Doctor Who Psychology: A Madman with a Box returns with a newly regenerated 2nd edition, Doctor Who Psychology: Times Change!

“Times change, and so must I.“—Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith)

“We’re all capable of the most incredible change. We can evolve while still staying true to who we are…. Now’s your chance! How about it?” —Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker)

Celebrate Doctor Who‘s 60th anniversary with a newly regenerated 2nd edition, updated to cover new stories and new Doctors for new times.

New chapters

• “Love on Board a Big Blue Box” by Travis Langley
• “Exterminate! The Mentality of a Master Race: Are You a Dalek?” by Daniel Hand
• “Regenerating Gender: Infinitely More Inside” by Justine Mastin
• “Time Lord Who Returns: An Interview with the First Modern Doctor” by Aaron Sagers & Travis Langley
• “Change and Renewal” (new introduction specific to the 2nd edition)

Chapters with new sections and postscripts

• “New Face, New Time Lord:  A Personality Perspective” by Erin Currie
• “Who Makes a Good Companion?” by Sarita J. Robinson
• “The Compassionate Doctor: Caring for Self by Caring for Others” by Janina Scarlet, Travis Langley, & Alan Kistler
• “Death and the Doctor: Interview on How Immortals Face Mortality” by Janina Scarlet & Aaron Sagers
• “Post-Time War Stress Disorder” by Kristin Erickson & Matt Munson
• “Getting to the Hearts of Time Lord Personality Change: Regeneration on the Brain” by Sarita J. Robinson
• “Boys to Cybermen: Social Narratives and Masculinity Metaphors” by Billy San Juan

Merged chapters

• “The Five Factors and Company: Constellations of Personality” by Travis Langley
• “The Unconscious: What, When, Where, Why, and of Course Who” by William Sharp

Interviews

• The book still includes the 1st edition’s interviews with actors playing River Song, Missy, and four Doctors (two classic, two modern): Alex Kingston, Michelle Gomez, Peter Davison, Sylvester McCoy, David Tenant, and Matt Smith.
• All-new interviews have been added featuring three more modern Doctors: Jodie Whittaker, Peter Capaldi, and Christopher Eccleston!

With new artwork and more than a thousand edits and updates to all chapters. When I say the book has regenerated, I’m not kidding.

SECOND EDITION – FALL 2023!

Chapters only in the 1st edition

Alas, we had to cut some things to make room for all the new content.

• “A Companion’s Choice: Do Opposites Attract” by Erin Currie
• “By Any Other Name: Evolution, Excitation, and Expansion” by Wind Goodfriend
• “A New Doctor? The Behavioral Genetics of Regeneration” by Martin Lloyd
• plus sidebars on Weeping Angels as metaphors for PTSD, Daleks vs. Philip Zimbardo, and one argument regarding Myers-Briggs

They’re not gone. Just as the Twelfth Doctor can share an adventure with the First Doctor, these live on as part of the 1st edition. Besides, we have other plans for these parts. More on that later.