Whose Doctor? Reflections on a Time Lord
By Adam Ford
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Nine of Australia's finest authors examine their relationship to Doctor Who from all angles. From letters begging to be allowed to write for the show and poems about step-families bonding over mutual love of the Doctor, to examinations of how New Who subverts the male gaze and introductory lectures to aspiring companions, this collection presents a range of unique and personal takes on Britain's favourite and longest-running science fiction television show.
The pieces in this collection were originally performed live on stage as part of "Not Quite the Big Finish: An Evening of Doctor Who Spoken Word", a 50th Anniversary celebration of Doctor Who.
The authors in this collection are poets, comedians, scriptwriters, academics and authors, but above all, they are all, each in their own way, fans. As someone once said, "There's no wrong way to be a fan of Doctor Who." This collection proves that point beyond a doubt.
Contributing authors: Philip Ashmore, Emilie Collyer, Adam Ford, George Ivanoff, LJ Maher, Ben McKenzie, John Richards and Jules Wilkinson, with an introduction by Aimee Rhodes.
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Whose Doctor? Reflections on a Time Lord - Adam Ford
Whose Doctor?
Reflections on a Time Lord
Copyright Respective Authors 2014
Smashwords Edition
Adam Ford
LJ Maher
George Ivanoff
Emilie Collyer
John Richards
Karen Pickering
Philip Ashmore
Jules Wilkinson
Benjamin McKenzie
with an introduction by
Aimee Rhodes
Acknowlegements
Thanks to Aimee Rhodes and the Melbourne Library Service for organising Not Quite the Big Finish: An Evening of Doctor Who Spoken Word, the event that inspired the writing in this collection.
Thanks also to everyone who attended the event, performers and audience alike.
This ebook was edited and created by Adam Ford (www.theotheradamford.wordpress.com).
Cover design by Adam Ford, based on an idea by John Richards.
Introduction
Aimee ‘Notpond’ Rhodes
It was a dark and stormy night…
Okay, so it wasn’t really stormy. And, heading into summer, it wasn’t really terribly dark, either. But the weather was a wet and awful surprise in the context of the week, and I had started to worry whether anyone would turn up to Not Quite the Big Finish: An Evening of Doctor Who Spoken Word, the most experimental and out-of-the-box of the events I’d curated for Melbourne Library Service’s Doctor Who Festival as a celebration of the show's 50th anniversary.
The library had never hosted such an event as part of one of its own showcases before. We were well-versed in more traditional library events like single-author talks and public workshops, but a night of spoken word — a term not all potential audience members would be familiar with — that had a common fandom as its theme was new to us.
The Doctor Who festival as a whole was something different to the events we’d run before, and something I’d campaigned for quite strongly, but the other events in the festival were at least a little more familiar library fare, like a Who-themed writing workshop, a comedy show and family craft activities.
It was also the only event not to be taking place on library premises. The library branch that was planned to host it had to be closed for renovations, so I took the opportunity to book us into a nearby licensed venue instead, figuring that if no one showed up for my experiment, I could at least have a drink.
I needn’t have worried.
On 13 November 2013, over fifty people descended upon North Melbourne’s Lithuanian Club to hear nine speakers share their interpretations of the question, ‘what does being a Doctor Who fan mean to you?’. Their answers ranged from the humourous to the thought-provoking, the ranting to the sly, the broad-reaching to the deeply, minutely personal, and were delivered in formats including poetry, open letters and a mock university lecture.
Adam Ford kicked the evening off with his beautiful speculative prose poem, ‘Donna Noble Has Been Saved’, which caused more than a few sniffles and sighs as the audience reflected on what might have been.
LJ Maher shared an erudite reflection on being a Whovienne and the sense of community among female fans, and the way the Doctor can fill an otherwise ignored trope of being the catalyst of other people’s stories.
George Ivanoff won the crowd over quickly with his dashing TARDIS suit jacket and his heartfelt letter to Steven Moffat, beseeching The Moff to let him write an episode while reflecting on his experience of the series as a lifelong fan.
Emilie Collyer brought poetry to the stage again, inspiring a reverent hush in the audience with a poem about bonding with her partner and his daughter through Who (a hush that was only broken as the audience chimed in on Collyer’s a capella rendition of the beloved theme song).
Closing the first bracket was John Richards, with his tribute to Barbara Wright. John was so enthusiastic about his topic that he came dressed in black bob wig and a cardigan that he had christened 'the Barbrigan’. In addition to offering a witty and engaging look back at