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The Black Archive #73: Under the Lake / Before the Flood
 

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By:Ryan C. Parrey & Kevin S. Decker
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Released:  10 October 2024
Publisher:  Obverse Books
ISBN:978-1-913456-54-2
Format: paperback
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‘You can’t cheat time. I just tried. You can’t just go back and cut off tragedy at the root. Because you find yourself talking to someone you just saw dead on a slab. Because then you really do see ghosts.’

A base under siege, a time travel paradox, and ghosts! With these elements in place, Toby Whitehouse’s Under the Lake and Before the Flood (2015) tread familiar ground for fans of Doctor Who while also moving in bold new directions, both in terms of story-telling and character representation.

This two-part story sees Peter Capaldi’s 12th doctor break the fourth wall, speaking directly to the audience. His lecture on what philosophers call “the bootstrap paradox” serves to set up the central puzzle of these episodes while insisting that it remain unsolved. Meanwhile, actress Sophie Stone’s portrayal of Cass challenges traditional representational tropes surrounding disabled people. Simultaneously, this character asks us to think further about how we understand disability in, and through, science fiction.


THE BLACK ARCHIVE:
Book-length looks at single Doctor Who stories from 1963 to the present day

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