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From: percus@acf4.UUCP (Allon G. Percus)
Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho
Subject: Re: Doctor's powers
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Date: Tue, 4-Mar-86 16:24:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar  4 16:24:00 1986
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> 	I noticed in Four to Doomsday that the Dr.(#5) could
> not understand the Australian aborigine and that Tegan had
> to translate for him.  But in the Masque of Madragora, the
> Dr.(#4) explained to Sarah Jane that the reason she could understand
> the French(?) she was hearing, was because of a gift he shared
> with her.(this of course was how he knew she was in a trance)
> 	Now, is this bacause the Dr. (now Peter Davison) is
> still weak from his regeneration, or has he just lost the
> capability to understand all the languages of the Universe?

To quote Terry Nation loosely, as all New Jersey Network viewers
will know, this is not an inconsistency.  It is simply because

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