Equally well worn "purist fanatics kill everything" Very Special Lesson. Did the Doctor really have to spell it out for us at the end?
Remember that in 1994, the reactionary right-wing lunatics here in America were working themselves up into a communal frothing rage over Clinton being in the White House.
I think this ep might have been JMS trying to make relevant social commentary about the dangers of reactionary fanaticism...and it's easy to be too heavy-handed in doing that, especially for a new writer.
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Remember that in 1994, the reactionary right-wing lunatics here in America were working themselves up into a communal frothing rage over Clinton being in the White House.
I think this ep might have been JMS trying to make relevant social commentary about the dangers of reactionary fanaticism...and it's easy to be too heavy-handed in doing that, especially for a new writer.