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From: daver@sci.UUCP (Dave Rickel)
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Subject: Re: Doctor's powers
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Date: Mon, 3-Mar-86 19:26:33 EST
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That episode confused me for a while.  I figure that what actually happens
is that time lords have telepathic access to some sort of language data base.
If one time lord can speak a language, he can put his knowledge of the
language into this data base.  Then all the time lords can speak the language.
Apparently, no time lord ever bothered to learn to speak Australian Aborigine.

This might also explain why the Tardis is always referred to as a Tardis. 
After Susan (do I have my history right?) made up the acronym, the Doctor stuck
it in the data base.


david rickel