| 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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