“The Eleventh Hour”: Faith Like a Child in Doctor Who‘s Good Fairytale
“The Eleventh Hour” shows us that sometimes having faith like a child awakens belief when all else fails.
The Unexpected Parenting in Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor Who
As the Doctor travels through time and space, she becomes a surprisingly good parenting example for those of us without a TARDIS.
Rory Williams Is a Misfit Refined by Love
Like Rory Williams in Doctor Who, we are called to show up in the difficult places, called to be near broken people and called to uncomfortable situations.
CAPC Magazine Issue 4 of 2019: Misfits
What does it mean to be a misfit for Jesus? Let’s look at that together in this issue of Christ and Pop Culture Magazine.
‘Bigger on the Inside’: How Gateway Fantasy Gives Space to Our Longings
No one who journeys through a magic portal or gateway or liminal space in such a story believes the world or worlds on the other side will be smaller.
The Christ and Pop Culture 25 of 2018: #20 to #16
A list of our favorite things from 2018, from #20 to #16.
Doctor Who’s Doctrine: ‘New Cruel People’ vs. ‘Prepared to Forgive’
Christians can learn from the Doctor’s fight for peace in the recent Doctor Who story “The Zygon Inversion.”
Doctor Who’s Doctrine: Heroes Can Be Idiots Because Love Is a Promise
In series 8 the hero of “Doctor Who” answers the question of his own identity: Is he a good man?
Doctor Who’s Doctrine: The Doctor of Philosophy
Behind each of series eight’s first three episodes seems to lie probing questions about not only the very identity of the Doctor himself but the whole concept of Doctor Who.
Doctor Who’s Doctrine, Part 11: Best of Show
Days before the 50th anniversary special, two CaPC writers choose their favorite “Who” stories, moments, and catchphrases.
Doctor Who’s Doctrine, Part 10: Showing the Perfect Forever-Love Story
A time agent or lizard detective may promote other lifestyles. But Who fans only weep over true love stories such as that of Rory and Amy Williams.
Doctor Who’s Doctrine, Part 9: From Dark Sci-Fi to Joyous Fantasy
In most of showrunner Russell T. Davies’s stories, “everything has its time and everything dies.” Steven Moffat’s stories more often exult, “Everybody lives!”
Doctor Who’s Doctrine, Part 8: Christianity and “Whomanism”
“Doctor Who provides no consistent answer to the question of what the universe is made of, or whether there is a higher power above time and space. For the most part, the show adopts a clearly humanist mindset with regards to the matter around us. But then an episode like “The Satan Pit” comes about, throwing a wrench into our understanding of the universe.”
Doctor Who’s Doctrine, Part 7: The Episode I Never Want to See Again
Daleks destroy, angels strike, and monsters chase, but in “Doctor Who” the most horrible villains absorb and “upgrade” human nature itself.
Doctor Who’s Doctrine, Part 6: Those Complicated Companions
D.L. Mayfield offers up a completely subjective recap of Dr. Who companions.
Doctor Who’s Doctrine, Part 5: Music for a Mad Man
The Time Lord needs timeless tunes, and series composer Murray Gold obliges with creative and cinematic bombast.
