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'''"{{PAGENAME}}"''' was a colloquialism for a phenomenon of oral communication. As the [[First Doctor]] once tried to explain to [[James (Byzantium!)|James]], [[Hebron]] and [[Daniel (Byzantium!)|Daniel]], a story could get very confused as it was told and retold. If, to give the Doctor's example, a man told two ''other'' men that he had three [[ox]]en and a box that travels through [[space]], a person several steps away from the original two men might say that the original man had ''ten'' oxen and a box that travelled in ''[[time]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Byzantium!]]'') | '''"{{PAGENAME}}"''' was a colloquialism for a phenomenon of oral communication. As the [[First Doctor]] once tried to explain to [[James (Byzantium!)|James]], [[Hebron]] and [[Daniel (Byzantium!)|Daniel]], a story could get very confused as it was told and retold. If, to give the Doctor's example, a man told two ''other'' men that he had three [[ox]]en and a box that travels through [[space]], a person several steps away from the original two men might say that the original man had ''ten'' oxen and a box that travelled in ''[[time]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Byzantium!]]'') The [[Tenth Doctor]] compared the history of the [[Planet]] [[Messaline]] to the game. ([[TV]]: [[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)]]) | ||
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Revision as of 23:55, 20 September 2012
"Chinese whispers" was a colloquialism for a phenomenon of oral communication. As the First Doctor once tried to explain to James, Hebron and Daniel, a story could get very confused as it was told and retold. If, to give the Doctor's example, a man told two other men that he had three oxen and a box that travels through space, a person several steps away from the original two men might say that the original man had ten oxen and a box that travelled in time. (PROSE: Byzantium!) The Tenth Doctor compared the history of the Planet Messaline to the game. (TV: The Doctor's Daughter (TV story))
