jk@utastro.UUCP (John Krist) (01/02/86)
I have heard a rumor that the song by Fixx from a couple of years
ago called "Saved by Zero" was inspired by the regeneration into
Davison's Doctor and his need for the Zero Room. Certainly the lyrics
seem to fit ( space and time are mentioned somewhere in them ). I cannot
find any printed evidence of this, though. Can someone confirm this
for me?
Thanks,
John Krist
U. Texas Astronomy Dept.
jk@utastro.UUCPewan@uw-june (Ewan Tempero) (01/11/86)
This reminds me that I've seen comments in some other TV shows/songs
that seem to be related to the Doctor. Unfortunately I can't think
of the specific instances at the moment but I remember being somewhat
amazed at the time. Has anyone else noticed this?
--
Ewan
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Ewan Tempero UUCP: ...!uw-beaver!uw-june!ewan ARPA: ewan@washington.ARPA
I have found a most wonderful proof for P <> NP but net etiquette on the
size of .signature files doesn't allow me to give it here.....paluzzi@oddjob.UUCP (Greg Hajek) (01/11/86)
In article <224@utastro.UUCP> jk@utastro.UUCP (John Krist) writes: > > I have heard a rumor that the song by Fixx from a couple of years > ago called "Saved by Zero" was inspired by the regeneration into > Davison's Doctor and his need for the Zero Room. Certainly the lyrics > seem to fit ( space and time are mentioned somewhere in them ). Then how about "Me and Sarah Jane" by Genesis? :-) -- "God lives in Eternity...He doesn't have to listen to Two-for-Tuesdays." Greg Hajek U. of Chicago ...ihnp4!gargoyle!oddjob!paluzzi Laboratory for Astrophysics and Space Research
barth@tellab1.UUCP (Barth Richards) (01/13/86)
In article <1109@oddjob.UUCP> paluzzi@oddjob.UUCP (Greg Hajek) writes: >In article <224@utastro.UUCP> jk@utastro.UUCP (John Krist) writes: >> >> I have heard a rumor that the song by Fixx from a couple of years >> ago called "Saved by Zero" was inspired by the regeneration into >> Davison's Doctor and his need for the Zero Room. Certainly the lyrics >> seem to fit ( space and time are mentioned somewhere in them ). > >Then how about "Me and Sarah Jane" by Genesis? :-) When I first heard it, I actually thought that that might be possible, but the Genesis song is entiled "Me And Sarah Jayne" (I think that's the spelling). Anyway, the spelling was different than the Doctor's companion.
barth@tellab1.UUCP (Barth Richards) (01/14/86)
In article <256@uw-june> ewan@uw-june (Ewan Tempero) writes: >This reminds me that I've seen comments in some other TV shows/songs >that seem to be related to the Doctor. Unfortunately I can't think >of the specific instances at the moment but I remember being somewhat >amazed at the time. Has anyone else noticed this? One specific example I can think of is a skit I saw on the show Dave Allen At Large. (For those unfamiliar with Dave Allen, he had a show on the BBC in the mid and late '70s featuring himself sitting on stage smoking, drinking, and telling tall tales, interspersed with filmed skits. One of these skits opened with a priest walking up the aisle of an empty church, towards the altar. About half way up the aisle, he passes a marble pedestal, about three feet high, vaguely conical, with a flat top, which looks like the sort of thing a baptisimal font might be set on. After he passes it, it begins to move, following him. The priest stops. The pedestal stops. The priest pauses a moment and then continues up the aisle. The pedestal follows. Again the priest stops. The pedestal stops. This time the priest looks behind him, shruggs, and continues walking. The pedestal follows. The priest pauses yet again and looks behind him, but this time the pedestal continues moving towards him. As the priest continues up the aisle with rapidly increasing speed, he keeps looking back over his shoulder at the steadily advancing pedestal from which a metalic voice is now eminating, saying "EXTERMINATE!! EXTERMINATE!!" The priest finally reaches the front of the church and dives behind the pulpit, whereupon a familiar whooshing-grinding noise is heard and the pulpit dematerializes. Barth Richards Tellabs, Inc. Lisle, IL
scs@wucs.UUCP (Steve Swope) (01/15/86)
In article <256@uw-june> ewan@uw-june (Ewan Tempero) writes: >This reminds me that I've seen comments in some other TV shows/songs >that seem to be related to the Doctor. Unfortunately I can't think >of the specific instances at the moment but I remember being somewhat >amazed at the time. Has anyone else noticed this? I recall a couple of episodes of Danger Mouse involving a time-traveling grandfather clock. One snatch of dialogue is along these lines: Penfold: ...it's just like that "Doctor" chap! Danger Mouse: Who? Penfold: Can't remember... Steve Swope (aka scs@wucs.UUCP) "Brigadier, A straight line may be the shortest path between two points, but it is by no means the most interesting!"