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   From: peter@pmoylan.org   
      
   On 30/12/25 19:07, Hibou wrote:   
   > Le 30/12/2025 à 06:49, The Doctor a écrit :   
   >>   
   >> So what do you like about Doctor Who?   
   >   
   >   
   > By golly, it's a long time since I've watched Dr Who (I remember   
   > William Hartnell and the Daleks, and, much later on, it was a staple   
   >  in our JCR's TV room).   
   >   
   > If I'm honest, I think it was his companions. Is one allowed to say   
   > that?   
      
   Probably not, but we all thought it. In the same way,  nobody would have   
   watched the Mickey Mouse show if it hadn't had Annette Funicello in it.   
      
   > It was the endless quarries that sapped my interest.   
      
   There was a project that I always meant to do for our university open   
   days, but I never got around to it. The idea was to attach wheels and a   
   motor to the bottom of a metal garbage can, and add some suitable   
   control electronics. I would then set the device to wandering the   
   corridors, saying "Exterminate" in a suitable voice.   
      
   I must say that I used to skip the Dr Who episodes that had Daleks in   
   them. It was a silly idea, and not up to the standard of the other episodes.   
      
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   Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org   
   Newcastle, NSW   
      
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