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$\"To$ <\/p>\n

I came across an image on Twitter<\/a> with the quote from the Doctor Who episode The Robots of Death<\/a> which I blogged about, and thought I should share it.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m interested how many readers of this blog agree with or disagree with the quote.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"