January 12th, 2015
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Women Celebrate the Humans, Aliens and Tin Dogs of Doctor Who
Available to order from www.amazon.co.uk
Companion Piece: Women Celebrate the Humans, Aliens and Tin Dogs of Doctor Who
In Companion Piece, editors L.M. Myles (Chicks Unravel Time) and Liz Barr bring together a host of award-winning female writers, media professionals and more to examine the wide array of humans, aliens and tin dogs who have accompanied the Doctor in his adventures throughout time and space.
Tansy Rayner Roberts (Ink Black Magic) finds the defining attribute of Sara Kingdom, while Amal El-Mohtar (The Honey Month) looks at the extent to which the Doctor himself is a companion, particularly to the Brigadier. Nina Allan (“Angelus”) rewatches – with some concern – Sarah Jane Smith’s debut for the first time in ages, and Seanan McGuire (Rosemary and Rue) addresses the ethics of using violence through the lens of Leela, Ace and Amy Pond.
Other contributors include Karen Miller (The Innocent Mage), Deborah Stanish (Chicks Unravel Time), Lynne Thomas (Chicks Dig Time Lords), Joan Francis Turner (Dust), Mary Robinette Kowal (Shades of Milk and Honey) and Tehani Wessely (FableCroft Publishing).
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drjakeyoung
January 12th, 2015 - 8:54pmI bet if they did a “Male writter only” book then all the feminists would come out of there hole’s and start complaining!
Anonymous
January 13th, 2015 - 11:09amOf course they would, as they would for a female writer only book. I presume of course you are referring to real feminists and not the pseudo-feminism which inhabits daytime television.
drjakeyoung
January 13th, 2015 - 3:00pmI refer to pretty much all feminists out there. There is no need for them in this day and age, and the vast majority do not want equality. I don’t have time to present all my reasons however i find this book a tad on the biased side against men due to the fact that if it was the same situation the other way round it would be getting a lot of hate.
CelestialAgent
January 16th, 2015 - 2:41pmThis is what is called false equivalence. We do not need a male only companions book, because we are still living in a society where male dominance is still a thing, and the common perception of a geek is still that of a ‘guys’ club’. Where women have been underrepresented and under utilised for centuries, this is only redressing the balance. Although in fairness, the male companions ARE underutilised, at least in terms of the Doctor Who mythos. Ian, Captain Jack, Rory, Adric, Turlough and some books/Big Finish companions – a minority. Danny Pink never travelled in the TARDIS. But feminist perspectives on the series is highly interesting.
I do agree though, a feminist perspective does not always come from a female perspective. It would be interesting to have male writers, even if it’s one essay, and would counter the image of men-bashing angry women.
Marianne Kyle
January 22nd, 2015 - 6:14pmThere are dozens and dozens of these male only books already. Look at the Doctor Who non-fiction books published in the last thirty years and find me a single one outside of the Mad Norwegian range where women writers are the majority of contributers. How many of these books that have no women in them have you railed against?
Sadly, for some people, ‘accidently’ forgetting to include women for decades is acceptable, but deliberately trying to do a little to redress the balance is somehow wrong.
Anonymous
January 12th, 2015 - 4:15pmthe cover could have been better with cartoon pics of all the companions trying on the clothing….
matparks08
January 12th, 2015 - 11:22amLooks good – and a good idea for a book to focus on the companions!