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   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 31/12/2025 10:45 am, Charles Hope wrote:   
   > On 31/12/2025 05:36, The Doctor wrote:   
   >> In article , Steve   
   >> Hayes   wrote:   
   >>> On Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:07:11 +0000, 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).   
   >>>   
   >>> Yes, my image of Dr Who was shaped by William Hartnell and the   
   >>> Daleks.   
   >>>   
   >>> Are there still "Police Boxes" on London streets?   
   >>   
   >> I doubt it.   
   >   
   > some have been converted to other uses. but with no policemen to walk   
   > a 'beat', there is no need for the boxes.  They did exist in other   
   > pacesm too. I remember some in Edinburgh. Unlike the Tardis. they has   
   > a WC!   
      
   And, I'm guessing, back in the day, the Bobbies actually WALKED the beat   
   .... so may have needed somewhere to secure the naughty people until   
   they could ring the Station and arrange pick-up.   
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