On Wed, 28 Sep 1994 12:49:29 +1000, Leonie Rutherford wrote: >I have a Masters research student working on British and American SF TV >series. Her main 'texts' will be Dr Who, Blake's Seven, Star Trek and Star >Trek TNG. I'm looking for pointers towards any reasonably scholarly >material on SFTV. There is a lot of fandom and noise on the NET in this >area, but I'd like some ideas about more rigorous analytical/historical >material. > >Leonie Rutherford Dept. English & Communication Studies >University of New England Armidale NSW 2351 Australia Leonie, I am not a genius when it comes to research. I prefer to make films, not write about them. However, a good start might be *Journal of Popular Culture*. It is a scholarly journal with papers on comic book characters, animation, sci-fi & fantasy, pop music, and much more. I hope that this might be a good start. Good Luck to your student.