The Black Archive #68: The Happiness Patrol
Stack, Mike (2023) The Black Archive #68: The Happiness Patrol. Edinburgh, UK: Obverse Books. ISBN 9781913456481.
Abstract
“Have a nice death!” The Happiness Patrol is perhaps one of the most peculiar tales in Doctor Who. The story gradually gained a reputation as a gay rights allegory then, twenty-two years after broadcast, became the focus of press outrage over alleged BBC bias, before being name-dropped by the Archbishop of Canterbury in his Easter sermon the following year. So this Black Archive asks: is The Happiness Patrol queer? Is it really political? Why did it take so long for the press to complain? And what does the story really say about happiness?
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| Item Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Mike Stack |
| Date Deposited: | 22 May 2024 18:12 |
| Last Modified: | 22 May 2024 18:12 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/52769 |
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