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locations, all the big touristy-type settings in the background.’
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In addition to serving as a virtual tour of England, these iconic images
also help affirm the Britishness of the series, reminding everyone where
the show is rooted. Using more creative narrative devices, writers and
producers have found other ways to incorporate their culture into the
program. For instance, during one journey to a satellite roughly 200,000
years in the future. Doctor Who manages to use the medium of television
itself to include contemporary British pop-culture in the episode. The
Doctor, Rose, and Captain Jack land in three deadly versions of current
British reality shows {Doctor Who “Bad W olf’). It is interesting to no