XPost: rec.arts.drwho, alt.usage.english   
   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <10j309u$2gva9$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Daniel70   wrote:   
   >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.   
      
   Good guess ...   
      
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   >Daniel70   
      
      
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