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[[File:SevenAsFive.jpg|thumb|Bowling [[Mel]] — or maybe [[the Rani]] — over ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'')]] | [[File:SevenAsFive.jpg|thumb|Bowling [[Melanie Bush|Mel]] — or maybe [[the Rani]] — over ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'')]] | ||
When searching for a new outfit in the [[TARDIS wardrobe]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] donned the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s [[cricket]]ing outfit and asked [[the Rani]] whether the outfit would '''bowl a maiden over'''. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'') | When searching for a new outfit in the [[TARDIS wardrobe]], the [[Seventh Doctor]] donned the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s [[cricket]]ing outfit and asked [[the Rani]] whether the outfit would '''bowl a maiden over'''. ([[TV]]: ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
The phrase has two meanings in English, both of which were intended by the scene. The original, cricketing meaning is to [[Bowling (cricket)|bowl]] an [[over (cricket)|over]] without allowing a single [[run (cricket)|run]] — a "maiden over". The other meaning was to impress a young woman, as in to "bowl someone off their feet". In this case, the "maiden" was [[Mel]], to whom the [[regeneration]]-addled Doctor thought he was talking. | The phrase has two meanings in English, both of which were intended by the scene. The original, cricketing meaning is to [[Bowling (cricket)|bowl]] an [[over (cricket)|over]] without allowing a single [[run (cricket)|run]] — a "maiden over". The other meaning was to impress a young woman, as in to "bowl someone off their feet". In this case, the "maiden" was [[Melanie Bush|Mel]], to whom the [[regeneration]]-addled Doctor thought he was talking. | ||
[[Category:Cricket bowling]] | [[Category:Cricket bowling]] | ||
[[Category:Jargon, slang and colloquialisms]] | [[Category:Jargon, slang and colloquialisms]] | ||
Revision as of 17:36, 15 September 2018
When searching for a new outfit in the TARDIS wardrobe, the Seventh Doctor donned the Fifth Doctor's cricketing outfit and asked the Rani whether the outfit would bowl a maiden over. (TV: Time and the Rani)
Behind the scenes
The phrase has two meanings in English, both of which were intended by the scene. The original, cricketing meaning is to bowl an over without allowing a single run — a "maiden over". The other meaning was to impress a young woman, as in to "bowl someone off their feet". In this case, the "maiden" was Mel, to whom the regeneration-addled Doctor thought he was talking.
