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"Noone likes the tangerines" (spec) |
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Pretty obvious - no-one likes Blackpool FC.
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Actually Santa clearly states what the significance of "tangerines" are early on in the script:
"They're my signature gift" he states "that and the walnut". |
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Satsuma is more fun to say.
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Pretty obvious - no-one likes Blackpool FC.
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Actually Santa clearly states what the significance of "tangerines" are early on in the script:
"They're my signature gift" he states "that and the walnut". Back when the tradition started it was because fruit like that was a rare luxury but now you can go out and buy them everyday if you wished |
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In reality how many kids nowadays get tangerines.
Back when the tradition started it was because fruit like that was a rare luxury but now you can go out and buy them everyday if you wished They were never really liked for what they were anyway. They just signified the season, a symbol more than anything else, more of value in their symbolism than reality.....and symbols can be explosive. |
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Isn't Clara from Blackpool ??
![]() Santa's really saying 'no-one likes Clara'. Moffat's hidden message. |
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As I said earlier they where not important and people where reading to much into the tangerines!
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Well I saw it as a throwback to the first Xmas episode with the Sycorax. After the fight he pulled one of his pocket
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By Jove, I think you've cracked it.
Santa's really saying 'no-one likes Clara'. Moffat's hidden message. Sherlock, schmerlock. Meh.
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