As easy as pi....

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• andy1231 Posts: 5,100

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  21/02/15 - 07:57 #2

  Not much in the 5 Doctors makes much sense if you think about it.

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• adams66 Posts: 3,945

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  21/02/15 - 09:16 #3

  I don't think Terrance Dicks ever had a very good grasp of Maths!
  
  It makes no sense whatsoever, to us mere humans - but the Doctor and the Master are Time Lords so perhaps they have some superclever alien way of using Pi to randomly walk across a painted floor...

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• Jack_Ramone Posts: 471

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  21/02/15 - 10:44 #4

  I always thought it was like a "password", you have to think of the number as you step on the tile.

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• donovan5 Posts: 1,023

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  21/02/15 - 12:32 #5

  Anniversary specials aren't supposed to make sense,just squeeze in as many Doctors and companions as you can,throw in a few nods to other eras for the fan boys and worry about fitting a story around it as you go along

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• Mulett Posts: 9,057

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  21/02/15 - 12:53 #6

  More to the point, why didn't they just walk round it?

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• meglosmurmurs Posts: 35,108

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  21/02/15 - 14:55 #7

  This bit did serve a purpose though. The first time we were being told about pi at school, I recited Tegan's description of what pi is and looked like a real smart-arse to the teacher and the rest of the class.
  
  I'm glad I wasn't pressed on it any further though as that was the extent of my knowledge, but then I was only 10 at the time.

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• bp2 Posts: 1,117

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  21/02/15 - 15:01 #8

  My guess is that each digit represents the column number of the safe square for the next row but they realised they couldn't do it and did it in a random order instead. e.g. row 1 column 3, row 2 column 1 etc.

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• Isambard Brunel Posts: 6,598

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  21/02/15 - 15:26 #9

  If you listen carefully to Hurndall's dialogue, he clearly says "the Greek letterpie" (all one word) and not "the Greek letter pie".
  
  I assume this is some kind of Timelord correlative to alphabeti spaghetti.

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• adams66 Posts: 3,945

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  21/02/15 - 19:40 #10

  Mulett wrote: »

  More to the point, why didn't they just walk round it?

  
  Hmmm. That's a very good point!

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• Jack_Ramone Posts: 471

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  21/02/15 - 21:17 #11

  Mulett wrote: »

  More to the point, why didn't they just walk round it?

  
  Because of the way the columns were positioned, it would be impossible to not set foot on the grid.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 255

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  24/02/15 - 09:39 #12

  I remember half-expecting them to be heckled by an angry aspidistra during that sequence.

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• GDK Posts: 9,476

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  24/02/15 - 22:56 #13

  Gronda, gronda, granddad.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 255

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  25/02/15 - 08:33 #14

  GDK wrote: »

  Gronda, gronda, granddad.

  
  Doogy rev!

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• Mulett Posts: 9,057

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  25/02/15 - 09:24 #15

  And why did the Cybermen at the rear suddenly rush onto the grid after they saw the lasers shooting down all the Cybermen at the front?

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