Religion and Doctor Who

by Andrew Crome and James F. McGrath

Book Overview

Doctor Who has always contained a rich current of religious themes and ideas. In its very first episode it asked how humans rationalize the seemingly supernatural, as two snooping schoolteachers refused to accept that the TARDIS was real. More recently it has toyed with the mystery of Doctor's real name, perhaps an echo of ancient religions and rituals in which knowledge of the secret name of a god, angel or demon was thought to grant a mortal power...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625643772
• ISBN13: 9781625643773
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"