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$\"\"$ Mark Goodacre offered a comparison between the finding of lost Doctor Who episodes and the discovery of important ancient manuscripts. Both happen, but rumors of such things are more frequent than the actual occurrences<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chuck Grantham decided to take the analogy further, with inspiration taken not only from Mark\u2019s post but also the brief Doctor Who Children in Need video Time Crash<\/a>:<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p>Since this subject involves the intersection of two areas of both academic and personal interest for me \u2013 the study of ancient texts and Doctor Who \u2013 I had to share it.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Goodacre offered a comparison between the finding of lost Doctor Who episodes and the discovery of important ancient manuscripts. Both happen, but rumors of such things are more frequent than the actual occurrences. He related this to the recent rumors of a first-century fragment of the Gospel of Mark having been found. 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