Whoniversal Appeal:
An Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference on Doctor Who, and its Spin-Offs
14-15 November, 2008
Greetings from the Chair:
We are pleased to annonce that our Call for Papers is closed. We have over twenty proposals in hand, and look to make more information available soon.
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We are absolutely delighted to announce that, subject to work conditions, Bronze-Sony Award-winning writer Rob Shearman will be joining us at the conference! Rob wrote the brilliant episode 'Dalek,' as well as several Big Finish audios, and just picked up a Bronze Sony award for his work on BBC7's 'Chain Gang.' Rob will be joining Hugo-nominated writer Paul Cornell as guests of the conference. Paul's extensive television work includes Doctor Who episodes 'Father's Day,' 'Human Nature' and 'Family of Blood, ' as well as several Big Finish audios, several Doctor Who novels and The Discontinuity Guide.
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You have found your way to the official site of the 2008 academic conference 'Whoniversal' Appeal: An Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference on Doctor Who and All of its Spin-Offs.
You may be wondering what exactly this conference is all about. You might be thinking of submitting an abstract for a paper or poster, and are curious about how to do so. You might have questions, or ideas on how you can help. Answers to these can be found in these pages (or, if they're not, send me an email or post a question on our blog).
Progress continues, both on this site and this conference. Please be patient if we can't address your questions immediately. Our What's New page will have all our updates; please feel free to bookmark that page, and to link to us on your own websites.
Thank you for all of your support, and I look forward to seeing you in November!
Cheers,
Melissa Beattie, Ph.D candidate
Cardiff University, School of History and Archaeology