EXTERMINATE! REGENERATE! - The Story of Doctor Who with John Higgs

Schedule

Tue Apr 22 2025 at 07:00 pm to 11:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

61-63 Tower Hamlets Road,London,E17 4RQ,GB | Leytonstone, EN

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John Higgs invites us into his TARDIS on a journey to discover the stories behind Doctor Who With ANDREW HARRISON
“ELUCIDATE! ELUCIDATE!” Join us for a time-twisting exploration of Britain’s greatest cultural export, to celebrate the release of the book Doctor Who deserves.
On screen, Doctor Who is a story of monsters, imagination and mind-expanding adventure. But the off-screen story discovered by John Higgs – novelist, journalist, cultural historian and author of The KLF: Chaos, Magic And The Band Who Burned A Million Pounds and Love And Let Die: Bond, The Beatles and the Making of the British Psyche – is equally extraordinary.
It’s a tale of failed monks, war heroes, 1960s polyamory and self-sabotaging broadcasting executives. From the politics of fandom to the inner struggles of the BBC, thousands of people have given part of themselves – and sometimes, too much of themselves – to bring this unlikeliest of folk heroes to life.
Interviewing John and reversing the polarity of the neutron flow will be lifelong Doctor Who fan Andrew Harrison . The former editor of music magazines Select , Mixmag and Q , now presenter of hit podcasts Oh God, What Now? and The Bunker , Andrew’s earliest memory of all is the Sea Devils emerging from the waves. His favourite Doctor is Tom Baker.
Expect scintilating chat, audience Q&A, book signing, loads of Delia, Radiophonic Workshop, Timelords and more plus some surprises.
• “Absolutely wonderful. The book I’ve been waiting to read since I was ten years old. Full of surprising and piercing insights…The first thing I’ve come across that absolutely nails the extraordinary nature of the cultural phenomenon that is Doctor Who .” – JEREMY DYSON
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