Into the Arms of Dr Who
Implicit Religion and a Cowboy’s Redemption
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/imre.v18i4.29093Keywords:
Implicit Religion, Arms, Blue water pistol, Chronotope, Cowboys, Dr Who, Mum, Posslethwaite Villas, Time LordsAbstract
How Doctor Who rescued me from childhood neurosis and the part a blue plastic water pistol with orange fins played in my voyage of redemption.References
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