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'''"Chinese whispers"''' 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]]: | '''"Chinese whispers"''' 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]]: {{cs|Byzantium! (novel)}}) The [[Tenth Doctor]] compared the history of the [[planet]] [[Messaline]] to the game. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)}}) | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:21, 25 January 2024
"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! [+]Loading...["Byzantium! (novel)"]) The Tenth Doctor compared the history of the planet Messaline to the game. (TV: The Doctor's Daughter [+]Loading...["The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)"])
