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Apr 11, 2009 22:49

Jack, I've finished processing the new intel I weasled out of UNIT on the Doctor's recent visit to London. (I told you I had a reason to get dressed.) (This would have taken less time if you didn't keep -- well, you know ( Read more... )

tosh was very focused, lists i have made, he's not a real doctor, torchwood is srs bznss

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bone_lady April 12 2009, 06:00:08 UTC

I'm sorry...what was the original post about? I was so carried away by Martha's tweets and "seeing" her. God I'd love to join in the dissection? Is there room for a biological/forensic anthropologist. I would love to broaden my intergalatic species range. I've often mused on how similar humanoid skeletons are to Homo sapiens. I mean do the Doctor and humanoids have 206 bones? Are they like ours? Does they have carpals, metacarpals, and phalanges? Do they have more foramina in their skull. How big is the Doctor's sphenoid? How the hell do Jack's joints looks after over 100 years. Do they have the same fracturing properties....and I could go on. I mean srsly this is helpful information. What if an alien forensic case is mistaked for a human and brought to me? It happens all the time with animals. I've seen many a tragically murdered dear, cow, and bear ( ... )

gwen_e_cooper April 12 2009, 06:09:40 UTC

Oh, I work it, bone_lady.

In fact, I put my thing down, flip it and reverse it. :o)

bone_lady April 12 2009, 15:33:06 UTC

Ain't no shame...do your thang, just make sure you're ahead of tha game... :).

I LOL'ed OUT LOUD! Thank you! :-D

gwen_e_cooper April 12 2009, 16:18:29 UTC

You can LOL out loud whenever you like(you like)!

T.I. vs Missy Elliot? She'd have him in a headlock before he could pop a second bottle, TRUFAX.

ask_aboutcoffee April 12 2009, 13:25:56 UTC

I'm afraid I could tell you some of that, but then I'd have to kill you. Also, a little mystery in life is a good thing!

As for Jack, his joints are just fine. He's as flexible as ever, presumably (if not, he must have been a contortionist to start with).

Given the Doctor's already met Jack, he probably won't have to lick him. He only licks new things, from our intel anyway.

bone_lady April 12 2009, 15:55:05 UTC

*pouts* Ok...but I can find out you know. I do have the tools. Everything from the black light to the bone saw could at least tell me things related to grease consumption, inner bone structure, cellular structure.

Either way, please tell Jack I AM NOT responsible for misidentifying humanoids as humans and returning their remains to law enforcement, with my report, where they may sit (if no one claims their remains or they have no next of kin) until someone does a DNA test (because a link was made to a relative somewhere) and it comes back wonky....not my fault. I will call you though. You all can clean up the mess.

Good for Jack's joints and why do I have images in my head now involving stopwatches, protractors, and measuring tape...oh boy. No aching at changes in weather or position? If not, he's in prime shape to bang about.

Aww poor Jack...no Gallifreyan licks. Pity, but a relief no doubt :) .

ask_aboutcoffee April 12 2009, 15:57:42 UTC

We always appreciate a conscientious scientist! When Tosh was alive I made sure to bring her an extra scone if she had been up all night tracking down Rift signatures that turned out to be bugs from when we installed World of Warcraft on the Mainframe. And I would make sure Owen didn't bother her for at least half an hour.

I admit it is something of a relief to know that the Doctor will probably not lick Jack. It'd only overexcite them both.

bone_lady April 12 2009, 21:28:27 UTC

Aww thanks Ianto. I appreciate that!

World of Warcraft! Can we play tournament sometime? Well that's better than a long night listening to the Police and pretending to play Guitar Hero 3 while grading.

Keep on keeping :) .

paragraphs April 12 2009, 13:50:57 UTC

BONE_LADY! So you are like the character on, well, BONES! I LOVE THAT SHOW!!!!!!!! AND THE BOOKS!!!!! AND!!! WOW!

Um, you AREN'T her, are you? *blush*

bone_lady April 12 2009, 16:06:55 UTC

Hello paragraphs! Glad to see the discipline is appreciated :). While I do enjoying anonymity the interwebs provides, last time I checked I wasn't Temperance Brennan, unless someone has slipped some, what do they call it, retcon in my tea or a took a nasty hit last night.

I am a biological (also known as physical) anthropologist though. I do what Bones does; I assist when law enforcement needs help. However, most of my research focuses on skeletal health in the 18-19th centuries. I actually pay the bills by teaching at the university level, prof. of anthropology.

If you by chance know where I can find a sexy FBI agent or Torchwood agent in a RAF coat to hang around so I can oggle at him, bounce my ideas off of, occasionally fire a weapon sure and strong, and assist in grading papers and exams, I would be most happy ;-) .

paragraphs April 12 2009, 16:15:43 UTC

I am not sure about the retcon, but I am sure you are sure of who you are. Your work then, what little I have learned via Dr. Brennan and Crew, is just BRILLIANT and very fascinating! I imagine your class is absolutely intriguing and kids fight to get into it. I would. I imagine you can really chill us with some facts about how things were compared to today, too. Shudder.

Better bone study than flesh study...unless, do you get into the bugs thing? Shudder.

As for the FBI agent and ______...sigh, can't help there. Unfortunately.

bone_lady April 12 2009, 21:34:45 UTC

We get good enrollments for our forensic courses so no complaints there. I've seen many interesting things in both past skeletons and modern ones. Medicine in the 18th and 19th century and the intervention techniques are just...well interesting. Disease process is another thing. Tuberculosis...I've seen it affect the bones in the most horrible of ways.

I think the modern forensic cases I've been privy to are far more chilling than anything I've seen in my nineteenth skeletons (well except the individuals that were shot).

I work primarily with bone, but sometimes the bugs do come along. Can't control that. Usually its dermestid beetles though. I don't like maggot masses too much, nor do I like the way they make a dead body convulse and literally bring it to life. However, they are very helping in determining injury. Maggots tend to concentrate on all orifices of the body so if you have one mass too many = trauma of some sort.

As for the FBI agent and ______...sigh, can't help there. Unfortunately.Its ok. I think we all feel that way ( ... )

paragraphs April 12 2009, 21:39:29 UTC

nor do I like the way they make a dead body convulse and literally bring it to life.

NIGHTMARE! HORROR! OMG! (runs to bathroom)

*deep cleansing breath*

Okay, maggots are brilliantly helpful, but... No thanks. Um. reminds me of when I unplugged my freezer to sell it, and forgot to pull out that last bit of meat... *thunk*

Chilling. Absolutely chilling. I think I shall watch an episode of BONES right now. Maybe they'll have maggots! (again)

ask_arealdoctor April 12 2009, 16:59:40 UTC

Oh my God, someone with a brain! (Um, besides Ianto. Um, don't tell anyone I said that.)

Hello! It's so good to hear from a colleague. It's true my original training was purely medical, but with UNIT I did a lot of pure scientific research on my own because I did a lot of alien necropsies. Now I'm a xenobiologist by default, and I admit I'm loving every second of it. I can't wait to analyse the metallic exoskeleton on the flying ray thing. Not calcium-based, not chitin-based -- metallic. Can you imagine the implications on osteopathy alone?

Speaking of bones, no, not every humanoid alien has 206 bones. Some have more, some less. I don't have any information on the Doctor's sphenoid, unfortunately. I'd love to get him in an MRI, though. Oh -- now that I have the quantum scanner I don't need one!

I understand that Torchwood has contacts within the Cardiff hospital system and NHS who feed us information on anomalous admissions. If it's possibly alien, it's ours!

bone_lady April 12 2009, 21:25:00 UTC

I saw or heard nothing, but to add to that, Ianto also looks good in a suit

:) Great to hear from you too! I would have loved to have been present at some of those alien necropsies. I get excited about anomalies and pathologies in the dissection room so I can only imagine what alien species look like. Sometimes I’ve wonder about some of the decedents I’ve seen. They have interesting anomalies...extra spleens, supernumerary teeth, enlarged livers...

Not calcium-based, not chitin-based -- metallic. Can you imagine the implications on osteopathy alone?
Now that sounds amazing and remarkably like Wolverine. An organism that has an exoskeleton comprise of metal implies, not osteoprogenitors, but some sort of new embryonic cell (new to me anyway), perhaps a “metal”progenitor that produces cell that cause the production of metal or a mineral that is like metal. It could be phosphate, perhaps phosphate crystallized together with hydroxylapatite. Oh! Got it! So in humans osteoprogenitors create the bones that become osteoclasts (bone ( ... )

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