Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site acf4.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!acf4!percus From: percus@acf4.UUCP (Allon G. Percus) Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho Subject: Re: Why is a TARDIS so big? Message-ID: <5020011@acf4.UUCP> Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 17:15:00 EDT Article-I.D.: acf4.5020011 Posted: Wed Aug 21 17:15:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 18:46:43 EDT References: <569@hou2a.UUCP> Organization: New York University Lines: 19 > 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. As the originator of (and perhaps the only contributor to) the aforementioned language discussion, I have to agree with this theory (as I mentioned in that discussion). Indeed, it seems that we (the viewers) hear things the way an average Earth companion of the Doctor would. Since they use the word TARDIS, we know the time capsule as a TARDIS, and we therefore understand whatever "Time Capsule" is in Gallifreyan, as "TARDIS." A. G. Percus (ARPA) percus@acf4 (NYU) percus.acf4 (UUCP) ...!ihnp4!cmcl2!acf4!percus