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to demonstrate, to some extent, the intercultural exchange of music
between the U.S. and the U.K. The normalcy of hearing “Rolling in the
Deep” reminds Americans that we accept and embrace British music and
perhaps encourages us to do the same with Doctor Who.
Understanding the public’s tendency to embrace the familiar.
Doctor Who has been venturing stateside more often in its attempt to
woo U.S. audiences. While the locations themselves provide
commentary on the British view of the United States, the details of these
American episodes give even more insight into the relationship between
both countries. Some of the darkest moments of the new series occur
while the Doctor is on American soil, and it is indeed no coincidence that
the Doctor dies in Utah, at the hands of an Apollo astronaut. Not only
does the good Doctor, usually associated with sciences and humanistic
values, reveal his most uncharacteristically violent side while in the Wild
West, but Amy and Rory, two of the Doctor’s longest companions, also
meet their end in the U.S. Are these events a way of implying that
America and the American market are killing Doctor Who?
Although America