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For all the Tweets about the Doctor Who and Religion conference at the University of Manchester, check out the hashtag #DrWhoReligion<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Also, apparently back in September there was a conference about Doctor Who at the University of Hertfordshire, called \u201cWalking in Eternity.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Finally, let me say how much I appreciate the tweet below \u2013 I\u2019ve never been called a \u201cmajor voice of Whovianism\u201d before!<\/p>\n

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