'I would recommend Time Lords and Star Cops to anyone interested in British sf television, its historical context, and the ways British media engaged with politics in the 1970s and 1980s.'
Extrapolation

‘Braithwaite's groundbreaking analysis shows how television science-fiction series of the 1970s and 80s, far from being straightforward celebrations of antiauthoritarianism & personal freedom, were shaped by the tone of Thatcher and the New Right.’
Jonathan W. Marshall, associate professor and arts critic, Edith Cowan University

‘A meticulous and rewarding analysis of British television science fiction which traces the collapse of the post-war consensus and the emergence of the neo-liberal regime.’
Una McCormack, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author

‘Braithwaite’s brilliant study is highly recommended reading for all cult TV fans and scholars: you may never view “late Thatcher”-era Doctor Who in quite the same way again!’
Matt Hills, author of Triumph of a Time Lord and co-editor of Adventures Across Space and Time: A Doctor Who Reader

Introduction
1 British science fiction television in the consensus era: authority and paternalism
2 ‘Wealth is the only reality’: Blake’s 7 and Thatcherism
3 Sapphire & Steel: the illusion of independence
4 Rewriting the Doctor: Doctor Who in the late-Thatcher era
5 ‘A precarious existence’: science fiction television adaptations of the 1980s
6 ‘It won’t be easy’: original science fiction series of the 1980s
Conclusion
Index