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Comment author: eirenicon 17 July 2009 07:18:12PM 2 points [-]

As far as I can recall, the last time we saw a black hole in Doctor Who, the TARDIS pulled another spaceship across its event horizon to safety. Just prior to that, they faced off against the actual literal Devil, who was chained in a hellish inferno inside a moon serviced by telepathic squid-people. I love Doctor Who, but I have a hard time calling it science fiction.

Comment author: thomblake 17 July 2009 07:26:16PM 0 points [-]

Aha. You're referring to that other show, also coincidentally called Doctor Who. But yes, the original series was just about that silly.

As for the implausibilty of telepathic squid people, just stay out of the dark places of the world and you should be fine for now. Until then, Cthulhu f'thagn.