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- From: jenkinsj@blowfish.taligent.com (John H. Jenkins)
- Subject: Re: "I'm going out now and may be some time"
- Message-ID: <jenkinsj-231192113028@tseng.taligent.com>
- Followup-To: rec.arts.drwho
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- Organization: Taligent, Inc.
- References: <792@nate.UUCP>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 19:33:39 GMT
- Lines: 37
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- <1992Nov22.194736.15919@spang.Camosun.BC.CA><1992Nov22.195925.16059@span
- g.Camosun.BC.CA>
- Organization: Taligent, Inc.
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- In article <1992Nov22.195925.16059@spang.Camosun.BC.CA>,
- dbarker@spang.Camosun.BC.CA (Deryk Barker) wrote:
- >
- > Sorry about the previous quote-only posting - I'm having lost of
- > trouble with noise on the line from home.
- >
- > In article <792@nate.UUCP> nate!loring@cs.rit.edu writes:
- > >In the last few weeks of watching Dr. Who I've seen the following
- quote
- > >(and variations of it) used in several Dr. Who stories:
- > >
- > > "I'm going out now and may be some time"
- > >
- > According to Robert Falcon Scott, leader of the British Antarctic
- > Expedition, the last words of Captain Lawrence Edward Grace "Titus"
- > Oates were "I am just going outside and may be some time". [...]
-
- [Part of an excellent summary of the botched Scott expedition deleted]
-
- > For a healthy counterblast to all
- > the Jingoistic tub-thumping read "The Last Place on Earth" by Roland
- > Huntford. In the TV dramatisation Oates's farewell words are "Just
- > going out for a leak Birdie" addressed to Henry Robertson "Birdie"
- > Bowers, another member of the ill-fated party.
-
- BTW, unless memory fails, "Birdie" Bowers was played by none other than
- Sylvester McCoy in the TV series.
-
-
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- John H. Jenkins
- John_Jenkins@taligent.com
-
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