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$\"\"$ The Doctor Who episode \u201cThe King\u2019s Demons<\/a> $\"\"$ \u201d is a short (two-part) and fairly entertaining tale about the Doctor and his companions arriving in the time of King John and the Crusade, shortly before the signing of Magna Carta. The Doctor finds the Master there working to change history so as to prevent Magna Carta from being signed and thus hinder democracy and leave more room for his despotic rule. This reflects, however subtly, a Western colonialist perspective \u2013 the notion that democracy throughout the universe spreads from Earth and ultimately from England is ethnocentric in the extreme.<\/p>\n

The Doctor and his companions are identified as \u201cdemons\u201d and there is mention of Lilith and of the Devil in the episode. The Doctor scoffs much as one would expect based on past experience (see my discussion of the episode \u201cThe Daemons\u201d). The familiar sci-fi trope of advanced technology being misperceived as the supernatural is to the fore again<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This episode introduces Kamelion, who comes aboard the TARDIS, but as a result of the cutting of a scene from \u201cThe Awakening\u201d and technical problems with the robot prop, ends up appearing only in one additional episode after this one, \u201cPlanet of Fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

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