Could I Love Doctor Who Any More Than I Do?
Posted 27 April 2008 in Doctor Who by Catriona
No, is the short answer.
The episode we’re currently watching, though, is full of grammar jokes, which just makes me love it more.
We’re 29 minutes through the episode, and we’ve already had a reference to my favourite comeback to non-specific pronoun use—“She’s the cat’s mother”—as well as a tautology rant and a comment on conditional clauses.
But my favourite so far?
The irritating villain responds to the suggestion of space travel by sighing, “Oh, if only that was possible.”
At which point, the Doctor and I said simultaneously “If only that WERE possible.”
“Grammar nerds of the world unite” is a good slogan.
“Grammar nerds of the world celebrate your union by sharing your amusement at in-jokes embedded in the script of a cult sci-fi TV show” isn’t a slogan that will fit on a T-shirt, but it works for me.
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