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"'''Bad Wolf'''" was a repeated meme throughout [[Rose Tyler]]'s travels with [[the Doctor]] through [[space]] and [[time]], mostly throughout her travels with his [[Ninth Doctor|ninth incarnation]], but partly throughout her travels with his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth one]] also.
"'''Bad Wolf'''" was a repeated meme throughout [[Rose Tyler]]'s travels with [[the Doctor]] through [[space]] and [[time]], mostly throughout her travels with his [[Ninth Doctor|ninth incarnation]], but partly throughout her travels with his [[Tenth Doctor|tenth one]] also.


==History==
==Timeline==
===Ninth Doctor's era===
===Ninth Doctor's era===
The phrase was most commonly found in graffiti during the [[20th century|20th]] and [[21st century|21st centuries]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Aliens of London]]'', ''[[Father's Day]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]''), but the first chronological occurance was in [[1869]], in which [[Gwyneth]], a parlour maid and clairvoyant, looked into Rose's mind and declared that she had seen "The Big Bad Wolf". ([[DW]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead]]'')


However, the first occurance of the phrase in the Doctor's and Rose's timestream was in the year [[5,000,000,000]] on [[Platform One]] orbiting the soon-to-be-destroyed [[Earth]], in which the [[Moxx of Balhoon]] told the [[Face of Boe]] that the current situation was "the classic Bad Wolf scenario". ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of the World]]'')
It was also found in other languages - it was used in relation to a [[Nazi]] bomb used n [[World War II]], the "Schlechter Wolf" ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances]]''), and to a nuclear power station, built in [[September]] [[2006]], the "Blaidd Drwg" power station. ([[DW]]: ''[[Boom Town]]'')
Many companies also used the phrase "Bad Wolf", such as [[GeoComTex]], who used it as their helicopter call signs, for example [[Henry van Statten]]'s private helicopter was "Bad Wolf One". ([[DW]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'')
The phrase became more common in the years [[199,909]] to [[200,100]], in which the [[Dalek]]-controlled [[Badwolf Corporation]] and the [[television]] channel "Bad Wolf TV" made use of the phrase. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Long Game]]'', ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'' / ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'')
It was later shown that, to save the Doctor's life, [[Rose Tyler]] had opened [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], looked into [[Heart of the TARDIS|its heart]], and become the [[Bad Wolf entity|Bad Wolf]]. She had then used her near-supernatural powers to destroy the [[Dalek Empire|Dalek Imperial Fleet]] and spread the Bad Wolf clues throughout [[space]] and [[time]], so she would eventually realise she could use the TARDIS to save the Doctor (thereby creating an [[temporal paradox|ontological paradox]]). Rose was later restored when the Doctor saved her life by taking the [[Time Vortex]] energy from the Heart out of her body and [[regeneration|regenerating]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'', ''[[Children in Need special]]'')


===Tenth Doctor's era===
===Tenth Doctor's era===
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In [[1879]], [[the Host]], a [[Werewolf]], stated that Rose had "something of the wolf about her" ([[DW]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw]]''). The [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] files on Rose had been corrupted by the [[Bad Wolf virus|"Bad Wolf" computer virus]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Love & Monsters]]'') and, after the Doctor and Rose had been separated in different universes, the last hole through the [[Void]] linking them led into "Dålig Ulv Stranden" - Bad Wolf Bay - in Norway. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doomsday]]'')
In [[1879]], [[the Host]], a [[Werewolf]], stated that Rose had "something of the wolf about her" ([[DW]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw]]''). The [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] files on Rose had been corrupted by the [[Bad Wolf virus|"Bad Wolf" computer virus]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Love & Monsters]]'') and, after the Doctor and Rose had been separated in different universes, the last hole through the [[Void]] linking them led into "Dålig Ulv Stranden" - Bad Wolf Bay - in Norway. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doomsday]]'')


==Websites==
==Websites==

Revision as of 07:14, 1 July 2007

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The enigmatic "Bad Wolf" graffitied on the ground. (DW: The Parting of the Ways)

"Bad Wolf" was a repeated meme throughout Rose Tyler's travels with the Doctor through space and time, mostly throughout her travels with his ninth incarnation, but partly throughout her travels with his tenth one also.

Timeline

Ninth Doctor's era

Tenth Doctor's era

After the revelation of their significance, Bad Wolf occurrences became less common in the Doctor's and Rose's timestreams, although they still occurred.

In 1879, the Host, a Werewolf, stated that Rose had "something of the wolf about her" (DW: Tooth and Claw). The Torchwood files on Rose had been corrupted by the "Bad Wolf" computer virus (DW: Love & Monsters) and, after the Doctor and Rose had been separated in different universes, the last hole through the Void linking them led into "Dålig Ulv Stranden" - Bad Wolf Bay - in Norway. (DW: Doomsday)

Websites

Many websites also made use of the phrase "Bad Wolf", such as the UNIT website (unit.org.uk), which had "badwolf" as the password to one of its secure areas, and a clip on Mickey Smith's website identified the newsreader who reported the spaceship crash into Big Ben tower as "Mal Loup", French for "Bad Wolf". Micky also described the Doctor on the same site as "making another decision for us, all 'I'm the big bad wolf and it's way past your bedtime.' "
(whoisdoctorwho.co.uk) On the FAQ of the Geocomtex website the correct sequence of the pins in the first question is morse code for badwolf.

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