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$\"\"$ <\/a>I have focused in my listening and reading on actual episodes of the Doctor Who television series, or novelizations thereof. But I think the time has come for me to branch off into other audiobooks.<\/p>\n

You see, I\u2019ve just learned that there is a story about the Doctor visiting the Council of Nicaea<\/a> $\"\"$ !<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ Apparently Arius is depicted as the hero of the story\u2026<\/p>\n

As someone interested in the intersection of religion and Doctor Who, I\u2019m absolutely going to have to get hold of a copy of this and give it a listen!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"