{"id":7084,"date":"2012-03-30T09:20:56","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T13:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=7084"},"modified":"2012-03-30T09:20:56","modified_gmt":"2012-03-30T13:20:56","slug":"doctor-who-the-enemy-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/03\/doctor-who-the-enemy-of-the-world.html","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"The Doctor Who episode Enemy of the World<\/a>\"\" from the Patrick Troughton era is something of a first, an episode that is more like a James Bond movie than any of the typical scenarios in which the Doctor and his companions typically find themselves<\/a> (and I was pleased to find that I wasn\u2019t the only person to make the comparison)<\/a>. The episode apparently had a very low budget<\/a>, and yet manages to weave an intriguing and exciting adventure story that certainly works well as an audiobook.<\/p>\n

A central plot element is that the Second Doctor closely resembles a world leader named Salamander. It would have been good to watch the episode to see Patrick Troughton in the two roles, but alas, only one of the six parts survives with video intact.<\/p>\n

There are several interesting elements in connection with religion. When the Doctor introduces himself, the question of what sort of Doctor he is comes up. Here\u2019s the relevant bit of conversation<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Astrid Ferrier:<\/strong> Oh, you\u2019re a Doctor?<\/p>\n

The Doctor:<\/strong> Well, not of any medical significance.<\/p>\n

Astrid Ferrier:<\/strong> Doctor of law? Philosophy?<\/p>\n

The Doctor:<\/strong> Which law? Whose philosophies, eh?<\/p>\n

Astrid Ferrier:<\/strong> Oh, I see. You\u2019re determined to be mysterious.<\/p>\n

The Doctor:<\/strong> Am I?<\/p>\n

Astrid Ferrier:<\/strong> Um\u2026 Doctor of science?<\/p>\n

The Doctor:<\/strong> (tending to Astrid\u2019s wound<\/em>) Septic spray, that should be right.<\/p>\n

Astrid Ferrier:<\/strong> A doctor of divinity, then?<\/p>\n

The Doctor:<\/strong> You\u2019ll run out of doctors in a minute.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I love the idea of the Doctor perhaps being a Doctor of Divinity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Also relevant is the discussion of Salamander as the seeming \u201csavior of the world,\u201d having produced a satellite called \u201cSuncatcher\u201d which concentrates the sun\u2019s rays, allowing for increased crop production. It later turns out that he had tricked some people in an underground bunker into believing that a nuclear war had taken place, and that they needed to stay there, where he had them working machinery that caused natural disasters in the world above when he needed them to.<\/p>\n

The idea of twins, one good, one evil, could be connected with LOST and many other science fiction shows which explore the notion of good and evil (as well as the LOST-related novel Bad Twin<\/em>). But on the theme of good and evil, perhaps the most important moment in the episode is this<\/a>:<\/p>\n

DOCTOR<\/strong>: What you really want me to do is to\u00a0kill<\/em> him, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

KENT<\/strong>:\u00a0What else<\/em> do you do when someone is\u00a0evil<\/em>?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is his penchant for killing that gives Kent away to the Doctor as someone who is himself morally suspect, and not only Salamander.<\/p>\n

As I am currently also watching episodes from the Sylvester McCoy era, I have to say that I am enjoying the older ones much more than the relatively recent ones, and \u201cThe Enemy of the World\u201d is an absolute gem, and an often overlooked one<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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