Doctor Who: The Zygon Invasion (Target Collection)

Doctor Who: The Zygon Invasion (Target Collection)
Author: Peter Harness
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2023-07-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1473533287

"We will die in the fire instead of living in chains." For years, 20 million shape-changing Zygons have lived among us in secret. They wear human form, hiding in plain sight. Now a fanatical Zygon splinter group seek to expose their own kind and provoke a conflict that will force both sides to the brink of Armageddon to ensure their own survival. It took three Doctors to broker a fragile peace between Zygons and Humans. Now the 12th must face the fallout alone. With his allies compromised and his companion believed dead, can he stop the world from plunging into war?

A Critical History of Doctor Who on Television

A Critical History of Doctor Who on Television
Author: John Kenneth Muir
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 504
Release: 2007-10-19
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0786437162

Since its inception in November 1963, the British science fiction television series Doctor Who has exerted an enormous impact on the world of science fiction (over 1,500 books have been written about the show). The series follows the adventures of a mysterious "Time Lord" from the distant planet Gallifrey who travels through time and space to fight evil and injustice. Along the way, he has visited Rome under the rule of Nero, played backgammon with Kublai Khan, and participated in the mythic gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Predating the Star Trek phenomenon by three years, Doctor Who seriously dealt with continuing characters, adult genre principles and futuristic philosophies. Critical and historical examinations of the ideas, philosophies, conceits and morals put forth in the Doctor Who series, which ran for 26 seasons and 159 episodes, are provided here. Also analyzed are thematic concepts, genre antecedents, the overall cinematography and the special effects of the long-running cult favorite. The various incarnations of Doctor Who, including television, stage, film, radio, and spin-offs are discussed. In addition, the book provides an extensive listing of print, Internet, and fan club resources for Doctor Who.

The First and Second Letters to Timothy

The First and Second Letters to Timothy
Author: Jerome D. Quinn
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 1004
Release: 2000
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780802824431

The inaugural volume of the ECC series provides a fresh, readable translation of 1 and 2 Timothy together with notes and commentary on this highly relevant section of Scripture. The Notes section of the commentary offers detailed philological analysis of the majority of the words used in these two Pastoral Epistles. The Comment section guides readers through the complex theological, historical, and practical issues facing the heirs of Paul in the Christian church. The issues treated in 1 and 2 Timothy have a remarkably modern ring to them. Addressing such "contemporary" topics as the qualifications for church leadership, the roles of women, the use of wealth, heterodoxy, worship, and ethics, these Pauline letters remain highly relevant to church life today. This new volume not only offers the best of current biblical scholarship on Paul's letters to Timothy but also demonstrates the high standard of excellence marking the ECC series.

Timeless Adventures

Timeless Adventures
Author: Brian J. Robb
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2023-10-05
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1915359082

This critical history of Doctor Who covers the series 60 years, from the creation of the show to its triumph as Britain's number one TV drama. Opening with an in-depth account of the creation of the series within the BBC of the early 1960s, each decade of the show is tackled through a unique political and pop cultural historical viewpoint, exploring the links between contemporary Britain and the stories Doctor Who told, and how such links kept the show popular with a mass television audience. Timeless Adventures reveals how Doctor Who is at its strongest when it reflects the political and cultural concerns of a mass British audience (the 1960s, 1970s and 21st Century), and at its weakest when catering to a narrow fan-based audience (as in the 1980s). The book also addresses the cancellation of the show in the late 1980s (following the series becoming increasing self-obsessed) and the ways in which a narrowly-focused dedicated fandom contributed to the show's demise and yet was also instrumental in its regeneration for the 21st Century under Russell T. Davies, and analyses the new series to reveal what has made it so popular, reflecting real world issues like consumerism and dieting.

Doctor Who: The Official Guide

Doctor Who: The Official Guide
Author: Doctor Who
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2024-08-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1405969881

“Now, if you don’t mind, there is a great big universe out there calling, and I’ve gotta get going!” With exclusive content from Ncuti Gatwa’s first outing as the Fifteenth Doctor, discover more about the Time Lord who has been keeping the Earth safe for over 60 years. This brand-new edition is the ultimate guide to all of the Doctor’s fifteen incarnations – from William Hartnell to Tom Baker and including both of David Tennant’s eras – you will learn fascinating facts from all of space and time. Discover more about the Doctor’s many helpful companions, fearsome foes and, of course, the TARDIS who has been through it all. Learn the difference between regeneration and bi-generation, why you should never anger a Meep, and always, always get Cherry Sunday a cup of tea! So, allons-y!

When Babies Are Born

When Babies Are Born
Author: Emma Mai Sowter
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2018-06-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1546292292

The Zygonites are aliens who fled from their home planet Megalatta when it was destroyed by its neighbouring planets. As a result of radiation their females were rendered infertile and they now feed themselves entirely by enjoying the distress of others. Their leader, Zygon who has strong telepathic powers, plans to propagate a hybrid race by mating with human teenagers. Amanda lives with her husband Pete and their twin 15-year old daughters, Cathie and Rosie, in the New Forest near Lyndhurst. Cathie is raped by an alien and falls pregnant with a hybrid baby that resists all efforts to abort it. Fortunately for the human race Amanda herself is a telepathic hybrid having had a previous life on the planet Alpha and is able to enlist Alphas help to thwart Zygons plans on no less than three occasions. In her struggles Amanda is ably assisted by her friend Michael Woodman who as Megalon, king of Megalatta, was once her deadly enemy, but now with the aid of humanizing fluid, lives a relatively peaceful life with his wife Sonja and twin sons, running a farm near Brockenhurst. Unlike humans, both have the means to travel to Alpha in virtually no time at all.

The Innateness of Myth

The Innateness of Myth
Author: Ritske Rensma
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2011-10-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441126805

Joseph Campbell (1904-1988) was one of the most well-known and popular scholars of myth and comparative religion of the twentieth century. His work, however, has never fully received the same amount of scholarly interest and critical reflection that some of his contemporaries have received. In this book, based on extensive research in the Joseph Campbell Archive in Santa Barbara, Ritske Rensma shows that reflecting on C.G. Jung's influence on Campbell greatly furthers our understanding of these ideas, and that once this goal is achieved it becomes obvious that Campbell was a scholar whose ideas are still of significance today. Following Jung's lead, Campbell put great emphasis on the innate structures of the mind, an approach which pre-echoes the current 'evolutionary turn' in fields such as cognitive theory, psychology, psychiatry and neurobiology. This study will therefore not just be of interest to students and scholars interested in psychological approaches to the study of religion as well as Jung and Campbell, but also to those with an interest in recent developments in the above-mentioned fields

Beginning With the End

Beginning With the End
Author: Carol Rausch Albright
Publisher: Open Court Publishing
Total Pages: 492
Release: 1997
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780812693256

Can theology be informed by science and inform science in turn? Can theology make significant contributions to the understanding of science? Wolfhart Pannenberg, Professor of Theology at the University of Munich, is a significant voice in the conversation between religion and science; however, almost all the material published about him speaks exclusively from a theological/philosophical perspective. Theologians and philosophers of religion often feel unqualified to address Pannenberg's dialogue with the natural sciences. Beginning with the End addresses this need. The collection begins with a thoughtful introduction mapping the science/religion dialogue and Pannenberg's place in it, followed by 4 pivotal essays by Pannenberg. It includes articles by distinguished scientists and theologians that compellingly analyze everything from behavioral genetics to evolutionary ecology. The editors have made the essays accessible to the general reader who is interested in the hotly debated terrain between religion and science.