Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
One of the original ideas behind Doctor Who when it first launched in 1963, was that it would exist in part to teach people, generally children, about history. By watching the Doctor and his friends visit various point in history, the audience would learn about that era, the issues and the people. This has even worked for me. Back in the day, when I first saw “Mark of the Rani”, I’d never heard of the Luddites. Because of that story, I know who they were.
Thanks to this latest audio from Big Finish, I know have learned a couple things about Hypatia and the Library of Alexandria, such as the fact that it burned down long after Julius Caesar was dead. I hadn’t known that.
As for Hypatia, she was a philosopher and mathematician who lived in Alexandria around the late fourth and early fifth centuries.
One of the original ideas behind Doctor Who when it first launched in 1963, was that it would exist in part to teach people, generally children, about history. By watching the Doctor and his friends visit various point in history, the audience would learn about that era, the issues and the people. This has even worked for me. Back in the day, when I first saw “Mark of the Rani”, I’d never heard of the Luddites. Because of that story, I know who they were.
Thanks to this latest audio from Big Finish, I know have learned a couple things about Hypatia and the Library of Alexandria, such as the fact that it burned down long after Julius Caesar was dead. I hadn’t known that.
As for Hypatia, she was a philosopher and mathematician who lived in Alexandria around the late fourth and early fifth centuries.
- 5/8/2013
- by Chris Swanson
- Obsessed with Film
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