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189 John Darwin, Britain and Decolonisation: The Retreat from Empire in the Post-War World, p. 163.
190 For a further discussion of the Doctor’s Christ-likeness, see Chapter 21 in this volume.
191 Britton, p. 353.
192 Bernard Rubin, “International Film and Television Propaganda,” p. 83.
193 A case in point about resilience: the London Underground bombings in 2005 were shocking attacks, killing fifty-two and injuring many more. There were four bombs that were part of a coordinated plot to cripple London. The very next day, people were back riding on the London Underground. Despite being injured, Britain picked itself up and carried on. Britain’s predilection towards hope can be seen in the rejection and ousting of Tony Blair, the British Prime Minister who collaborated with the Bush administration and mired the British army in Iraq.
194 The New Science of Giambattista Vico, paragraphs 122-24.
195 Vico, paragraph 215.
196 Vico, paragraph 228.
197 This theme may be found in many other serials. For example, in the Fifth Doctor serial, “Planet of Fire” (1984), a similar conflict occurs as the worshipers of the planet’s sun god refuse to accept scientific accounts of the volcanic activity on the planet. The Fourth Doctor serial, “The Brain of Morbius” (1976), portrays a conflict between the evil Frankenstein-like scientist Solon and a mystic sisterhood.
198 Vico, paragraph 1066.
199 The Myth of the State, p. 284.
200 There are many other weak examples such as the “Blinovitch Limitation Effect” and the Tenth Doctor ignoring Martha Jones’s question as to whether she should step on a butterfly in “The Shakespeare Code.”
201 The content of this serial was derived from the CD, Doctor Who: Adventures in History, published by BBC Audiobooks Ltd., 2003.
202 Dialectic of Enlightenment, p. 10.
203 For an alternative view that the Master is a victim, and not evil, see Chapter 24 in this volume.
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Doctor Who and philosophy : bigger on the inside / edited by Courtland Lewis and Paula Smithka. p. cm.—(Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 55)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
eISBN : 978-0-812-69725-4
1. Doctor Who (Television program : 1963-1989) I. Lewis, Courtland, 1977- II. Smithka, Paula J.
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