Fictional Foods: 'Doctor Who'

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Fictional Foods: 'Doctor Who'

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50 minutes

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Jul 22, 2022

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This British sci-fi franchise has nearly 60 years' worth of lore, including foods from restorative celery to fish fingers and custard. Anney and Lauren dive into the wibbly-wobbly, semi-fictional foods of 'Doctor Who'.

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Jul 22, 2022

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