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Derek Johnston
Derek Johnston is Lecturer in Broadcast Literacy at Queen’s University Belfast. His research is focused on fantastic genres, such as horror and science fiction, particularly on British television and in their historical contexts. He was awarded his Ph.D. by the University of East Anglia for his thesis on the origins of British television science fiction, and has published articles and book chapters on this and other subjects. His first monograph, Haunted Seasons: Television Ghost Stories for Christmas and Horror for Halloween was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2015.