image<\/a> plus quote that came my way on Facebook. Even though I am pretty sure he is holding his 100-year diary, with Patrick Troughton holding the book that way, I can\u2019t help but think that the image was chosen because he looks a bit like a preacher holding a Bible.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I have long loved this quote from \u201cThe Moonbase.\u201d And so given the echoes of the Second Doctor\u2019s adventures, and the theological aspects, in \u201cThe Snowmen,\u201d I thought I would share this image plus quote that came my way on Facebook. Even though I am pretty sure he is holding his 100-year diary, with Patrick […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,131,133],"tags":[2764,2765,4178,8805,9426,9849,9854,11490,12506,12508],"class_list":["post-11765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible","category-christianity-religion","category-doctor-who-science-fiction","tag-doctor","tag-doctor-who","tag-great-intelligence","tag-patrick-troughton","tag-preacher","tag-quotation","tag-quote","tag-snowmen","tag-theological","tag-theology"],"yoast_head":"\n
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