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<\/iframe>\n<\/p><p>This video brings together two clips from the Doctor Who episodes \u201cVoyage of the Damned\u201d and \u201cPlanet of the Dead,\u201d in which the Doctor refers to having been present for the original Christmas and Easter. At the original Christmas, he says he \u201cgot the last room,\u201d while he starts to say about the original Easter \u201cbetween you and me, what really happened is\u2026\u201d before he is interrupted by the beeping of a device.<\/p>\n<p>They are clips I showed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2013\/09\/doctor-who-and-religion.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">my recent brown bag talk at Butler University about religion and Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video brings together two clips from the Doctor Who episodes \u201cVoyage of the Damned\u201d and \u201cPlanet of the Dead,\u201d in which the Doctor refers to having been present for the original Christmas and Easter. 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