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The Black Archive #83: The Web Planet
 

No. 83 of 94 in the The Black Archive books series
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By:Brigid Cherry
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Released:  8 June 2026
Publisher:  Obverse Books
ISBN:978-1-913456-72-6
Format: paperback
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“Well, well, well... That is remarkable. Gracious, during all my travels, I don’t think I’ve ever come across this. Magical. Isn’t it extraordinary?"

Without a doubt, and despite being a bold experiment that didn’t always quite work, The Web Planet is a remarkable, magical, and extraordinary Doctor Who story. This book contextualises the serial historically and culturally as a product of early 1960s experimental television. It examines the ways in which it utilised the audio-visual technologies of its time, how it incorporated different aspects of performance practice such as puppetry and physical theatre, and how it encoded the socio-cultural concerns of its cultural moment.

Brigid Cherry is a retired academic researcher who worked in the fields of film and popular culture.


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