April 10th, 2011 5 comments

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Steven Moffat’s Doctor Who 2010 (unauthorized)

Steven Moffat’s Doctor Who 2010: The Critical Fan’s Guide to Matt Smith’s First Series

Punked Books are pleased to announce the publication of Steven Moffat’s Doctor Who 2010: The Critical Fan’s Guide to Matt Smith’s First Series (unauthorized) by Steven Cooper & Kevin Mahoney.

At over 75,000 words, this book is the most comprehensive analysis of Doctor Who series 5 produced so far. Steven Moffat’s first series as showrunner for Doctor Who deserves such a thorough examination, as it is arguably the most intricate ever produced. Indeed, there were many innovations in 2010, with the successful introduction of the youngest Doctor ever (Matt Smith), and the contentious redesign of both the Daleks and the TARDIS.

Steven Cooper and Kevin Mahoney discuss both these developments and the complex plotting in depth, drawing on their many years of Doctor Who knowledge. Their aim has been to provide constructive criticism of the 2010 series, giving praise where it is due while also pointing out the less successful aspects of the production. In addition to this, they examine the controversies surrounding the series, such as the complaints about the ‘sexiness’ of the Doctor’s new companion, Amy Pond, in the British media.

They also critique A Christmas Carol, and Russell T Davies’ take on the Eleventh Doctor in The Sarah Jane Adventures. So much happened during series 5, with the overall threat posed by the cracks in the universe, that you really do need this indispensable guide to fully grasp the implications of all the events, and to discover the many obscure details that the authors bring to light.

Steven Cooper is a software developer and long-time Doctor Who fan, living in Melbourne, Australia. For three years, Kevin Mahoney served as the Web Content Editor of the Society of Young Publishers. He has previously worked for the UK publishers Random House and Orion. Kevin is also the author of the novel A Fame of Two Halves. The book is available as a paperback at £7.99 (ISBN 9780953317295), and also as an ebook at £2.99, available from Amazon, the iPad iBookstore, and Barnes & Noble.

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