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30 Days of Who: Day 24

Aug 25, 2010 01:18

Whatever tickles your fancy: A message from the First Doctor

This was a curious little note I found as a DVD-ROM readme.txt file on the DVD for The Web Planet, the disk that includes a .PDF of the very first Doctor Who Annual:

Ah, hmmm. There you are. Yes. I am Doctor Who and I have left this message to tell how you can read about some of my ( Read more... )

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anonymous August 25 2010, 05:48:39 UTC

One's message: HAHAHAHAHAHA! BWAH-HA-HA! I this was dA I'd so be using the :rofl: emoticon right now.

And Happiness Patrol. Ugh. Ace is awesome, yes. But Pink. PINK. My eyes. -Arcalian

classicwhoblog August 25 2010, 05:56:55 UTC

I just realized that, considering he calls himself "Doctor Who" and refers to the TARDIS without the definitive article, this might've been written with Peter Cushing's Doctor half in mind. Or something. I don't know. The '60s.

And yes, Ace is very much love.

nentari August 25 2010, 06:08:51 UTC

They might have written this with the novelizations in mind - he was called Doctor Who in several of them, and it was especially repetitive in The Web Planet. (Or maybe they watched The War Machines?)

classicwhoblog August 25 2010, 11:38:07 UTC

That would make sense.

tbsavafob6 August 25 2010, 22:45:48 UTC

They really do think of everything. That's a great message. Just epic.

classicwhoblog August 27 2010, 06:20:34 UTC

It really was kind of a magical moment when I discovered it. A little like buried treasure, except it's something that was deliberately hidden for others to find it.

tbsavafob6 August 27 2010, 11:28:39 UTC

Easter Eggs are always fun.