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Interview with Kate Orman: Dr Who Author

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  • Publication: Continuum
  • Date: March 2005
  • Author: Alan McKee
  • Page: 127-139
  • Language: English
  • Notes: Full text available from the publisher.
  • Abstract: This article presents an interview with Kate Orman, one of Australia's most prolific SF writers and author of Dr Who novels. The interview is wide ranging and informative, providing a very interesting insight into the intellectual work informing the creation and production of the cult Dr Who television series tie-in novels. As the author's interview reveals, Orman uses these genre novels to explore a variety of issues, from ethics and environmentalism to stereotypes and cross-cultural communication. The interview also touches on such topics as the everyday, cultural literacy, notions of authorship, consumer-producer relations, as well as fandom