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The Impossible Pit:Satan, Hell, and Teaching with Doctor Who

Holly JordanVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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ASPECTThe Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical And Cultural Thought

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Science Fiction in the ClassroomSliders, Star Trek and Doctor Who

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Why “The Impossible Planet” and “The Satan Pit”?Religious themes, Incongruity, Aporia

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+From the showrunner:I think one of James Strong’s [the director] greatest feats on this is to get smoke all the time. It’s like, it is is like Hell is underneath them. In every shot, almost, there’s some sort of smoke rising up in the background or the foreground. And I love that. It’s so atmospheric.

– Russell T. Davies

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+Paper Titles

“Satan: A Figment of the Imagination”

“This is Hell”

“The Impossible is Merely Preposterous”

“Afterlife: An ‘Ood’ Concept”

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+The Impossible Planet

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+ Toby and the Beast

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+Eternity in Hell

http://hollyjordan.net/workingpapers/

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Satan as an Idea:Curiosity and the Pit

http://hollyjordan.net/workingpapers/

+ Humans as Gods

http://hollyjordan.net/workingpapers/

+Why Hell?

http://hollyjordan.net/workingpapers/

+That was scary!

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“We never find out if this was a devil or the devil, or just a big beast; we don’t know.”

--David Tennanthttp://hollyjordan.net/workingpapers/