h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

you've got a point... but then again they do have their own language assimilators

"Darmok and Jilad at Tinagra."

Sorry for being nerdy enough to remember that TNG language. Correct that - I'm not sorry at all!!!

"Darmok upon the water"

Ahem.


Geggs

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you lost me there

Shaka, when the walls fell...

??: Age restricts knowlege of pre-McGann who trivia

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I assumed the Tardis didn't translate the Judoon/Doctor dialogue at the Shadow Proclamation because it was an access code for entry to the place - a series of passwords.

Yeah, finally someone else who thinks the same as me.

doesn't explain why they said the same thing on the moon, AND why the Doctor spoke to them in English on the moon

Maybe they have scramblers so they can't be understood...

Gif

"Tea. Earl Grey. Hot"

To! Eo Go! Ho!

Gif

wouldn't that destroy the whole point of having a language?

Maybe like many parts of the TARDIS, it doesn't always work... or only works for certain things... or works when the writers want it to

I rather liked the way that Farscape got around the whole language thing. Individuals would be injected with 'translator microbes' which whole enable them to understand other people.

But the other people would only understand you if they had the microbes too.

There were a few nice moments where they played on this, when a new alien appeared, and was speaking English, becuase we heard what the main character heard, but the alien themself couldn't understand a word that anyone was saying until they were injected with the microbes.

Kinda a personal translator, rather a universal one.


Geggs

I think Dr. Who should reformat itself into a daily sci-fi soap opera. There could be a five-episode story from Monday to Friday, and then a one-hour special on Saturday (or omnibus on Sunday). This tradition break could boost ratings.

My favourite accent is (though not Doctor Who) is the country bumpkin computer in Blake'S 7. It gave it an unlikely personality. In Doctor Who, there was a character called Boyousir who was in the episodes who although spoke perfect English, did not where Amsterdam was. Was Lytton human, too? ON Sarah Jane website, it says that Lytton's human wife had an alien baby!

Was there a series where a baby doll came to life, and two people, the female one dressed in blue had to contend with it?

Are you making mischief sir? I assume from your flurry of posts across hootoo that you are either mischievous, ignorant or both!

I expect you mean Slave in Blake's 7; he didn't have an accent (bumpkin or otherwise) but his tone and intonation... well, the clue is in the character's name

As for dolls, the nearest I can think of in Who is in 'Terror of the Autons'.

Maybe you're thinking of Maelstrom?!