tomsalin
...@googlemail.com <tomsalin
...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>Professor Marius only built K9 Mark I. K9s marks II, III and IV were
>all built or rebuilt by The Doctor. K9 Mark I stayed on Gallifrey with
>Leela, Mark II in E-Space with Romana, Mark III was sent to Sarah Jane
>Smith was destroyed/damaged at Deffry Vale School and Mark IV was left
>behind for Sarah by the Tenth Doctor.
>Cheers
>Tom
>The Doctor wrote:
>> In article <1153784857.003491.38...@s13g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
>> tomsalin...@googlemail.com <tomsalin...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> >Maybe it still looks like K9 but inside it has whizzy Time Lord
>> >technology Marius could never have dreamed of!
>> >It's still an irrelevant point, since I made it clear how I was
>> >interpreting the phrase "Time Lord technology". You don't have to agree
>> >with that interpretation (and I make no particular claims about its
>> >truthfulness or usefulness outside of this contest) but once you know
>> >it, you have a fair shot at playing.
>> >Plus Wilf has won once already.
>> >Cheers
>> >Tom
>> >Michael Kilpatrick wrote:
>> >> Sean wrote:
>> >> > "The Doctor" <doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote in message
>> >> > news:e9rhg4$9h8$2@gallifrey.nk.ca...
>> >> >>In article <CK6dnRzzks5cZV3ZRVn...@pipex.net>,
>> >> >>Michael Kilpatrick <mich...@mtkilpatrick.SPAMfsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>> >> >>>If I were Wilf I would feel pretty miffed at not being declared outright
>> >> >>>winner, because you classed "K9 Mark IV" as a piece of Time Lord
>> >> >>>technology, question 4. K9 was invented by someone definitely not a Time
>> >> >>>Lord. That the Dr rebuilt K9 several times and no doubt added
>> >> >>>enhancements along the way hardly, in my view, makes this a valid answer
>> >> >>>to question 4.
>> >> >>>Michael
>> >> > It's a bit of fun Michael...
>> >> Of course it is. One has to be careful with questions that have obvious
>> >> ambiguities, and it must be a nightmare trying to avoid such problems
>> >> when setting a quiz!
>> >> Here, if I built an identical replica of George Stevenson's "Rocket"
>> >> steam locomotive, the "technology of the new Rocket" would still be
>> >> Stevenson's not mine, regardless of whatever modern tools I used to
>> >> produce the components. If I made the boiler 10% bigger, it would still
>> >> be Victorian technology, not 21st Century, providing I didn't use
>> >> titanium to make the boiler! Whilst it is true that K9 Mark IV
>> >> "originated" from the Dr, in that he constructed it, it still is an
>> >> object of "Prof Marius technology". I think this has to be an immutable
>> >> definition of the term "technology".
>> >> As for the "someone" argument: well, perhaps we need a new word in the
>> >> English language that denotes something that is either intelligent or
>> >> artificially intelligent whether alive or mechanical! Answers on the
>> >> back of a postcard, maximum ten words....
>> >> Michael
>> Still Marius created K-9. I still love the TARDIS trained line.
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