{"product_id":"the-doctor-who-franchise-american-influence-fan-culture-and-the-spinoffs-9780786465569","title":"The Doctor Who Franchise: American Influence, Fan Culture and the Spinoffs","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Lynnette Porter\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Television - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e nears its 50th anniversary, it is very much a part of British popular culture, and the Doctor has become a British icon. Nevertheless, thanks to BBC America and BBC Worldwide's marketing strategy, as well as the Doctor's and his companions' recent in-person visits to the U.S., the venerable series is becoming more susceptible to an \"American influence,\" including the possibility of becoming \"Americanized.\" \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e and recent spinoffs \u003ci\u003eTorchwood\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sarah Jane Adventures\u003c\/i\u003e offer American audiences very different insights into the Whoniverse and have met with varying degrees of success. Whereas \u003ci\u003eTorchwood\u003c\/i\u003e became a U.S.-U.K. co-production, \u003ci\u003eThe Sarah Jane Adventures\u003c\/i\u003e was largely mismarketed. To complicate matters, the interrelationships that keep the \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e franchise alive through radio dramas, audiobooks, comics, novels, etc., during hiatuses in television broadcasts, may give U.S. and U.K. audiences different understandings of the lead characters--the Doctor, Captain Jack Harkness, and Sarah Jane Smith. Although the past decade has been an exciting time in the Whoniverse, the Doctor--and the franchise--are poised for yet another regeneration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47599328231575,"sku":"9780786465569","price":2823.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780786465569.webp?v=1775004015","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-doctor-who-franchise-american-influence-fan-culture-and-the-spinoffs-9780786465569","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}