What is it about?
This article about the making of a missing Doctor Who episode, 'Mission to the Unknown', which was undertaken at the University of Central Lancashire. First I assess the effects of nostalgia and how difficult it is to be authentic when remaking something from 1965, and then I discuss the actual process of making the episode, for which I was present. Finally I assess the finished product against the initial criteria.
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Why is it important?
This is a valuable contribution to scholarship on the effects of nostalgia and the meaning of a term like authenticity. The actual episode itself is a first-of-its-kind experiment which may herald further experiments.
Perspectives
My own take on this is (1) as a fan of Doctor Who, and (2) as a writer and practitioner. I was keen to see this experiment first-hand, and glad to have been invited. I was surprised at the level of media interest, but then remembered that Doctor Who is a British institution.
Phil Braithwaite
University of Central Lancashire
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This page is a summary of: An experiment in space and time: Remaking the missing Doctor Who episode ‘Mission to the Unknown’, The Journal of Popular Television, October 2021, Intellect,
DOI: 10.1386/jptv_00060_1.
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