There's probably a simple reason
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He isn‘t speaking French.
He is speaking a primitive Gallifreyan rural language.
It just comes out as French because the TARDIS translates it for British ears.
He is speaking a primitive Gallifreyan rural language.
It just comes out as French because the TARDIS translates it for British ears.
Maybe the TARDIS is intelligent enough to know when its user doesn't want their words translated?
The TARDIS is not only intelligent, she's sentient as well. And "Allonsy" is actually the TARDIS censoring the Doctor, since she thought his chosen catchphrase "Fuck yall!" was in bad taste.
I dunno, I just thought the Doctor doesn't need the translation, that he knows a thousand languages or something. That the translation is the Doctor allowing his companions to use the TARDIS' ability to translate these languages in their heads. That's why the Doctor can speak some lines like Allons-y or Geronimo in their "native" tongue.
Why isn't the Gallifreyan writing within the TARDIS translated?
Because the human race ain't ready for that kind of knowledge, and the Time Lords wouldn't share it with them if they were. Not even the Doctor.
Being telepathic, the TARDIS knows when a speaker doesn't actually want something s/he says to be translated, and acts accordingly. The Doctor's not saying meant to be translated directly as "Come on"; he literally wants his hearers to hear the French phrase, because he thinks it's cool.
The sexting between the TARDIS and the Doctor is private.
Really? That's interesting. Are all TARDISes like that?
You did see "The Doctor's Wife", didn't you? The TARDIS certainly appeared to be passing the "Turing test" there. And given the way she spoke of her 'sisters", I got the impression other capsules possess self awareness, a sense of identity.
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Oh...OH! Well, that would explain that. (Hope I didn't spoil too much.)
Admittedly, in the classic series, the TARDIS was treated for the most part as a mechanical contrivance, a vehicle to get from point "A" to point "B". When the Doctor referred to the TARDIS as "old girl", it seemed in the manner of someone addressing a faithful old Buick. But even as far back as early 1964 during the third adventure titled "Edge of Destruction", the writers gave hints that the TARDIS was more than just an inanimate object. Part of the drama revolved around the capsule trying to "warn" the people within, but its intelligence was so "alien" that it couldn't convey the concepts directly. the series revival has built upon this concept.
Admittedly, in the classic series, the TARDIS was treated for the most part as a mechanical contrivance, a vehicle to get from point "A" to point "B". When the Doctor referred to the TARDIS as "old girl", it seemed in the manner of someone addressing a faithful old Buick. But even as far back as early 1964 during the third adventure titled "Edge of Destruction", the writers gave hints that the TARDIS was more than just an inanimate object. Part of the drama revolved around the capsule trying to "warn" the people within, but its intelligence was so "alien" that it couldn't convey the concepts directly. the series revival has built upon this concept.
Well, anyone who's supposed to be flying a TARDIS whould read Gallifreyan fluently, or else there's something seriously wrong and the ship probably shouldn't be helping them. The Time Lords would hardly need their own language translated for them, after all.
The tardis must differentiate between what you are saying and what you mean to say, there must be some limits to its editorial authority.
The Dr chooses to say Allonsy, rather than let’s go, so it doesn’t translate. The question really I suppose is what would the Sontarans hear when translated in to their own language so that they can understand the Doctor? And how does it handle words without direct translation? ( Like schadenfreude, though that one seems to have made it in to English now).
Why doesn’t welsh translate?
The Dr chooses to say Allonsy, rather than let’s go, so it doesn’t translate. The question really I suppose is what would the Sontarans hear when translated in to their own language so that they can understand the Doctor? And how does it handle words without direct translation? ( Like schadenfreude, though that one seems to have made it in to English now).
Why doesn’t welsh translate?
Because some things are impossible, even for the TARDIS.
Because "TARDIS" actually has vowels...
At various points up to 1996 we see the TARDIS has had printed labels on several controls, all clearly marked in English. However, in the new series the console room has largely kept away from any English writing on anything except where it's physically engraved on something (hot and cold faucet knobs, for example). Otherwise, stuff is generally in Gallifreyan on the consoles but with English in some points on the computer monitors to make the Doc's companions feel a little welcome (or messed with by the TARDIS herself).
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