Doctor Who communicates the story of a mysterious character named the Doctor. He is a time lord—not human. He is an alien who has assumed the body of a human and is capable of traveling in time. The majority of his actions are salvific and sacrificial with the end result being people saved from their oppressors. He always has a companion to accompany him on his journeys and they travel to many places. All time lords have the innate ability to regenerate if they die. However, they will end up taking a new body.
In episode 14 of season 3, the Doctor confronts the Master—his nemesis. The Master is another time lord who used to be close to the Doctor. He has enslaved the earth by daunting everyone with his superior technology and by setting up a worldwide telepathic control network. Through this, humans did not have any original ideas and only obeyed what the Master was broadcasting to them through the telepathic network. The Doctor and his companion—Martha Jones—try coming to the rescue against the terror of the Master, but are caught and taken captive. The Doctor immediately has a plan, and secretly whispers it to Martha Jones. During their captivity, the Master tortures the Doctor. He does this by using his laser screwdriver to age the Doctor 1,000 years—essentially leaving the Doctor close to death. Martha Jones then manages escaping from the Master to fulfill the Doctor’s secret plan. Martha Jones was tasked with spreading the word of the Doctor and how he can save them all. She pleads with everyone to spread the word and to think and say the Doctor’s name at a specified point in the near future.
Martha Jones returns to the Master’s lair a couple hours before the specified time when everyone would say the Doctor’s name. When...
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...ns from her worldwide journey. Then the moment that Martha Jones told the whole world to wait on has arrived. Everyone thinks of the Doctor and they chant his name. As a result of the overwhelming influx of thoughts on the same person, the telepathic energy from the people of the world chanting the Doctor’s name manifests itself into a force that heals the Doctor back to his original health. During this process, the Doctor is transfigured and this is a very clear example of a resurrection. “When he had risen, early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons. She went and told his companions who were mourning and weeping. When they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe.” The resurrection theme is another theme central to Christ figures that the Doctor is able to display.
Even in the medical field, male doctors were dominate to the hundreds of well educated midwives. “Male physicians are easily identified in town records and even in Martha’s diary, by the title “Doctor.” No local woman can be discovered that way” (Ulrich, 1990, pg.61). Martha was a part of this demoralized group of laborers. Unfortunately for her, “in twentieth-century terms, the ability to prescribe and dispense medicine made Martha a physician, while practical knowledge of gargles, bandages, poultices and clisters, as well as willingness to give extended care, defined her as a nurse” (Ulrich, 1990, pg.58). In her diary she even portrays doctors, not midwives, as inconsequential in a few medical
Social medicine was important to the community in eighteenth century Hallowell. Female midwives were a part of a social network. This differed from the traditional way people thought of midwives. “In western tradition, midwives have inspired fear, reverence amusement, and disdain. They have been condemned for witch craft, eulogized for Christian benevolence, and caricatured for bawdy humor and old wives’ tales” (46). This view changed in the eighteenth century because midwives were starting to be seen as a necessary part of the medical community. Midwifes were used for most births during this time, and doctors were only summoned if there was a medical emergency that was out of the midwives medical capabilities. During the delivery of children relatives and neighbors would come together for a social gathering. The most prominent physicians of Hallowell, Maine were Daniel Cony, Samuel Colman, Benjamin Page, and Benjamin Vaughan (48). Physicians believed that midwives were an important part of the medical community. Male physicians relied on more studied mainstream ways to cure diseases. In contrast, Martha believed nature alone offered cures for illnesses. However, she was not ignorant to mainstream medicine and would rely on those cures if one of her family members were in
Jamison describes another medical figure in her life that she referred to as Dr. M. Dr. M was Jamison’s primary cardiologist, a figure who is involved in some of the most intimate details of Jamison’s life. However, Jamison describes Dr. M by saying she, “…wasn’t personal at all” (14). Dr. M would actually record personal information about Jamison on a tape recorder, however, Jamison would hear Dr. M referring to her as “patient” instead of by her name. This example demonstrates that Dr. M was indeed putting in the minimal effort needed to keep her clients, however, no additional effort was put into the process of learning about her patients. Jamison says that, “…the methods of her mechanics [were] palpable between us…” (18). Dr. M would not even put any effort into disguising her lack of interest of getting to know Jamison. This atmosphere of apathy that is exuded by Dr. M naturally causes Jamison to retract from Dr. M, which creates an environment that is not good for cultivating
Citizenry. His own principled idealism exacerbates the conflict. The well-meaning doctor is publicly labeled an enemy of the people, and he and his family are all but driven out of the town he was trying to save.
The New King James Bible explains, "And with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And great grace was upon them all ... For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man ... If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body" (Acts 4:33 and 1 Corinthians 15:21 and 44). Paul explains that Jesus died for our sins and was resurrected. Since Jesus was physically buried, then Jesus ' resurrection would represent Him physically rising from the dead. Moreover, Paul explains that we will be resurrected like Jesus because God created humanity. Humanity cannot be physically resurrected because the human body is perishable. However, the spiritual body is imperishable and will live for eternity. Therefore, our physical bodies will be resurrected into an imperishable spirit. The significance of the passage is to demonstrate the historical event that Jesus ' disciples taught the physical resurrection of Jesus and also humanity will be
For this project I chose to pursue and research the Physician's character in the Canterbury Tales. The actor I chose to cast to play the role as the Physician in a movie was Matt Smith. Smith is an actor of twelve years and has plenty of experience playing an eccentric and mysterious character in the television show, Doctor Who. I selected him because he fit many requirements that I thought best suited the personality and physical traits of the original character that was described in the Canterbury prologue.
Who would have thought you could grow attached to someone you disliked in the first place? Actors of British Sci-Fi drama series “Doctor Who” have that effect on their fans and never have I thought ever that Matt Smith would have that effect on me after seeing him leave the show on Christmas day. Matthew Robert Smith is a British actor best known for his role as the eccentric Eleventh Doctor in the series and though fans of the show doubted him because of his age and lack of experience and exposure, Whovians had learned to love him after he showed and proved to the world that he epitomized The Doctor.
There are a few possible reasons why the townspeople conformed and turned against the doctor. However, I have come to the conclusion that the most likely reason for their behavior was because of his brother’s influence on the townsp...
Soon after Jesus’ crucifixion, Mary Magdalene weeps for the loss of her Lord. Seated outside of a tomb, Mary Magdalene cries because she does not know where Jesus’ body has been taken. Jesus is no longer in the tomb and instead, two “angels in white” sit where Jesus’ body once was. Upon being asked by the angels, “Woman, why are you crying?” it becomes clear that Mary is desperate to find Jesus. She begs a man (whom she believes to be the gardener) to tell her where he has put Jesus. This man repeats the angels’ question in asking, “Woman, why are you crying?” Upon witnessing Mary’s reply of desperation, the man then simply states “Mary,” thus revealing himself as Jesus. Jesus, who has been Resurrected, then consoles Mary, “Do not hold on to
As the story begins, the unnamed doctor is introduced as one who appears to be strictly professional. “Aas often, in such cases, they weren’t telling me more than they had to, it was up to me to tell them; that’s why they were spending three dollars on me.” (par. 3) The doctor leaves the first impression that he is one that keeps his attention about the job and nothing out of the ordinary besides stating his impressions on the mother, father and the patient, Mathilda. Though he does manage to note that Mathilda has a fever. The doctor takes what he considers a “trial shot” and “point of departure” by inquiring what he suspects is a sore throat (par. 6). This point in the story, nothing remains out of the ordinary or questionable about the doctor’s methods, until the story further develops.
Furthermore, the only complication on the story is when Death gave another opportunity to the doctor after the doctor disobeys Death. Death told the doctor to not give any herb to an ill person to cure if Death was at that ill person’s feet, because that person needed to die. Thus, the doctor did not listen, and did what he want because he though Death would forgive him. But, Death gave him another opportunity and the story continued up to where he does the same mistake again and the doctor dies.
The Doctor then apprehends the Master after being resurrected. The Master fears he will be smitten by the wrath of the Doctor. However, the Doctor goes over to the Master, embraces him, and says, “I forgive you.” This is another theme that is observed with Christ figures—that of being forgiving and compassionate to all no matter what they have done. “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” The Doctor is in accord with the teachings of Jesus in regards to treating others the way he would want to be treated—the golden rule.
The relationship between a doctor and his patient is a theme that is present in many of the writings we have from ancient times. There was a personal knowledge of the patient and an ongoing relationship with them that most doctors nowadays do not have with their own patients. Patients in our day and age walk in to a doctor's office and wait for a long period of time, and then see a doctor for a few minutes. In the ancient world the healer would actually come to the house and perform services for the patient there (Prognosis, 170). Healers have always tried to provide an explanation to their patient while treating their illness. However, in the time of antiquity the shared closeness of patient and healer gave the patient an added assurance that their trusted friend or neig...
My book report is on Doctor Dolittle. The author of this book is Hugh Lofting. Doctor Dolittle talks to the animals and is also kind of like a veterinarian. He knows most of the animal languages. He really calls himself a naturalist which studies plants and animals.
Wright turns his attention to the word “resurrection.” He explores the way ancient writers and thinkers have used the term. He writes: “The word resurrection in its Greek, Latin, or other equivalents was never used to mean life after death. Resurrection was used to denote new bodily life after whatever sort of life after death there might be” (p. 36). Resurrection meant bodies, yet modern writers have taken resurrection to be synonymous for “life after death” (p. 36). Wright then continues with the early Christian meaning of resurrection, even including seven mutations of the Jewish resurrection belief from which Christians derive their belief.