MathFiction: Doctor Who (Episode: Logopolis) (Christopher Bidmead)

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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Doctor Who (Episode: Logopolis) (1981)

Christopher Bidmead
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This episode of the popular BBC show "Doctor Who" (most famously the last episode featuring the fourth Doctor as played by Tom Baker) involves a city of whispering mathematicians whose computations keep the universe running smoothly.

Contributed by Finn Clark

"The next broadcast story was a sequel, called Castrovalva, which was more about the art of M.C.Escher but carried over the Logopolis concept of reality-altering maths. Both stories were written by Christopher Bidmead."

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Works Similar to Doctor Who (Episode: Logopolis)

According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:

Doctor Who: The Turing Test by Paul Leonard
The Pythagoras Problem by Trevor Baxendale
Doctor Who: The Algebra of Ice by Lloyd Rose (pseudonym of Sarah Tonyn)
The Mathenauts by Norman Kagan
A Very Peculiar Practice by Andrew Davies
Futurama (Episode: The Prisoner of Benda) by Ken Keeler (writer) / Stephen Sandoval (director)
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Cascade Point by Timothy Zahn
Drode's Equations by Richard Grant
Artifact by Gregory Benford

Ratings for Doctor Who (Episode: Logopolis):

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Mathematical Content:
2/5 (4 votes)

Literary Quality:
3.75/5 (4 votes)

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