The humanism of Doctor Who a critical study in science fiction and philosophy /

"From 1963 to 1989, the BBC television program Doctor Who followed a time-traveling human-like alien called "The Doctor" as he sought to help people, save civilizations and right wrongs. Though created as a family program, the series has dramatized serious themes in philosophy, scienc...

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Main Author: Layton, David
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers, 2012.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Why Doctor Who?
  • What is humanism?
  • Existence
  • Knowledge
  • Archetypes and mythology
  • Religion
  • Science
  • Good and evil
  • Ethics
  • Politics
  • Justice.