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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: An example part whimsical, part serious - this story broadcast in 1968. It's hard ''not'' to see a story where the Doctor helps students throw off the rote learning of the "teaching machines" and their exploitatation by the Krotons as a bit of an allegory when he does it by [[HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs showing them how to make acid.]] ''Literal'' acid, but acid nonetheless. In fact, it started Creator/RobertHolmes' long tradition of slipping suprisingly radical messages into what was nominally kids' TV.

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: An example part whimsical, part serious - this story broadcast in 1968. It's hard ''not'' to see a story where the Doctor helps students throw off the rote learning of the "teaching machines" and their exploitatation exploitation by the Krotons as a bit of an allegory when he does it by [[HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs showing them how to make acid.]] ''Literal'' acid, but acid nonetheless. In fact, it started Creator/RobertHolmes' long tradition of slipping suprisingly radical messages into what was nominally kids' TV.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: An example part whimsical, part serious - this story broadcast in 1968. It's hard ''not'' to see a story where the Doctor helps students throw off the rote learning of the "teaching machines" and their exploitatation by the Krotons as a bit of an allegory when he does it by [[HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs showing them how to make acid.]] ''Literal'' acid, [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar but acid nonetheless]]. In fact, it started Creator/RobertHolmes' long tradition of slipping suprisingly radical messages into what was nominally kids' TV.

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: An example part whimsical, part serious - this story broadcast in 1968. It's hard ''not'' to see a story where the Doctor helps students throw off the rote learning of the "teaching machines" and their exploitatation by the Krotons as a bit of an allegory when he does it by [[HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs showing them how to make acid.]] ''Literal'' acid, [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar but acid nonetheless]].nonetheless. In fact, it started Creator/RobertHolmes' long tradition of slipping suprisingly radical messages into what was nominally kids' TV.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: An example part whimsical, part serious - this story broadcast in 1968. It's hard ''not'' to see a story where the Doctor helps students throw off the rote learning of the "teaching machines" and their exploitatation by the Krotons as a bit of an allegory when he does it by [[HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs showing them how to make acid.]] ''Literal'' acid, [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar but acid nonetheless]]. In fact, it started Creator/RobertHolmes' long tradition of slipping suprisingly radical messages into what was nominally kids' TV.

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