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===Sigma Theta isn't an alias either, between Gallifreyan contemporaries=== | ===Sigma Theta isn't an alias either, between Gallifreyan contemporaries=== | ||
Consider that two Gallifreyans were talking in Gallifreyan language and we were hearing English only because of TARDIS translation. Gallifreyans aren't Greek, and Greek isn't English...except in mathematics. Consider how the name Melody Pond became River Song: English to Gamman back to English translation. | Consider that two Gallifreyans who knew each other well were talking in Gallifreyan language and we were hearing English only because of TARDIS translation. Gallifreyans aren't Greek, and Greek isn't English...except in mathematics. | ||
Consider how the name Melody Pond became River Song: English to Gamman back to English translation. In English math, theta is a degree of rotation, or turn. Sigma, in statistics, is a summation. Theta Sigma is the English mathematical equivalent of "summation of turns" while the shortened form of "Thete" is a fond way of a familiar contemporary calling him "twisted". Consider now how the Doctor has been saying his name each time he calls himself a madman, and consider how the TARDIS uses this non-mathematic colloquial English synonym for his utterance. | |||