Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration Of Doctor Who By The Women Who Love It (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
I loved hearing from all the different authors (all women of course!) on their perspectives of Doctor Who. Those who worked on the show shared inside stories that added wonderfully to my love of the show. Those who are fans wrote from a perspective similar to my own, sharing with me a lot of the things about Doctor Who fandom that I have not embraced personally. I’m not a costumer, but now I know why some people do. I’ve not attended a Doctor Who convention, but I do know how much fandom can embrace and love a person. (Sometime ask me about Farscape and all that its fandom has done for me personally!)When you have a collection of essays, there are bound to be a few that don’t quite hit the mark. Chicks Dig Time Lords has one or two that really had me uninterested and rolling my eyes (but I’m too polite to say which ones, so don’t even try) but on the overall, hearing from those directly involved with production of the show, the wonderful stories of the actors and how they’ve given back to fandom, and the overall experience of sharing my love of this show with a group of women was fantastic. (Did anyone hear Nine when they read the word fantastic? I think Eccleston has forever owned that word for me.) As a proud Whovian geek, I heartily recommend this book to others who have watched and loved the show. I am definitely a Chick who loves Time Lords and I’m quite proud of the fact that after reading this book, I know that I fit in with a phenomenal group of highly intelligent, educated and professional women who also love their Time Lords.Review copy provided by Mad Norwegian Press. 'Chicks Dig Time Lords' is a collection of essays by women who...dig Time Lords. As with any anthology it has stronger and weaker contributors, but for the most part the essays were of a high standard. The main focus seemed to be on personal experiences with Doctor Who rather than critical analysis (although this was still present throughout), which made for interesting reading about fandom, and especially the prominence of women in fandom. It really illustrated how important the show is to a lot of people, and made me think 'so it's not just me' at least a dozen times!My favourite essay was 'Girl Genius: Nyssa of Traken' by Francesca Coppa, as Nyssa is my favourite companion and does not get nearly enough love as far as I am concerned!
What do You think about Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration Of Doctor Who By The Women Who Love It (2010)?
OMG I'm needing a bit of processing for this. HOWEVER, I have comments.
—23837
fun quick little read to get me in the mood for the 50th...
—CORN
How did I not know this book existed??! I must have it!!
—chiggins
I LOVED this book!! So great on so many levels!!
—0448474234
Great collection of essays about Doctor Who. :)
—sabysabriye
