RT Article
T1 Explicit and Implicit Religion in Doctor Who and Star Trek
JF Implicit religion
VO 18
IS 4
SP 471
OP 484
A1 McGrath, James F. 1972-
LA English
PB Equinox
YR 2015
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1571528962
AB It has often been proposed that the original series of Star Trek reflected a modern, enlightenment perspective on religion, and that subsequent spinoffs like Deep Space Nine moved in a more post-modern direction. Doctor Who, the longest running science fiction show, provides an interesting basis for comparison. Both television shows offer similar tropes, and in both instances, the rhetoric that claims to explain away religion in scientific terms ends up treating it as literally true. Both shows depict our universe as populated with "natural gods" which are sometimes explicitly identified with the gods and demons of ancient human religious literature.
K1 Aliens
K1 Clarke's Third Law
K1 Doctor Who
K1 DOCTOR Who (TV program)
K1 Gods
K1 Implicit Religion
K1 Myths
K1 Science Fiction
K1 SCIENCE fiction television programs
K1 Star Trek
K1 STAR Trek (TV program)
K1 Supernatural
K1 SUPERNATURAL on television
DO 10.1558/imre.v18i4.29087