Full Description
From early examples such as Star Trek and Sapphire and Steel to more contemporary shows including Life on Mars and The Vampire Diaries, time has frequently been used as a device to allow programme makers to experiment stylistically and challenge established ways of thinking. Time on TV provides a range of exciting, accessible, yet intellectually rigorous essays that consider the many and varied ways in which telefantasy shows have explored this subject, providing the reader with a greater understanding of the importance of time to the success of genre on the small screen.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Timey wimey stuff: Introduction to Time on TV
Lorna Jowett, Kevin Robinson and David Simmons
Part I: Structuring Time
'Time is a companion... who goes with us on the journey': Star Trek, Time Travel and Patterns of Narrative History'
Lincoln Geraghty
Reality Resets: Changing the Past in Eureka
Stan Beeler
Timeslip: Putting Aside Childish Things
Pete Boss
The Primeval Anomaly
John Jeffreys
'There is a corridor': The Work of P.J. Hammond in Sapphire & Steel and Torchwood
Kevin Lee Robinson
Part II: Experiencing Time
'No one can touch the Gene Genie': The Past as Fantasy Space in Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes
Nicola Allen
Watchmaking in the Dark: the Intricacy of Intimacy in Crime Traveller
David Hipple
'Centuries of evil... wacky sidekicks... yadda, yadda': Vampire Television and the Conventions of Flashback
Lorna Jowett
Timeless: Memory, Temporality, and Identity in Once Upon A Time
Gwyneth Peaty
'Bonanza was never like this': Quantum Leap and Interrogating Nostalgia
David Simmons
Time on TV: Afterword
Lorna Jowett and David Simmons
Work Cited
TV and Filmography
Index
