{"id":535,"date":"2010-12-23T00:19:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-23T00:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/12\/always-the-third-doctor\/"},"modified":"2010-12-23T00:19:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-23T00:19:00","slug":"always-the-third-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/12\/always-the-third-doctor.html","title":{"rendered":"Always the Third Doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div style=\"border-bottom: medium none;border-left: medium none;border-right: medium none;border-top: medium none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeriwho.net\/whofic\/th_xma99.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jeriwho.net\/whofic\/th_xma99.jpg\"><\/a>Yet another intersection between religion and science fiction: Jeri Massi, whose blog \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/jeriwho.net\/lillypad2\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Blog on the Way<\/a>\u201d focuses on Christian fundamentalism and the victims of abuse in such churches, also writes Doctor Who fanfic!<\/div>\n<p>That her page dedicated to her stories is called \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeriwho.net\/whofic\/whofic.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Always the Third Doctor<\/a>\u201d will tell you which was her favorite. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jeriwho.net\/lillypad2\/?p=5513\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Today on her blog she posted a link<\/a> to a Christmas story she wrote, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeriwho.net\/whofic\/xma99toc.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Christmas with Friends.<\/a>\u201c<\/p>\n<p>It will provide you with something to read while you wait for Christmas \u2013 and the <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5716084\/spoiler+free-review-of-saturdays-doctor-who-special\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Doctor Who Christmas Special<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-4136726897897950338?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yet another intersection between religion and science fiction: Jeri Massi, whose blog \u201cBlog on the Way\u201d focuses on Christian fundamentalism and the victims of abuse in such churches, also writes Doctor Who fanfic! 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