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ASK the BRAIN
ASK the BRAIN
Got a Question? Ask the Brain.
QUESTION:
The Brain is capable of answering any question instantaneously.
However, due to a glip in the inter-spacial time relay, the response may not be immediate.
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Aimee
Q: In-between watching the new series and catching up on some of those old Tom Baker classics, Aimee from the planet Zog has found time to ask this question ‘How did the whole Dr Who thing begin?' The Brain. A: Ok, here’s the answer. In 1962 the BBC decided it needed a new Saturday night family series to fit alongside Grandstand and Juke Box Jury. Ideas ranged from shows about telepathy, flying saucers, and time-travellers from the future. We all know who won. The main stars of the show would be a couple of school teachers - Ian and Barbara. The teen audience could identify with Susan Foreman, one of their pupils. Even if she was an alien. Finally, a mysterious anti-hero in the mould of Conan-Doyle’s Professor Challenger would complete the line-up. He would be known only as ‘The Doctor’. Doctor Who? Travelling in their time and space machine, the TARDIS, the Doctor and co. began their adventures on November 23rd 1963 by voyaging 100,000 years into Earth’s past to help some slightly dim cavemen discover fire. Since then the good Doctor has done battle with all sorts of menacing meanies from Zygons to giant rats. The original programme ran for 26 years, until it was cancelled in 1989. That ok? |
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Time Walker from god-knows where.
Q: Not wishing to contradict the Brain but would I be correct in stating that the second Doctor Patrick Troughton also had a penchant for Jelly Babies? I seem to remember him offering them to someone in one of his stories. The Brain. A: I think you will find the Brain stated the Doctor ‘most famous’ for eating jelly babies was the Fourth Doctor. So even though both the Second and Eighth Doctors also liked jelly babies, it is the great Tom Baker who will be forever associated with this delightful sweet - along with all those classic stories, Sontaran Experiment, Terror of the Zygons, State of Decay, Hand of Fear, Genesis, Talons, Robot, Seeds, Revenge... |
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Thomas Lewis mad Tranmere fan from... Tranmere.
Q: Where will Tranmere Rovers finish in league one this season ? The Brain. A: What’s this? Are you saying the Brain has some sort of crystal ball? Nooooooo. The Brain thinks predicting the future is a mugs game. But if you have it in mind to place a small wager on Rovers, then may be you should think about consulting mystic Meg or Derek Acorah first. The Brain last predicted Wales would win the World cup and the mighty Chester City would pick up the FA cup. So the Brains track record here isn’t exactly brilliant, but He is predicting (for what its worth) a late run from the super seals, and another Chester/Tranmere derby for next season… for sure. |
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John Atkinson, Seventh Sontaran Battle Fleet, Muta Spiral.
Q: Why cant we replicate the building of the pyramids now? How did they build them, and who supplied the technology? The Brain. A: Ten thousand years ago man was living in caves and mud huts, passing the time hunting and fishing and seeking out the fruits of the season. But then suddenly something changed. From nowhere, man walked-forth from his draftee cave and began to build massive monuments some of which we now know as ‘the pyramids.’ How incredible is that. Man has been to the moon and beyond, but the pyramids still remain an enigma. It is one of the biggest mysteries in human history. How did man suddenly make the leap from mud hut to pyramid. How was this made possible? The Brain has reached deep into the past for an answer that will revolutionize established history. Ok, so lets examine the evidence.. Take for instance the great pyramid of Cairo. This massive structure consists of roughly 100,000 stones. Each stone ranges between 1 and 10 tons in weight. Some 2.5 million stone blocks fitting perfectly together. Enough stone to build 35 Empire State buildings. But the Egyptians had no machinery, engines, or construction equipment. How could they haul these massive stones and place them so perfectly hundreds of feet high. Well perhaps they built themselves some sort of ramp... I don't think so such a structure would have taken more rocks to build that than it would the actual pyramid!!! Just as the construction techniques are baffling, so too mathematicians find the building truly amazing. How was it possible for the Egyptians to use mathematical ideas that were not even discovered until 1000s years later. So the whole thing just doesn’t add up unless of course you are willing to accept the impossible. There is only one explanation open to us here. These mega-structures were the work of Beings from another world or dimension. This is not crazy. Ancient Egyptian texts often refer to beings from the sky, and many of their pictures and symbols resemble UFO’s and aliens. Even our very own Bible make’s reference to UFO’s (Ezekiel 1:4-28), so here is part of our answer. Aliens built the pyramids. And the final bit about why we can't replicate them... easy... you try and hire 20,000 Egyptians for a 20 year period see how far you get... |