Gay Aliens and Queer Folk

""This is an exemplary provisional account of an important creative.""-- ""The Times Literary Supplement"" ""A thoughtful, loving look at Davies's landscape-altering career. Garside brings a sharp critical eye to this appraisal, but it's her impassioned understanding of how queer depiction works as both a personal tool for self-acceptance and a public tool for social change that makes this an empowering, joyful read.""-- ""Cody Daigle-Orians, creator of Ace Dad Advice"" ""Fascinating and thoroughly enjoyable. This book vocalised the exact feeling you get from seeing yourself in Russell T Davies's characters and writing, giving a full perspective of his genius. I didn't realise how much I needed this book in my life!""-- ""Ella Willis, illustrator and content creator"" ""A marvellous love letter to the many brilliant TV works of Russell T Davies, this book is smartly entertaining, always accessible, and unafraid to reflect on evolving cultural norms. Embracing the subversive and the difficult alongside the glorious and the groundbreaking, Emily Garside is your thought-provoking guide to an array of topics -- the asexual Doctor in Doctor Who, nerds, politics, TV drama of its time and ahead of its time, Welshness, sex, even Margaret Thatcher as the ultimate unseen villain. Yes, it's all in here. And just as fabulously queer as you'd imagine, faithful reader.""-- ""Professor Matt Hills, author of Triumph of a Time Lord and Doctor Who: The Unfolding Event""