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'''Buffalo''' were [[cattle]]-like creatures that lived on [[Earth]]. Because [[Roz Forrester]]'s family name, Inyathi, translated as "buffalo", she wasn't allowed to eat a buffalo. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People]]'')
'''Buffalo''' were [[cattle]]-like creatures that lived on [[Earth]]. Because [[Roz Forrester]]'s family name, Inyathi, translated as "buffalo", she wasn't allowed to eat a buffalo. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Also People]]'')


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== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
The [[DWU]] fails to use ''buffalo'' as a synonym for ''[[bison]]'' — which it is, in a limited sense. Certainly, [[North America]]n buffalo are bison. However, the kind the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] saw in [[Africa]] would have been {{w|African buffalo}} and not at all bison.
The [[DWU]] fails to use ''buffalo'' as a synonym for ''[[bison]]'' — which it is, in a limited sense. Certainly, [[North America]]n buffalo are bison. However, the kind the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Ace]] saw in [[Africa]] would have been {{w|African buffalo}} and not at all bison.
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