geekquality:

Do you have a lot of ~feelings~ about the treatment of Martha Jones - both at the hands of Davies and the collective Who fandom? Did you have a lot to say about Rita’s fleeting (but much appreciated!) appearance? Are you a total nerd? Then you’re in luck!

We’re boosting signal for this call for essays - both academic and personal - for a Doctor Who and Race Anthology that’s being put together right now.

Two kinds of contributions are invited: academic-style essays 5000-7000 words in length, and personal-style reflections of up to 1000 words. The intended readership is mixed academic and non-academic readers, so contributions should be written to a quality standard but in language that is relatively accessible to non-specialists, with any specialist terminology explained. Ideally the book will bring academic theorising about race and representation to new, non-academic audiences, and simultaneously bring diverse personal experiences and thoughts about the significance of race in Doctor Who to the attention of the academic community.

Contributions may focus on any or all of the Doctor Who television serials, from both the original (1963-1989) and new series (2005—). Contributions that primarily address Doctor Who texts other than the television series, such as the films, audio-plays, novels, and spin-off television programs, might be considered depending on space.

Under the scope of the concept ‘race’, contributors may discuss (but are not limited to) any of:

• the ethnic or racial backgrounds, identities and racially-signifying physical traits of characters, communities, and actors in Doctor Who
• depictions of racism, racial stereotyping and race-related exploitation in the program
• Doctor Who stories that reference colonialism, imperialism, nationalism, and other race-related phenomena significant in human history, such as slavery and civil rights movements
• allegorical literary tools used in the program to reference race, such as the alien as ‘other’.

Contributions that address links between race and science are strongly encouraged.

You can read detailed instructions here, and get all information here. 

Best of luck, nerds! Do us proud!