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  Msg # 31676 of 32042 on ZZUK4449, Friday 2-23-23, 4:01  
  From: JOHN RUSSELL  
  To: JIM BARKER  
  Subj: Re: Explain Bad Wolf  
 From: john_e_russell@hotmail.com 
  
 "Jim Barker"  wrote in message 
 news:XKcte.52620$G8.20609@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk... 
 > John Russell wrote: 
 >> "R.Daneel Olivaw"  wrote in message 
 >> news:42b46ff3$0$2404$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net... 
 >> 
 >>>Ok - I am old and going senile!! 
 >>> 
 >>>Could someone explain Bad Wolf to me very slowly!!! 
 >>> 
 >>> 
 >> 
 >> 
 >> Yes I though they screwed up a good idea. The phrase should  have been a 
 >> proper clue, not an invitation to try brute force. Later versions of the 
 >> old Tardis had computer keyboards. Not only could she have sent the 
 >> "clue" back but she could also have sent back an override which would be 
 >> engaged by typing in Bad Wolf. Would have made  a  lot more sense in my 
 >> opinion. 
 >> 
 > It only struck me last night that "Wolf" is "Flow" spelt backwards and I 
 > wondered if we were going to get a contrived reason to  "reverse the 
 > polarity of the neutron "flow"... 
 > 
 > I'll get me coat. 
 > 
 > JimB 
  
 That remark makes me think my suggestion was too cerebral for Rose. Instead 
 there should have been a towing point on the Panel with the remark "Bad 
 Wolf" next to it. 
  
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