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'''Buffalo''' were [[cow]]-like creatures that lived on [[Earth]]. Because [[Roz Forrester]]'s family name translated as "buffalo", she wasn't allowed to eat a buffalo. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Also People]]'') | '''Buffalo''' were [[cow]]-like creatures that lived on [[Earth]]. Because [[Roz Forrester]]'s family name translated as "buffalo", she wasn't allowed to eat a buffalo. ([[NA]]: ''[[The Also People]]'') | ||
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The password used by [[Mickey Smith]] to access the [[UNIT]] website was ''buffalo''. ([[DW]]: ''[[World War Three]]'') | The password used by [[Mickey Smith]] to access the [[UNIT]] website was ''buffalo''. ([[DW]]: ''[[World War Three]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
The [[DWU]] fails to use ''buffalo'' as a synonym for ''bison'' — which it is, in a limited sense. Certainly, [[North America]]n buffalo are bison. However, the kind the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] saw in [[Africa]] would have been {{w|African buffalo}} and not at all bison. | The [[DWU]] fails to use ''buffalo'' as a synonym for ''[[bison]]'' — which it is, in a limited sense. Certainly, [[North America]]n buffalo are bison. However, the kind the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] saw in [[Africa]] would have been {{w|African buffalo}} and not at all bison. | ||
{{wikipediainfo|Bison}} | {{wikipediainfo|Bison}} | ||
[[Category:Earth mammals]] | [[Category:Earth mammals]] | ||
Revision as of 13:15, 6 April 2012
- You may be looking for bison.
Buffalo were cow-like creatures that lived on Earth. Because Roz Forrester's family name translated as "buffalo", she wasn't allowed to eat a buffalo. (NA: The Also People)
The Seventh Doctor and Ace saw buffalo living in the Ngorogoro Crater in 1926. (DWM: Prelude: Birthright)
Cultural references to buffalo
The password used by Mickey Smith to access the UNIT website was buffalo. (DW: World War Three)
Behind the scenes
The DWU fails to use buffalo as a synonym for bison — which it is, in a limited sense. Certainly, North American buffalo are bison. However, the kind the Seventh Doctor and Ace saw in Africa would have been African buffalo and not at all bison.
