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   Daniel70 to Blueshirt   
   Re: Doctor Who S15/S2 - Ep1: The Robot R   
   23 Apr 25 20:03:05   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: daniel47@eternal-september.org   
      
   On 23/04/2025 12:07 am, Blueshirt wrote:   
   > Daniel70 wrote:   
   >> On 22/04/2025 10:29 pm, The Doctor wrote:   
   >>> In article ,   
   >>> Daniel70   wrote:   
   >>>> On 22/04/2025 5:44 pm, solar penguin wrote:   
   >>>>> Blueshirt brainstormed:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I'm still in the 'she is the Rani' camp. (Rani is an   
   >>>>>> anagram of rain - too much rain and you get a flood...   
   >>>>>> Seems simple enough, right? But as we know RTD likes   
   >>>>>> his misdirections and double-bluffs!)   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> That kind of name-based wordplay is more Moffat's   
   >>>>> style than RTD's.  (e.g. Susan Triad's name was a   
   >>>>> red herring, Harold Saxon wasn't the Meddling Monk,   
   >>>>> and there wasn't a villain called Will Knockfourtimes.)   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Besides, Mrs Flood just doesn't seem like a   
   >>>>> single-minded, amoral scientist. What's the point of   
   >>>>> bringing an unrecognisable Rani back in name only?   
   >>>>> RTD's already done that with Sutekh!   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> And didn't RTD also do that .. with The Doctor, i.e.   
   >>>> DoctorChristopher??   
   >>>   
   >>> The Time Lord Survivor?   
   >>   
   >> THE WHAT??   
   >   
   > After the Time War, the Ninth Doctor is convinced that he is   
   > the only surviving Time Lord... so when you translate that to   
   > Yaddish... The Time Lord survivor!   
   >   
   > Simples!   
   >   
   AH!! Sorry! I forgot that last step .... The translation to Yaddniesse!!   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
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