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From: ins_ajpo@jhunix.UUCP (Adric of Alzarius)
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Subject: Re: Doctor's powers
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Date: Fri, 14-Mar-86 13:18:35 EST
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>>>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.
>>I think the TARDIS had its name since its invention.  I just recently saw An
>>Unearthly Child, and I don't think that Susan made up the acronym.  I believe
>>that she just explained it to the intruders of the TARDIS.
>No, I have An Unearthly Child on tape (somewhere!) and I am almost positive that
>Susan thought up the acronym... and David Rickel's explaination of the incon-
>gruency is valid and certainly creative.

The Doctor mentions that Susan thought up the acronym, meaning that Susan
thought of it BEFORE Ian and Barbara became the Doctor's travelling
companions.
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