As Doctor Who fans celebrate the series’s 50th anniversary Dr Andrew Crome, lecturer in the history of modern Christianity at the University of Manchester, explains how the time-travelling Doctor allows us to explore different beliefs and ethical viewpoints.
A near immortal crossing space and time, followers split over interpretation, characters in strange hats… Perhaps it is no surprise Doctor Who is sometimes described as a form of surrogate religion.
However, behind this light-hearted comparison lies a grain of truth, as Doctor Who has continually engaged with important religious themes across its 50-year run.
Read it all.
(BBC) Doctor Who: Time travel through faith
As Doctor Who fans celebrate the series’s 50th anniversary Dr Andrew Crome, lecturer in the history of modern Christianity at the University of Manchester, explains how the time-travelling Doctor allows us to explore different beliefs and ethical viewpoints.
A near immortal crossing space and time, followers split over interpretation, characters in strange hats… Perhaps it is no surprise Doctor Who is sometimes described as a form of surrogate religion.
However, behind this light-hearted comparison lies a grain of truth, as Doctor Who has continually engaged with important religious themes across its 50-year run.
Read it all.