Originally Posted by Muttley76:
“Please don't tell me what to do thanks.”
“Please don't tell me what to do thanks.”
Unbelievably harsh! Actually no just harsh!
Episode Acronyms
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Originally Posted by tingramretro:
“Ah, it's an elitist thing! With you all the way in that case-VOTD and VOTD can languish in misery trying to work out their identity issues while Resurrection, Revelation and Remembrance of the Daleks bask in the glory of their full titles!
”
“Ah, it's an elitist thing! With you all the way in that case-VOTD and VOTD can languish in misery trying to work out their identity issues while Resurrection, Revelation and Remembrance of the Daleks bask in the glory of their full titles!
”
No no no no!!!!
Not SUPPOSED to be elitist. (maybe just a happy coincidence) Just that as the current stories are so often referred to, it is more common to abbreviate them.
Spoiler
Originally Posted by Webslark:
“Excel data sort is your friend
Tho it did autocorrect TEH to THE
”
“Excel data sort is your friend
Tho it did autocorrect TEH to THE
”
Oh okay...I thought you did a very good job putting that in alphabetical order....i have trouble remembering each title going by order of telecast....let alone alphabetically
Originally Posted by dgembadgemba:
“glad i'm not the only one always thinking of shakespears ttots
”
“glad i'm not the only one always thinking of shakespears ttots
”
Hello gutter!
Shakespeare's TTOTS? Ah, The Taming Of The Shrew! Took me a while.
Not to be confused, of course, with Shakespeare's Tea Tots, a sort of Elizabethan Teletubbies.
Not to be confused, of course, with Shakespeare's Tea Tots, a sort of Elizabethan Teletubbies.
Originally Posted by Vabosity:
“Shakespeare's TTOTS? Ah, The Taming Of The Shrew! Took me a while.
Not to be confused, of course, with Shakespeare's Tea Tots, a sort of Elizabethan Teletubbies.”
“Shakespeare's TTOTS? Ah, The Taming Of The Shrew! Took me a while.
Not to be confused, of course, with Shakespeare's Tea Tots, a sort of Elizabethan Teletubbies.”
Or his more raunchy Tudor Totty On Show
Originally Posted by Webslark:
“Or his more raunchy Tudor Totty On Show”
“Or his more raunchy Tudor Totty On Show
”
Shh, Shakespearian scholars don't like it when you bring up his brief career as the owner/manager of the Spearmint Wildboar club chain...
Originally Posted by tingramretro:
“Shh, Shakespearian scholars don't like it when you bring up his brief career as the owner/manager of the Spearmint Wildboar club chain...”
“Shh, Shakespearian scholars don't like it when you bring up his brief career as the owner/manager of the Spearmint Wildboar club chain...
”
The home of "Hey nonny nonny"
I covered up the titles and tried to guess what the acronym was trying to say. I say I only got about 20% of them - mostly series 4 and 5 ones and ones like L&M as they have the & in.
I think I'll probably bookmark the page as well! lol
I think I'll probably bookmark the page as well! lol
I thought I'd try the same approach with some classic stories after all, but oddly enough DW&TS and TMOSBE don't seem to trip so easily off the tongue. And calling a perfectly decent William Hartnell story ROT just seems wrong...
I'd rather use episode anagrams, similar to Shakespeare's The Mating of the Wersh.
The Ned of Mite
The Coinrun and the Swap
Runt Felt
The Santa Tip
Dab Flow
Dockgirl
Shelf and Notes
The Prating of the Sway
The Rawest of Rams
The Bates Bowel
and so on.
The Ned of Mite
The Coinrun and the Swap
Runt Felt
The Santa Tip
Dab Flow
Dockgirl
Shelf and Notes
The Prating of the Sway
The Rawest of Rams
The Bates Bowel
and so on.
Originally Posted by CoalHillJanitor:
“I'd rather use episode anagrams, similar to Shakespeare's The Mating of the Wersh.
The Ned of Mite
The Coinrun and the Swap
Runt Felt
The Santa Tip
Dab Flow
Dockgirl
Shelf and Notes
The Prating of the Sway
The Rawest of Rams
The Bates Bowel
and so on.”
“I'd rather use episode anagrams, similar to Shakespeare's The Mating of the Wersh.
The Ned of Mite
The Coinrun and the Swap
Runt Felt
The Santa Tip
Dab Flow
Dockgirl
Shelf and Notes
The Prating of the Sway
The Rawest of Rams
The Bates Bowel
and so on.”
The last two just sound uncomfortable!
Originally Posted by tinny:
“
Okay it is a bit slang but try writing the whole ruddy thing , ye dr who fan of now ax”
“
Okay it is a bit slang but try writing the whole ruddy thing , ye dr who fan of now ax”
Yes, it takes simply hours, doesn't it?
Jesus....
I was debating the other day if B was a better episode than M, I love SS in B but M is just so intense with DT, despite the lack of CT. I also love LC as an actress, but her character was a bit of a cow and buggered off back to EE. Then I watched G and realised that it's a decent episode, almost as good as the opening sequence of U. Then we have R, which is just worse than watching paint dry.
I like acronyms but sometimes it takes me a while to figure out what they are. It took me a while to realise was TEH was - I just assumed someone was emphasising 'the' and misspelt it.
I like acronyms but sometimes it takes me a while to figure out what they are. It took me a while to realise was TEH was - I just assumed someone was emphasising 'the' and misspelt it.
Originally Posted by PeteIsGod:
“I was debating the other day if B was a better episode than M, I love SS in B but M is just so intense with DT, despite the lack of CT. I also love LC as an actress, but her character was a bit of a cow and buggered off back to EE. Then I watched G and realised that it's a decent episode, almost as good as the opening sequence of U. Then we have R, which is just worse than watching paint dry.
I like acronyms but sometimes it takes me a while to figure out what they are. It took me a while to realise was TEH was - I just assumed someone was emphasising 'the' and misspelt it.”
“I was debating the other day if B was a better episode than M, I love SS in B but M is just so intense with DT, despite the lack of CT. I also love LC as an actress, but her character was a bit of a cow and buggered off back to EE. Then I watched G and realised that it's a decent episode, almost as good as the opening sequence of U. Then we have R, which is just worse than watching paint dry.
I like acronyms but sometimes it takes me a while to figure out what they are. It took me a while to realise was TEH was - I just assumed someone was emphasising 'the' and misspelt it.”
LMAO. Pete you take the biscuit.
(Just remember to hold it at arms length and look confident.)
Originally Posted by Webslark:
“Would this be useful?
Please note that I have, for my own purposes of clarity expanded the two instances of duplicated abbreviations slightly.
Abbrv Title
42 "42"
AC "Amy's Choice"
AOG "Army of Ghosts"
AOL "Aliens of London"
Blink "Blink"
BT "Boom Town"
BW "Bad Wolf"
CB "Cold Blood"
CIN "Doctor Who: Children in Need" (Barcelona
Dalek "Dalek"
DIM "Daleks in Manhattan"
Doomsday "Doomsday"
EOTD "Evolution of the Daleks"
F&S "Flesh and Stone"
FD "Father's Day"
FH "Fear Her"
FOB "The Family of Blood"
FOTD "Forest of the Dead"
Gridlock "Gridlock"
HN "Human Nature"
JE "Journey's End"
L&M "Love & Monsters"
LOTTL "Last of the Time Lords"
Midnight "Midnight"
NE "New Earth"
PIC "Partners in Crime"
POTD "Planet of the Dead"
POTO "Planet of the Ood"
POTW "The Parting of the Ways
Rose Rose"
ROTC "Rise of the Cybermen"
S&J "Smith and Jones"
SITL "Silence in the Library"
SR "School Reunion"
TAC "Tooth and Claw"
TAOS "The Age of Steel"
TBB "The Beast Below"
TC "Time Crash"
TCI "The Christmas Invasion"
TDDAN "The Doctor Dances"
TDDAU "The Doctor's Daughter"
TEC "The Empty Child"
TEH "The Eleventh Hour"
TEOT 1 The End of Time Part 1
TEOT 2 The End of Time Part 2
TEOTW "The End of the World"
TFOP "The Fires of Pompeii"
TGITF "The Girl in the Fireplace"
THE "The Hungry Earth"
TIL "The Idiot's Lantern"
TIP "The Impossible Planet"
TL "Turn Left"
TLE "The Lazarus Experiment"
TLG "The Long Game"
TND "The Next Doctor"
TPS "The Poison Sky"
TRB "The Runaway Bride"
TSC "The Shakespeare Code"
TSE "The Stolen Earth"
TSOD "The Sound of Drums"
TSP "The Satan Pit"
TSS "The Sontaran Stratagem"
TTOA "The Time of Angels"
TUD "The Unquiet Dead"
TUOTW "The Unicorn and the Wasp"
TVOV "The Vampires of Venice"
TWOM "The Waters of Mars"
Utopia "Utopia"
VATD "Vincent and the Doctor"
VIOTD "Victory of the Daleks"
VOTD "Voyage of the Damned"
WW3 "World War Three"”
“Would this be useful?
Please note that I have, for my own purposes of clarity expanded the two instances of duplicated abbreviations slightly.
Abbrv Title
42 "42"
AC "Amy's Choice"
AOG "Army of Ghosts"
AOL "Aliens of London"
Blink "Blink"
BT "Boom Town"
BW "Bad Wolf"
CB "Cold Blood"
CIN "Doctor Who: Children in Need" (Barcelona
Dalek "Dalek"
DIM "Daleks in Manhattan"
Doomsday "Doomsday"
EOTD "Evolution of the Daleks"
F&S "Flesh and Stone"
FD "Father's Day"
FH "Fear Her"
FOB "The Family of Blood"
FOTD "Forest of the Dead"
Gridlock "Gridlock"
HN "Human Nature"
JE "Journey's End"
L&M "Love & Monsters"
LOTTL "Last of the Time Lords"
Midnight "Midnight"
NE "New Earth"
PIC "Partners in Crime"
POTD "Planet of the Dead"
POTO "Planet of the Ood"
POTW "The Parting of the Ways
Rose Rose"
ROTC "Rise of the Cybermen"
S&J "Smith and Jones"
SITL "Silence in the Library"
SR "School Reunion"
TAC "Tooth and Claw"
TAOS "The Age of Steel"
TBB "The Beast Below"
TC "Time Crash"
TCI "The Christmas Invasion"
TDDAN "The Doctor Dances"
TDDAU "The Doctor's Daughter"
TEC "The Empty Child"
TEH "The Eleventh Hour"
TEOT 1 The End of Time Part 1
TEOT 2 The End of Time Part 2
TEOTW "The End of the World"
TFOP "The Fires of Pompeii"
TGITF "The Girl in the Fireplace"
THE "The Hungry Earth"
TIL "The Idiot's Lantern"
TIP "The Impossible Planet"
TL "Turn Left"
TLE "The Lazarus Experiment"
TLG "The Long Game"
TND "The Next Doctor"
TPS "The Poison Sky"
TRB "The Runaway Bride"
TSC "The Shakespeare Code"
TSE "The Stolen Earth"
TSOD "The Sound of Drums"
TSP "The Satan Pit"
TSS "The Sontaran Stratagem"
TTOA "The Time of Angels"
TUD "The Unquiet Dead"
TUOTW "The Unicorn and the Wasp"
TVOV "The Vampires of Venice"
TWOM "The Waters of Mars"
Utopia "Utopia"
VATD "Vincent and the Doctor"
VIOTD "Victory of the Daleks"
VOTD "Voyage of the Damned"
WW3 "World War Three"”
That's brilliant! Thanks!
Acronyms and name shortening in any way can be distressing for some. Just ask Pete Doherty, he's been panicking since Susan Boyle appeared on the scene!
Originally Posted by alphonsus:
“Is anyone else other than me having trouble reading threads where episodes are refered to by acronym only?”
“Is anyone else other than me having trouble reading threads where episodes are refered to by acronym only?”
No, I haven't had any trouble of any kind with acronyms!
The initialisms, on the other hand, can be a bit troublesome.
Originally Posted by Webslark:
“Would this be useful?
Please note that I have, for my own purposes of clarity expanded the two instances of duplicated abbreviations slightly.
Abbrv Title
42 "42"
AC "Amy's Choice"
AOG "Army of Ghosts"
AOL "Aliens of London"
Blink "Blink"
BT "Boom Town"
BW "Bad Wolf"
CB "Cold Blood"
CIN "Doctor Who: Children in Need" (Barcelona
Dalek "Dalek"
DIM "Daleks in Manhattan"
Doomsday "Doomsday"
EOTD "Evolution of the Daleks"
F&S "Flesh and Stone"
FD "Father's Day"
FH "Fear Her"
FOB "The Family of Blood"
FOTD "Forest of the Dead"
Gridlock "Gridlock"
HN "Human Nature"
JE "Journey's End"
L&M "Love & Monsters"
LOTTL "Last of the Time Lords"
Midnight "Midnight"
NE "New Earth"
PIC "Partners in Crime"
POTD "Planet of the Dead"
POTO "Planet of the Ood"
POTW "The Parting of the Ways
Rose Rose"
ROTC "Rise of the Cybermen"
S&J "Smith and Jones"
SITL "Silence in the Library"
SR "School Reunion"
TAC "Tooth and Claw"
TAOS "The Age of Steel"
TBB "The Beast Below"
TC "Time Crash"
TCI "The Christmas Invasion"
TDDAN "The Doctor Dances"
TDDAU "The Doctor's Daughter"
TEC "The Empty Child"
TEH "The Eleventh Hour"
TEOT 1 The End of Time Part 1
TEOT 2 The End of Time Part 2
TEOTW "The End of the World"
TFOP "The Fires of Pompeii"
TGITF "The Girl in the Fireplace"
THE "The Hungry Earth"
TIL "The Idiot's Lantern"
TIP "The Impossible Planet"
TL "Turn Left"
TLE "The Lazarus Experiment"
TLG "The Long Game"
TND "The Next Doctor"
TPS "The Poison Sky"
TRB "The Runaway Bride"
TSC "The Shakespeare Code"
TSE "The Stolen Earth"
TSOD "The Sound of Drums"
TSP "The Satan Pit"
TSS "The Sontaran Stratagem"
TTOA "The Time of Angels"
TUD "The Unquiet Dead"
TUOTW "The Unicorn and the Wasp"
TVOV "The Vampires of Venice"
TWOM "The Waters of Mars"
Utopia "Utopia"
VATD "Vincent and the Doctor"
VIOTD "Victory of the Daleks"
VOTD "Voyage of the Damned"
WW3 "World War Three"”
“Would this be useful?
Please note that I have, for my own purposes of clarity expanded the two instances of duplicated abbreviations slightly.
Abbrv Title
42 "42"
AC "Amy's Choice"
AOG "Army of Ghosts"
AOL "Aliens of London"
Blink "Blink"
BT "Boom Town"
BW "Bad Wolf"
CB "Cold Blood"
CIN "Doctor Who: Children in Need" (Barcelona
Dalek "Dalek"
DIM "Daleks in Manhattan"
Doomsday "Doomsday"
EOTD "Evolution of the Daleks"
F&S "Flesh and Stone"
FD "Father's Day"
FH "Fear Her"
FOB "The Family of Blood"
FOTD "Forest of the Dead"
Gridlock "Gridlock"
HN "Human Nature"
JE "Journey's End"
L&M "Love & Monsters"
LOTTL "Last of the Time Lords"
Midnight "Midnight"
NE "New Earth"
PIC "Partners in Crime"
POTD "Planet of the Dead"
POTO "Planet of the Ood"
POTW "The Parting of the Ways
Rose Rose"
ROTC "Rise of the Cybermen"
S&J "Smith and Jones"
SITL "Silence in the Library"
SR "School Reunion"
TAC "Tooth and Claw"
TAOS "The Age of Steel"
TBB "The Beast Below"
TC "Time Crash"
TCI "The Christmas Invasion"
TDDAN "The Doctor Dances"
TDDAU "The Doctor's Daughter"
TEC "The Empty Child"
TEH "The Eleventh Hour"
TEOT 1 The End of Time Part 1
TEOT 2 The End of Time Part 2
TEOTW "The End of the World"
TFOP "The Fires of Pompeii"
TGITF "The Girl in the Fireplace"
THE "The Hungry Earth"
TIL "The Idiot's Lantern"
TIP "The Impossible Planet"
TL "Turn Left"
TLE "The Lazarus Experiment"
TLG "The Long Game"
TND "The Next Doctor"
TPS "The Poison Sky"
TRB "The Runaway Bride"
TSC "The Shakespeare Code"
TSE "The Stolen Earth"
TSOD "The Sound of Drums"
TSP "The Satan Pit"
TSS "The Sontaran Stratagem"
TTOA "The Time of Angels"
TUD "The Unquiet Dead"
TUOTW "The Unicorn and the Wasp"
TVOV "The Vampires of Venice"
TWOM "The Waters of Mars"
Utopia "Utopia"
VATD "Vincent and the Doctor"
VIOTD "Victory of the Daleks"
VOTD "Voyage of the Damned"
WW3 "World War Three"”
Thank you ! Sometimes I stare at the screen and rack my brains to find out which episode people are talking about ! Some are easy to find out but others are a rea pain !
I very rarely remember the episode titles, let alone the acronyms! I always think of them as 'the one with the gas mask/Agatha Christie/Pompeii/Shakespeare/that ridiculous Peter Key blobby thing/the double decker bus. I'd say the only ones that I'd immediately think of by their title are maybe Blink and Dalek, maybe also Midnight. It's odd, it's not as if I haven't watched the episodes a million times.
Originally Posted by Elanor:
“I very rarely remember the episode titles, let alone the acronyms! I always think of them as 'the one with the gas mask/Agatha Christie/Pompeii/Shakespeare/that ridiculous Peter Key blobby thing/the double decker bus. I'd say the only ones that I'd immediately think of by their title are maybe Blink and Dalek, maybe also Midnight. It's odd, it's not as if I haven't watched the episodes a million times.”
“I very rarely remember the episode titles, let alone the acronyms! I always think of them as 'the one with the gas mask/Agatha Christie/Pompeii/Shakespeare/that ridiculous Peter Key blobby thing/the double decker bus. I'd say the only ones that I'd immediately think of by their title are maybe Blink and Dalek, maybe also Midnight. It's odd, it's not as if I haven't watched the episodes a million times.”
I'm the same...some I remember but others take me ages to work out or i just give up.
Originally Posted by the.watson:
“Acronyms and name shortening in any way can be distressing for some. Just ask Pete Doherty, he's been panicking since Susan Boyle appeared on the scene!”
“Acronyms and name shortening in any way can be distressing for some. Just ask Pete Doherty, he's been panicking since Susan Boyle appeared on the scene!”
Don't worry, mate... I got it, even if no-one else did!
Originally Posted by ukgnome:
“I think it's an excellent idea, an accronym dictionary. or is that an "AD"
in fact I will start - for example new series one episode 1 rose WILL be
ns1,ep1,R
EDIT - darn it, the chap above posted before me with a much better list for the new episodes, but what about the old episodes?”
“I think it's an excellent idea, an accronym dictionary. or is that an "AD"
in fact I will start - for example new series one episode 1 rose WILL be
ns1,ep1,R
EDIT - darn it, the chap above posted before me with a much better list for the new episodes, but what about the old episodes?”
Hahaha. One word titles can't be abbreviated can they?... however much we may try.
How about we shorten the title - Logopolis can be just Log, Castrovalva can be... Castro?
And if you're talking about more than one episode, save time by putting the episode titles together, like "Castrogopolis"
Or "The Unicorn and the Silence in the Library" "or Tooth and Fireplace"
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