Claire Douglas (magenta@ozemail.com.au)
Mon, 5 Jan 1998 00:04:37 +1100 (EST)
Hi all, I'm way behind!
At 16:38 19/12/97 +1100, Jonathan wrote:
>The list has gone a bit quiet of late. Could this be a sign that Uni has
>ended (in Oz) and everyone has better things to do? Hmmmmm...
In my case it's been a dose of 'flu and then a week of migraines. :-(
>I was leafing through the Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable recently
>and came across (you guessed it) an entry for Press Gang.
<snip>
>I presume that Steven Moffat had this double meaning in mind when he named
>the series, but I never thought the title was supposed to mean anything
>other than the obvious. Was anyone else aware of this?
I was always aware of it, but then again I was an English major and very
much into word play. It never occurred to me that others may not have heard
the phrase before. The first time I ever watched episode 1, I thought what a
fitting title the show had.
Claire
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