Illuminating Torchwood: Essays on Narrative, Character and Sexuality in the BBC Series

by C.W. Sullivan III, Andrew Ireland, Donald E. Palumbo

Book Overview

Created in 2006 as a spinoff of Doctor Who, the internationally popular BBC television series Torchwood is a unique blend of science fiction and fantasy, with much more of an adult flavor than its progenitor. The series' ""omnisexual"" protagonist, maverick 51st-century time agent Captain Jack Harkness, leads a team of operatives from the present-day Torchwood Institute, a secret organization dedicated to battling supernatural and extraterrestrial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078644570X
• ISBN13: 9780786445707
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher