Illuminating Torchwood: Essays on Narrative, Character and Sexuality in the BBC Series
- ISBN-10
- 0786455608
- ISBN-13
- 9780786455607
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 251
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-03-10
- Publisher
- McFarland
- Authors
- Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III, Andrew Ireland
Description
Created in 2006 as a spinoff of Doctor Who, the internationally popular BBC television series Torchwood is a unique blend of science fiction and fantasy, with much more of an adult flavor than its progenitor. The series' "omnisexual" protagonist, maverick 51st-century time agent Captain Jack Harkness, leads a team of operatives from the present-day Torchwood Institute, a secret organization dedicated to battling supernatural and extraterrestrial criminals. With its archetypal characters, adult language, subversive humor and openly homosexual and bisexual storylines, Torchwood provides a wealth of material for scholarly analysis and debate. Using Torchwood as its focal point, this timely collection of essays by a range of experts and enthusiasts provides an interpretive framework for understanding the continually developing forms and genres of contemporary television drama.
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