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Although there has always been a fan base that has discussed science fiction worlds in detail, exploring the mythology, drawing connections between episodes\/movies, and\u00a0complaining about continuity errors, the present day provides far more opportunity to do that, with blogs, discussion boards, and countless other forums for interaction. <\/p>\n

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IO9 has some speculations about connections between the Doctor Who episode The End Of Time and past episodes and characters from the show<\/a>. One thing I learned in the process is that Richard Dawkins, the biologist, is married to Lalla Ward, who played Romana<\/a>. <\/div>\n
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Heroes, Dollhouse, and (finally!) Chuck will be returning<\/a> this week or next.<\/div>\n

Sherry discusses maturity<\/a> (a subject that came up recently on this blog).
Ben Witherington blogs about the Conservative Bible Project<\/a>.
Claude Mariottini addresses Southern Baptists praying for the death of Obama<\/a>.
Open Parachute has a great cartoon about how the internet brings us together<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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