Mediating Human-Technology Relationships: Explorations of Hybridity, Humanity and Embodiment in Doctor Who

The relationship between human beings and technology has been a regular concern of the television series, Doctor Who. Though its titular hero moves through space-time by means of advanced technology and he is by his own admission a technological genius and Doctor 'of everything really', th...

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Autor principal:	Anne Cranny-Francis
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	University of Edinburgh 2009
Materias:	Fine Arts N Language and Literature P
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d4fc1a132d734ae3b37e8a6f10eaa32f2021-11-23T09:46:00ZMediating Human-Technology Relationships: Explorations of Hybridity, Humanity and Embodiment in Doctor Who1749-9771https://doaj.org/article/d4fc1a132d734ae3b37e8a6f10eaa32f2009-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.forumjournal.org/article/view/613https://doaj.org/toc/1749-9771The relationship between human beings and technology has been a regular concern of the television series, Doctor Who. Though its titular hero moves through space-time by means of advanced technology and he is by his own admission a technological genius and Doctor 'of everything really', the program nevertheless consistently maps the unease that attends the interaction of humans and the technology - whether through the human characters' horror at the abuse of technology and its power or through characters who incorporate this interaction. The trope of the cyborg, the human-machine hybrid that articulates many contemporary fears (and desires) about the intrusion of technology on the 'human' is enacted and embodied in Doctor Who by the Daleks and the Cybermen - long-term enemies of the Doctor. In the recent new series (2005-2009) featuring Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant both Daleks and Cybermen have returned, to enact contemporary concerns about new technologies. This paper explores the recent Dalek double-episode, "Daleks in Manhattan" and "Evolution of the Daleks" (2007) for its representation of current human-technology relationships.Anne Cranny-FrancisUniversity of EdinburgharticleFine ArtsNLanguage and LiteraturePENForum, Iss 08 (2009)
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description	The relationship between human beings and technology has been a regular concern of the television series, Doctor Who. Though its titular hero moves through space-time by means of advanced technology and he is by his own admission a technological genius and Doctor 'of everything really', the program nevertheless consistently maps the unease that attends the interaction of humans and the technology - whether through the human characters' horror at the abuse of technology and its power or through characters who incorporate this interaction. The trope of the cyborg, the human-machine hybrid that articulates many contemporary fears (and desires) about the intrusion of technology on the 'human' is enacted and embodied in Doctor Who by the Daleks and the Cybermen - long-term enemies of the Doctor. In the recent new series (2005-2009) featuring Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant both Daleks and Cybermen have returned, to enact contemporary concerns about new technologies. This paper explores the recent Dalek double-episode, "Daleks in Manhattan" and "Evolution of the Daleks" (2007) for its representation of current human-technology relationships.
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title_short	Mediating Human-Technology Relationships: Explorations of Hybridity, Humanity and Embodiment in Doctor Who
title_full	Mediating Human-Technology Relationships: Explorations of Hybridity, Humanity and Embodiment in Doctor Who
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Mediating Human-Technology Relationships: Explorations of Hybridity, Humanity and Embodiment in Doctor Who

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