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The Impossible Pit: Satan, Hell, and Teaching with Doctor Who. Holly Jordan Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. ASPECT. The Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical And Cultural Thought. http:// hollyjordan.net / workingpapers /. Science Fiction in the Classroom.
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The Impossible Pit:Satan, Hell, and Teaching with Doctor Who Holly Jordan Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
ASPECT The Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical And Cultural Thought
Science Fiction in the Classroom Sliders, Star Trek and Doctor Who http://hollyjordan.net/workingpapers/
Why “The Impossible Planet” and “The Satan Pit”? Religious themes, Incongruity, Aporia http://hollyjordan.net/workingpapers/
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 http://hollyjordan.net/workingpapers/
Paper Titles http://hollyjordan.net/workingpapers/
The Impossible Planet http://hollyjordan.net/workingpapers/
Toby and the Beast http://hollyjordan.net/workingpapers/
Eternity in Hell http://hollyjordan.net/workingpapers/
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! http://hollyjordan.net/workingpapers/
“We never find out if this was a devil or the devil, or just a big beast; we don’t know.” --David Tennant http://hollyjordan.net/workingpapers/