Seeing that I have never seen all that much of the old series but it seems to me this is the first time any Earth-religion got mentioned in the series.
Well... Satan got mentioned back in Impossible Planet/Satan Pit (2006)... ah, and Egyptian mythology/religion was mentioned (eg: Pyramids of Mars, Tom Baker era). As to current Earth-religion... nothing does spring to mind. But you have to remember that the whole thing was BBC and English, which means it has (or rather, had -- the Old Series) a basic conservative Church of England bias running right through it. Especially back when it began, in '63. That Earth religions aren't explicitely mentioned is probably down the fact that most of the stories took place a) in the past (oh, yeah, The Aztecs has religion in it) b) on another planet ('Ah, yes, the Anglican Church of Skaro...' not seeing it, myself), or c) in a range of dystopian futures (where, due to the aforementioned bias, religion has been surpressed, thus proving that the Regime is Evil). For those that didn't (most of the Third Doctor era, for one), the story was mostly focussed on the Doctor, rather than his companions or the people around him. People saying things that weren't plot-relevant (or funny) was fairly rare.
Of course, it may be that they were mentioned, and it's just slipped my mind/I haven't seen it. Who knows?
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bookish_dragon) wrote2007-04-16 06:08 pm
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Of course, it may be that they were mentioned, and it's just slipped my mind/I haven't seen it. Who knows?
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Cheers for the info, it did help.