▁a ▁pre val ent ▁str and ▁of ▁children ' s ▁fiction , ▁where ▁mag ical ▁world s ▁are ▁held ▁together ▁by ▁the ▁rules ▁of ▁the ▁children ▁who ▁visit ▁them . ▁ ▁Mil es ▁and ▁Wood ▁also ▁highlight ▁the ▁political ▁elements ▁of ▁the ▁story , ▁li ken ing ▁the ▁port ray al ▁of ▁the ▁E tern als ▁to ▁the ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁upper ▁classes ▁as ▁" eff ete ▁par as ites ▁feed ing ▁off ▁the ▁labour ▁( and ▁in ▁this ▁case ▁the ▁imagination ) ▁of ▁the ▁pro les ." ▁ ▁The ▁Doctor ▁then , ▁acts ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁class ▁struggle , ▁helping ▁the ▁workers ▁gain ▁freedom ▁while ▁the ▁gent ry ▁get ▁their ▁come upp ance . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁ess ay ▁Love ▁is ▁a ▁Str anger , ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁volume ▁of ▁the ▁Doctor ▁Who ▁Magazine   — ▁Special ▁Edition , ▁David ▁Ba iley ▁highlight s ▁the ▁central ▁idea ▁that ▁"... the ▁lives ▁of ▁little ▁people ▁are ▁pre cious , ▁special ▁and ▁worth ▁fighting ▁for ... ▁... the ▁E tern als ▁may ▁have ▁un im agin able ▁power ▁at ▁their ▁f ing ert ips ▁but ▁they ▁lack , ▁and ▁are ▁je alous ▁of , ▁one ▁thing : ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁live , ▁and ▁die ." ▁The ▁h ollow ness ▁of ▁imm ort ality ▁was ▁a ▁thread ▁that ▁ran ▁through ▁Season ▁ 2 0 , ▁with ▁the ▁earlier ▁story ▁M aw d ry n ▁Und ead ▁showing ▁M aw d ry n ▁tra pped ▁in ▁an ▁end less ▁cycle ▁of ▁pain ful ▁reg