Talk:Abzorbalovian

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If Captain Jack's Monster Files had an actual name, why is there a conjectural title? The following was removed at some point from the Abzorbaloff article:

Unknown, dubbed "Abzorbaloff" by Elton Pope and the Doctor, possibly Clomian. However in Captain Jack's Monster Files in a freeze-frame, they are called the "Abzorbalovians."

--Nyktimos 23:38, August 20, 2010 (UTC)

The reason is because in the narrative of L&M, it's very clear "Absorbaloff" is a name the Doctor invents, and the creature says, "I like that! Good!" It's quite clearly not his species name. Remember that CJMF are, narratively, Torchwood files, thus influenced by the Doctor's perception of events. Put another way, Jack's using the Doctor's name for them; it's not what they call themselves. It's the classic case of naming from the specific individual to the general group.

We could get away with calling them "Absorbalovian", though, as long as we made it clear that wasn't their actual name, but rather one applied to them by Captain Jack. (Kinda in the same vein that "Ice Warrior" isn't the real name of that species, but a name given by Victoria, or "Chumbley" is a name of Vicki's invention)
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍  <span style="">12:59:19 Wed 01 Jun 2011