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On this day, November 23rd, back in 1963, the first episode of Doctor Who aired. Happy 48th birthday, Doctor Who! That was, of course, also the day after president John F. Kennedy was assassinated. I wonder how and whether the convergence of the two affected the memories of anyone who saw the show when it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[647,841,1212,2765,2838,5714,5822],"class_list":["post-4646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doctor-who-science-fiction","tag-anniversary","tag-assassination","tag-birthday","tag-doctor-who","tag-dr-who","tag-jfk","tag-john-f-kennedy"],"yoast_head":"\n
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