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Dr. Who and Jesus Christ

4/23/2013

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    There are few TV shows I refuse to miss – really there is only one, 
    Dr. Who.  To those of you have never seen this cultural icon of the 
    BBC… It is the story of a time lord, the last of his kind, a humanoid 
    alien who travels with a human companion through both space and 
    time.

    The series started in the 1960’s  and restarted a few years ago with 
    much better special effects and for the most part, a killer story 
    line.  One week he will be fighting witches with Shakespeare and 
    the next he could be stopping cat nurses in New New York from 
    breeding humans as vaccine incubators.

    Dr Who is written in an agnostic/atheistic viewpoint which makes 
    the following statement that much more ironic- pretty much in 
    every show, the Doctor reflects Jesus Christ.

    Now this is not an iron clad description – the Doctor has faults – the 
    show wouldn’t last very long on TV if he didn’t (nothing duller than 
    perfection on a TV show).  But if you look at the similarities they 
    are unmistakable:

  • Neither were what we consider impressive or superhero looking, 
    they don’t wear capes or have massive muscles, matter of fact they 
    both would be the last guy in the room who you would expect to 
    save the world.  Christ was born in a manger, son of carpenter from 
    Bethlehem. The Doctor travels in a 1950’s police box and wears a 
    bow tie.
     
  • They both love the human race- The Doctor gets giddy about 
    humans and is continually fascinated by them. He loves them so 
    much, he is willing to die for them –every week. And Christ did 
    sacrifice himself on the cross to save humanity from their sins.

  • The doctor never uses a gun, only a screw driver (a sonic screw 
    driver, no less). He is the master of the plan even if it takes forty 
    years for his plan to come together (as in Blink). Christ, too, is the 
    master of the plan but on a much larger scale (aka all of human 
    history).

  • They both conquered death.  When a time lord dies, he rejuvenates 
    into a new body (this is how the series keeps going for almost 50 
    years and with 11 different actors). But while this occasional season 
    ending phenomenon is impressive, it was even more so when Christ 
    died, because when he conquered death, he conquered it for us too.

  • The Doctor has human companions as he travels through time and 
    they help him on his many adventures, sometimes playing a pivotal 
    role.  Christ, too, asks us to be his companions in the adventures of 
    this life. He asks us to go out into the world and make disciples of all 
    men.  In many ways this is more dangerous than facing Daleks and 
    Cybermen.    

  • Though he hides it most of the time, once in a while the true power 
    of the Doctor is revealed.  He will stand up to the enemies of 
    mankind and claim this world as his protectorate and that this simple 
    human species is under his lordship.  Christ too has claimed this 
    world; he is the Lord of lords and King of kings.

    There are so many others examples I could not list them all.  From 
    end of season 3 when the entire world rose up in one voice saying 
    “Doctor, Doctor, Doctor…" (Every knee shall bow and proclaim Jesus 
    Christ is Lord), to the fact that the Doctor gives every enemy a 
    chance at repentance before he destroys them, just as Christ gives 
    us the same.

    The similarities between this work of fiction and the Messiah are 
    undeniable. Perhaps this is mere coincidence, just the happenstance 
    ramblings of a collection of gifted writers. Or perhaps it is a small 
    statement buried deep under the language and imagery of atheistic 
    secular humanism. Then again, maybe it is just the figment of my 
    own mind, searching for any straw of faith in the barren wasteland 
    of modern television. Any of these could be true, but as for me – I 
    believe.
10 Comments
Sydney
12/23/2015 10:28:42 am

Wow I had been thinking about this as I am going through the show. There are so many connections: I thought about how every race that stands up against the Doctor ends up fearing him and I think this is the same with Christ- whether that's the devil and his followers or just the Pharisees while he was living on earth. And in heaven I hope we will be able to see the rest of the universe and explore all of God's creation. Christ is a perfect version of The Doctor because he is able to give us peace for eternity while the doctor is always worried about his companions dying. And after the second coming we will be exiting the confines of time and I can't wait to travel through space with Christ.

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bestessays link
1/4/2018 11:39:51 pm

Please do not compare a fictional character to Jesus Christ. It is not something that should be mocked about. Jesus Christ is a real entity and He is our Lord God. It would be very disrespectful if people would compare who He is with a character that appears on a television show. In our country, people find that offensive because we give very much importance to our religion and to our Lord God so you have to be careful when it comes to offending other people's religion and culture.

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Charley link
1/10/2016 10:47:23 pm

The specialist never utilizes a firearm, just a screw driver. He is the expert of the arrangement regardless of the possibility that it takes forty. A long time for his arrangement to meet up. Christ, as well, is the expert of the arrangement yet on a much bigger scale.

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4/5/2016 04:54:43 pm

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Just the Writer link
5/22/2016 01:46:20 pm

This is so good. I am writing my own post about the same thing right now, and wanted to look up what others have noted. I was not disappointed.

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Johny Wills link
9/21/2016 03:54:28 am

Good post, thanks for sharing this with us.

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Christine
2/15/2017 07:35:27 am

Great post. Totally agree with you (including your questions about the intentionality of the allegory). Another similarity is that when the Doctor's closest friends (and/or the civilisations of which they are a part) are in mortal peril, they have complete faith that the Doctor will show up and rescue them - and he always does.

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Chelle
3/27/2017 05:15:36 pm

I have noticed this over and over in the series, which makes me love it even more. Even though the show is supposed to be from an evolution/atheistic point of view, I cannot help but smile at the fact that humans are unable to stop themselves from retelling the same story of Christ over and over, totally unaware they are doing it. It has been knitted into our souls, whether we recognize it or not. The greatest story ever told is still being told in many different forms!

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pitangus
8/12/2018 03:38:08 pm

according to the NT, Jesus came to fulfill the Law (Tardis eternal like God is?) .

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Debra link
12/23/2020 05:46:23 am

Thanks for sharing thiss

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