Lingo

[ailelie]

So-- for tick tock rhymes-- what about jump rope rhymes or children's superstitions?

Examples:

Step on a crack, space is out of whack. Step on a line, the Inspector's out of time.

Old Inspector dressed in red, doesn't know he'll soon be dead.
Old Inspector dressed in blue, really doesn't have a clue.

etc?

(Christopher Lee films works for me. At least that way we address it.)

[crazywhovian]

I was using Ring goes the bell until the Inspector snuffs it.

[L Lawliet]

I changed it to "ring ring goes the bell" since "ring ring goes the alarm" didn't have the same...well, ring, on tv tropes.

[crazywhovian]

Ah. So, you're the one who changed the entry. It sounds much better. ;D

[fluffygonzalez]

This is kinda Season 6 material, so it'll be linked to plot development and stuff, but...

Moffat used the tick tock rhyme as a sort of lazy man's narrator after Night Terrors. We can use the bell version as a throwaway gag, but it might be to our best interest to get a completely different replacement. Like, different tune coupled with a guitar riff.

[iaminspectorspacetime]

We could always modify a children's rhyme that fits with the plot. I don't know how we'd fit it in yet but the idea isn't off the table.

[travestious]

When presented with a problem to be solved, I imagine the Inspector saying something profound, yet confusing. Like:

"It's not the question or the answer that's important, it's the silence in between."

[willwrite4cigs]

Sept 27, 2011 6:09:47 GMT -5 carty239 said:

Would it be wrong to raise the question of the Inspector's favourite tool? I've seen a number of things pop up: Laser Wrench, Sonic Crowbar etc.

Is there a canon choice implement? Or does he carry a diverse kit?

I thought the Inspector magically opened doors with a sonar-enhanced cocktail of vodka and orange juice.

You know, the Sonic "Screwdriver".

[grindlebone]

How about the Inspector having a number of different tools, with each having much the same abilities, but he never knows which one he's gonna get when he reaches into his pocket?

[flikmage]

I sort of liked the idea that each Inspector chooses a new favorite tool to use. That way it makes everybody right.
Also I find the idea of an episode where the Inspector hauls around a rusty toolbox continuously trying different tools to get him out of dangerous situations until he settles on the perfect one VERY amusing.