Nico wrote: <You're quite right. I had thought of that, but just with the Dels - that it's a future version of John, making that resort planet John 10.>
Maybe there was a very famous Del a couple of centuries past - an explorer or Federation hero, whatever - called Del, and both babies and places have been named after him every since :-)
re the Tarrants, I believe there was no ulterior reason for them, Terry Nation simply had a liking for the name, but it's rather fun (if stretching coincidence, but that's rather an art form in B7) to imagine that there *is* a family connection ...
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Sally wrote:
re the Tarrants, I believe there was no ulterior reason for them, Terry Nation simply had a liking for the name, but it's rather fun (if
stretching
coincidence, but that's rather an art form in B7) to imagine that there
*is*
a family connection ...
It stretches coincidence that Dev Tarrant isn't related, given the names Del and Deeta - they must have a family naming tradition. There's probably a Den, Desmond, Delia, Deb, Delilah, Delbert, Dennis, Desdemona, Derek, Dexter... :-)
Nico
Sally said:
re the Tarrants, I believe there was no ulterior reason for them, Terry Nation simply had a liking for the name, but it's rather fun (if
stretching
coincidence, but that's rather an art form in B7) to imagine that there
*is*
a family connection ...
Actually, I think there are lots of Del Tarrants because a) the Tarrants, like the Wilkses in Gone With the Wind, always marry their cousins, and b) they're sucking up to rich Great-Uncle Delgobert.
-(Y)
Sally wrote:
Maybe there was a very famous Del a couple of centuries past - an explorer or Federation hero, whatever - called Del, and both babies and places have been named after him every since :-)
Or maybe Only Fools and Horses is the only sitcom on Federation TV.
Harriet wrote...
Or maybe Only Fools and Horses is the only sitcom on Federation TV.
<flop giggle> I was watching that over Christmas and every time they mentioned Del it made me giggle. Obviously I've been watching too much b7 recently.
Leia
Leia wrote:
Harriet wrote...
Or maybe Only Fools and Horses is the only sitcom on Federation TV.
<flop giggle> I was watching that over Christmas and every time they mentioned Del it made me giggle. Obviously I've been watching too much b7 recently.
I know I'm obsessed with B7 when every time I see a 'Cynos a' car (where a is the small Greek letter alpha -!!!) I think of Cygnus Alpha.
Nico
Nico wrote...
I know I'm obsessed with B7 when every time I see a 'Cynos a' car (where >a
is the small Greek letter alpha -!!!) I think of Cygnus Alpha.
You should have seen my eyes bug out when I was walking along the beach and look up at the wall next to the new promenade and see DELTA emblazoned across the wall. Seems the council saw fit to write the greek alphabet along the length of the shiny new walkway.
Leia
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