From early examples such as Star Trek and Sapphire and Steel to more contemporary shows including Life on Mars and The Vampire Diaries, time has frequently been used as a device to allow programme makers to experiment stylistically and challenge established ways of thinking. Time on TV provides a range of exciting, accessible, yet intellectually rigorous essays that consider the many and varied ways in which telefantasy shows have explored this subject, providing the reader with a greater understanding of the importance of time to the success of genre on the small screen.
Acknowledgements Timey wimey stuff: Introduction to Time on TV Lorna Jowett, Kevin Robinson and David Simmons Part I: Structuring Time ‘Time is a companion... who goes with us on the journey’: Star Trek, Time Travel and Patterns of Narrative History’ Lincoln Geraghty Reality Resets: Changing the Past in Eureka Stan Beeler Timeslip: Putting Aside Childish Things Pete Boss The Primeval Anomaly John Jeffreys ‘There is a corridor’: The Work of P.J. Hammond in Sapphire & Steel and Torchwood Kevin Lee Robinson Part II: Experiencing Time ‘No one can touch the Gene Genie’: The Past as Fantasy Space in Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes Nicola Allen Watchmaking in the Dark: the Intricacy of Intimacy in Crime Traveller David Hipple ‘Centuries of evil… wacky sidekicks… yadda, yadda’: Vampire Television and the Conventions of Flashback Lorna Jowett Timeless: Memory, Temporality, and Identity in Once Upon A Time Gwyneth Peaty ‘Bonanza was never like this’: Quantum Leap and Interrogating Nostalgia David Simmons Time on TV: Afterword Lorna Jowett and David Simmons Work Cited TV and Filmography Index
Lorna Jowett is Reader in Television Studies at the University of Northampton, UK. Kevin Lee Robinson is Lecturer in Scriptwriting for TV and Film, University of Northampton, UK. David Simmons is Lecturer in English and Film and TV, University of Northampton, UK.
