)> and (SandbergR /at/ cardiff.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(SandbergR /at/ cardiff.ac.uk)>

/Part I: The Television Show /

1.Beginnings and Transformations (Lambert and her black and white 
successors)- Unavailable

2.Navigating the 1970s (Letts) - Unavailable

3.Triumphs and Tragedies (Hinchcliffe, Williams) - Unavailable

4.Navigating the 1980s (JNT) - Unavailable

5.False Hopes and Restarts - Unavailable

6.Triumph of the Timelord (RTD) - Unavailable

7.Too clever for its own good? (Moffat ) - Available

8.Contested Progress (Chibnall) - Available

9.RTD Redux - Available

/Part II: Expanding Doctor Who Fictional Universes /

10.The Peter Cushing Films - Available

11./K9and Company, /the /Sarah Jane Adventures /and the Australian K9/- 
/Unavailable

12./Torchwood /and /Class - /Available

13./The War Between the Land and the Sea - /Unavailable

14.Fragments and Experiments: Short Episodes, Webcasts, Animations and 
AI - Available

15.BBC and Big Finish Audio Productions - Available

16.Interactive Experiences: Stage plays, Exhibitions, Conventions and 
Cosplay - Unavailable

17.Gaming: Escape Rooms and Computer Games - Available

18.Annuals and Comics- Unavailable

19.The Target Range - Unavailable

20.Novels for Children - Available

21.Novels for Adults - Unavailable

22.Fan Fiction and Fan Films - Unavailable

23.Parodies – Unavailable

24.Merchandise - Unavailable

/Part III: The Literatures on and about Doctor Who /

25.Behind the Scenes Extras (including /Doctor Who: Confidential/, 
/Totally Doctor Who /and /Doctor Who: Unleashed/ and DVD / Blu Ray 
extras content) - Unavailable

26./Doctor Who Magazine and fanzines /– Available

27.Podcasts – Available

28.Reference Works and Guides - Available

/Part IV: Production Practices/

29. Special Effects from Practical to Digital - Available
30. Costumes - Unavailable
31. Art and Set Design - Unavailable
32. Sound Design and Music- Available
33. Archival Survival and Global Audiences - Available

/Part V: Themes /

34.Social Class – Available

35.Gender / Feminism - Available

36.Race - Available

37.Queerness - Available

38.Disability – Available

39.Ageing– Available

40.Non-human, post-human, and monsters – Available

41.Environmentalism and Ecology – Unavailable

42.Law and Order - Unavailable

43. History and the Past - Unavailable

44.Philosophy and Economics – Available

45.Colonialism and Empire - Unavailable

46.Education and Pedagogy - Unavailable

47.War and Conflict – Available

48.Religion and Spirituality – Unavailable

49.Science and Technology – Unavailable

50.Language and Communication - Unavailable

/Part I: The Television Show /

/Section focus: /Each chapter should engage with an overarching and 
unifying set of issues which are:

  * Overview of the era: the casting of the lead actor/s, the production
    team priorities

  * Critical and academic interpretations of the era showing the
    complete era as a major media text in its own right
  * The intersections between the era and its cultural and social
    historical context
  * The most critical points of significance about each era
  * And will highlight one serial/story/episode which exemplified the era

//

/Part II: Expanding Doctor Who Fictional Universes /

/Section focus: /The next section on the wider universe acknowledges and 
interprets the multiplying media texts which build on and exist beyond 
the strict BBC television canon of the series explored in the first 
chapters. Each chapter will be tightly focused and the section overall 
will traverse a range of genres and outputs. Chapters in this section 
will also:

  * Focus upon the production history
  * The relevant academic literature
  * The social and cultural context of the works
  * And will highlight one particular serial/story/episode/sequence to
    serve as an exemplar.
//

/Part III: The Literatures on and about Doctor Who /

/Section focus: /The third part examines the way the entire franchise 
both its canonical BBC incarnation and its expanded universe have become 
the subject of both academic discourse but other types of meta-textual 
commentary and extrapolation. Chapters in this section will be 
intersecting with broader issues of the growth of fan communities and 
activities and the creative intentions of the creators of different 
types of literatures.

  * The section will demonstrate ways /Doctor Who /has not only followed
    but has led trends in merchandising television and popular culture
    and how emergent technologies from VHS to DVD and Blu-ray have
    enabled the expansion of what constitutes television merchandise,
    from just episodes to even merchandising production paperwork.
    Chapters in this section will also:
  * Focus on the historical development of the work
  * The relevant academic literature, the social and cultural context of
    the work
  * And will suggest an exemplar work.

//

/Part IV: Production Practices/

/Section focus: /The fourth section is more practically oriented on the 
making of the classic and revised series and each tightly focused 
chapter will showcase the way resources, creativity and imagination have 
shaped what has appeared or been heard on screen and how these have 
inspired in turn fans’ imaginations.

  * As /Doctor Who /is also only partly archivally intact, the section
    will also consider the significance of the programme in wider
    understanding of television heritage, the global dissemination of
    BBC drama, and the preservation and use of archives.
/Part V: Themes /

Finally this section opens up a wide thematic canvas with the chapters 
exploring the issues raised by the chosen theme. Both classic and new 
Who must feature and contributors are also welcome to include wider 
works as per section II.

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