in the middle of the storm, with sticky buns ([info]tzikeh) wrote,
@ 2008-04-13 12:40:00
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...what.

How did I not know that Richard Dawkins, prominent atheist and author of The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion, is married to Lalla Ward, who played Romana on Doctor Who? And why is this somehow freaking hilarious?

*giggles uncontrollably*

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[info]j00j
2008-04-13 06:03 pm UTC (link)
This came up in a discussion on my lj awhile ago-- it was particularly amusing because someone found it in Ward's Wikipedia entry and assumed it was an outrageous case of Wikipedia vandalism until I researched it and we discovered it was true. heh.

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[info]liviapenn
2008-04-13 06:30 pm UTC (link)

And they met at Douglass Adams' birthday party! TRUE.

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[info]tzikeh
2008-04-13 06:31 pm UTC (link)
Rock. Makes perfect sense -- Dawkins dedicated God Delusion to Adams.

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[info]montanaharper
2008-04-13 06:37 pm UTC (link)
Didn't she used to be married to Tom Baker?

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[info]tzikeh
2008-04-13 06:39 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, they were married for like, just over a year. She's been married to Dawkins for 14 years.

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[info]grace_om
2008-04-13 06:43 pm UTC (link)
I had no idea. And yes, it IS hilarious!

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[info]boniblithe
2008-04-13 07:15 pm UTC (link)
Which Romana is that, the blonde one?

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[info]tzikeh
2008-04-13 07:50 pm UTC (link)
Yes, Romana Mark II.

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[info]speaks
2008-04-14 03:10 pm UTC (link)
Sad. I liked the brunette Romana better.

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[info]cereta
2008-04-13 09:09 pm UTC (link)
Dude, I JUST learned that last night on a DW DVD extra.

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[info]gritkitty
2008-04-13 09:47 pm UTC (link)
That's kinda cool.

I'm reading The God Delusion right now.

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[info]missmurchison
2008-04-13 11:19 pm UTC (link)
And did you hear this story?

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/03/expelled.php

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[info]iko
2008-04-14 03:18 am UTC (link)
That is HILARIOUS! I'd be more than happy to be ordered to leave the premises if I could act as a sabot too.

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[info]missmurchison
2008-04-14 03:35 am UTC (link)
And they later accused the blog author of making a scene, of not having been invited (he'd filled out a form, just as the others in line with him had), and in general of just lying about the whole thing.

This after they lied about the purpose of the movie when they interviewed him. Yep, that's right, they wouldn't let him in to see a movie that featured interviews with him.

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[info]ellen_fremedon
2008-04-13 11:46 pm UTC (link)
Do you want to hear a (very minor) Doctor Who spoiler that's even more hilarious?

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[info]tzikeh
2008-04-14 12:20 am UTC (link)
:D I already know - but thanks!

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