BFP4 The Story of Doctor Who with John Higgs

Bath Festivals
Wed 9 Apr ’25 19:00
Wed 9 Apr ’25
19:00
  • Wed 9 Apr ’25
    19:00
    Waterstones, BA1 1DA
  • Ticket prices: £25 including book | £14 without book | £10 concessions without book (exc. fees)

Bath Literature Festival presents this exclusive Bath pre-publication event with leading cultural commentator John Higgs about his first biography of the infamous Time Lord from Doctor Who.

On screen, Doctor Who is a story of monsters, imagination and mind-expanding adventure. But the off-screen story is equally extraordinary - a tale of failed monks, war heroes, 1960s polyamory and self-sabotaging broadcasting executives.

From the politics of fandom to the inner struggles of the BBC, thousands of people have given part of themselves - and sometimes, too much of themselves - to bring this unlikeliest of folk heroes to life.

This is a story of change, mystery and the importance of imaginary characters in our lives. Able to evolve and adapt more radically than any other fiction, Doctor Who has acted as a mirror to more than six decades of social, technological and cultural change while always remaining a central fixture of the British imagination.

In Exterminate / Regenerate, John Higgs invites us into his TARDIS on a journey to discover how ideas emerge and survive despite the odds, why we are so addicted to fiction, and why this wonderful wandering time traveller means so much to so many.

John Higgs is the author I HAVE AMERICA SURROUNDED, THE KLF, STRANGER THAN WE CAN IMAGINE, WATLING STREET, THE FUTURE STARTS HERE, WILLIAM BLAKE NOW, WILLIAM BLAKE VS THE WORLD and LOVE AND LET DIE. He lives in Brighton.

*Concession prices are available to under 26s, full-time students, Jobseekers Allowance Receivers, Pension Credit Receivers and visitors with a disability.  Concession seating will be in balcony, rear and sides of venue. Only one concession may apply per ticket

 

A free Essential Companion (carer) ticket is available to those who require one to attend.

Absolutely wonderful. The book I've been waiting to read since I was ten years old. Full of surprising and piercing insights . . . The first thing I've come across that absolutely nails the extraordinary nature of the cultural phenomenon that is Doctor Who

JEREMY DYSON