Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dartvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!dartvax!holly From: holly@dartvax.UUCP (Holly Cabell) Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho Subject: Re: Why is a TARDIS so big? Message-ID: <3479@dartvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 15:57:45 EDT Article-I.D.: dartvax.3479 Posted: Wed Aug 14 15:57:45 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 23:33:21 EDT Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 22 > > > * - I still say that only The Doctor's capsule > > > is called the TARDIS, as named by his grand-daughter > > > Susan in the first story "An Unearthly Child." > > > > NOT TRUE!! I remember an episode (Rassilon forgive me but I > > can't remember the title) where the Doctor lands on a planet where > > the inhabitants are familiar with time lords and their vehicles. > > Some people notice the TARDIS and say something like: > > "A TARDIS?" What is it doing here??" > It WAS stated in the very first episode, that Susan had invented the name. (I > saw the first broadcast back in '63!) (haven't we been over something like this before?) I seem to remember a discussion a while back about how the Doctor and his companions are able to understand the many languages that they must run across (can you imagine all the inhabitants of all the universes speaking the kings English?). Perhaps, since The Doctor and his companions understand other languages, they would translate whatever others called it into the name they knew, e.g. TARDIS. --John Cabell -- --johnc at [the.world] ! dartvax ! holly