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Rudy Busto wrote a piece\u00a0for the Religious Studies Project<\/a>, comparing what Western authors have often had to say about the Aztecs, with the treatment of them on Doctor Who in the classic episode \u201cThe Aztecs.\u201d<\/p>\n

See my previous blog post about the episode<\/a>, and also my recent article in\u00a0Implicit Religion<\/em><\/a> comparing Doctor Who and Star Trek.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"