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Time Lords and Star Cops: British science fiction television in the 1970s-80s - Hardcover

Braithwaite, Philip

 
9781526163370: Time Lords and Star Cops: British science fiction television in the 1970s-80s
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1526163373 ISBN 13: 9781526163370
Verlag: Manchester University Press, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

British science fiction television of the 1970s and 1980s is full of Machiavellian protagonists and fatalistic endings. It presents a complex world of moral and ethical dilemmas, appropriate to the emerging political landscape of Thatcherite Britain. This book analyses the science fiction series of the period - including Blake's 7, Doctor Who and Sapphire & Steel - alongside Britain's transition from social-democracy to neoliberal economics and the premiership of Margaret Thatcher. It examines the abrupt shifts in themes and tone that these series often exhibit compared to their predecessors, highlighting comparisons to the similarly abrupt change in Britain's political landscape.

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Philip Braithwaite is a lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire

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Time Lords and Star Cops is the first full-length monograph about British science fiction television of the 1970s and 1980s and its relationship to the changing social situation in the United Kingdom. The book examines how science fiction series responded to the concerns of the era, which was plagued by financial and social crises, ultimately leading to the rise of neoliberal economics.

Around the time of Margaret Thatcher’s election in 1979, British science fiction television changed its focus and style. The traditional moral standards and collectivism of the so-called consensus era were replaced with individualism and a Machiavellian worldview. ‘Heroes’ were no longer virtuous and selfless but ruthless and amoral. There was a strong sense of fatalism to the series of the period, which often ended in despair. Replacing the future-focused modernity of the programmes that came before them, they presented dystopian worlds where political struggle proved futile.

This important contribution to science fiction and television studies offers crucial insight into the neoliberal zeitgeist, revealing how it embedded itself in British culture from its inception. This allows us to view the role of popular culture and television in a new light, so that we can reflect on our own era, which is still deeply affected by the changes introduced by Thatcher’s government.

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Verlag
Manchester University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1526163373
ISBN 13 
9781526163370
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
244
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