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

'Repeated Meme'. A 'meme' is a term Richard Dawkins coined to describe a piece of information that can transfered from one mind to another, such as an idea, a joke, a song lyric.

He also 'blew your house down', if you want to take the idea that far: he brought about the destruction of 10 Downing St.

Love this obsession with the "Big Bad Wolf" whatever that means!
I think I must just have been enjoying the programme way too much to notice any of the things you are talking about - sorry.

Is there a chance that all of the BBW is just imagination, or am I really missing the whole plot? Just wondered......

I have said before I think RTD threw the BBW in to keep people talking, it's working isn't it

Well, not really, because the references are getting stronger and stronger.

The first line, from End of the World, you had to listen really closely to get, because it was two characters talking in the background.

The second line, from Gwyneth to Rose, was part of the main action, but in the middle of a long speech, so you could have missed it.

The third time, it's spray painted in foot-high letters on the side of the TARDIS, so you'd have to be literally blind to miss it.

Sorry, that was a response to The_Doctor_Is_In.

If fitted my post too

Result!

Have you guys seen they've added a bit by Mickey to the 'whoisdoctorwho' site, and he talks about the BBW:

'You see, he's off, making another decision for us, all "I'm the big bad wolf and it's way past your bedtime." Well, I don't think so. Not this time.'

Link: http://www.whoisdoctorwho.co.uk

Jules

This weeks Radio Times has double spread on the new DALEK....lots of hints about what it can do,what the inside was going to look like (but discarded for something else)...also a free poster if you collect the tokens in this issue and next.

Not for me you understand but to decorate sons new bedroom

Oh of course

Spoiler ~ maybe ~ if you trust the mags



One TV guide said that the Daleks were defenitely responsible for wiping out the timelords.
Just been trying to figure out how'll they'll work that.
Also said that Rose would be the one who would accidently wake up the dalek in the museum.

The latter is true, as far as I can gather. The former? I wouldn't expect RTD to be so clichéd. After all, One timelord has done a fair job of dealing with them through the ages, where did they get the power and competency to wipe out the whole lot?

Maybe they teamed up with the Cylons?

... Learning to break down the barriers between series whilst they were at it?

no, all wrong - it was a Dalek and Cybermen alliance. Now THAT I would pay to see.........

A) A dalek and cyberman tag team is so clichéd it's unreal.
B) Why? Daleks believe themselves to be the ultimate being, so alliances are a bit unlikely; the cybermen have never shown any inclination to go after the Timelords specifically, tha Doctor just tends to get their way.

"dalek and cyberman tag team"
Doctor Who does tag team wrestling?
Think we are moving into the specialist interest zone here

So are Blue Aliens and Big Bad Wolf thingy the only conspiracy thing going at the moment then?

To Kerravon

It was a joke.............does it all have to be so serious?

Dr Who tag-team wrestling - I wonder... who would be the best team of heroes? Leela would have to be in there, I think

I don't know that blue aliens are a conspiracy: the Moxx of Balhoon wasn't the bad-guy - he was just unfortunately one of those that were killed; and the aliens of london weren't blue in the end, were they - it was just that blue-white glow as they unzipped the suits.

BBW, though, that's something else entirely....