And while there's been a whole host of changes to the sci-fi show under new boss Chris Chibnall, will
Doctor Who fandom ever really be 100% happy?
"The story of the moment is that the notionally conservative
Doctor Who fandom has utterly embraced that change.
Booy's aim is not to provide a comprehensive history of
Doctor Who fandom but to explore the growth of fans into a complex element within the phenomenon of the show itself.
Although not actively involved with
Doctor Who fandom over the years, he knew various other fans who were professionals in the TV industry, including Russell T Davies, who was asked to bring the show back on TV in 2003.
The book is an example of scholar-fandom, demonstrating what
Doctor Who fandom can learn from academia and vice versa.
People could learn a lot from not only
Doctor Who fandom, but the programme in general - about tolerance, integration and sociability.
(38) Like other televised multi-Doctor stories, then, this too thematises its selection from the Who 'database' of previous lead actors, linking its choice of Davison to Tennant's real-life
Doctor Who fandom. And where 'The Two Doctors' incorporates 'selection and combination' into its (black-and-white) visuality, 'Time Crash' highlights its collision of different Doctor Who eras by appropriating a style of Radiophonic Workshop incidental music dominant in the 1980s, as well as being unusually full of self-referential 'in-jokes'.
Teams from all walks of
Doctor Who fandom turn up to test their knowledge; from long-term classic series fans to YouTubers, even some of the programme's production team.