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DW fun. (self.doctorwho)

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I was on a train headed back to school, when I noticed that the girl about my age in the seat a head of me was watching DW on her computer. She got up to go use the restroom. So i sprung into action and grabbed a old skymall magazine and wrote BAD WOLF across the cover and left it face down on the seat next to her.

When she returned she ignored the magazine until the episode was over. She finally picked it up as she was gathering her stuff, and when she saw it her expression was priceless. I'm in the US and our area doesn't really have the fan base that everywhere else has. Made my day.

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[–]PawswordSilence 398 points399 points ago

Every time Bad Wolf is mentioned I feel obliged to tell this: There is a local gang near my area who spray paints the words Bad Wolf everywhere, just a fun fact.

[–]silverman780Smith[S] 164 points165 points ago

I'm upvoting them by proxy through you.

[–]Awful_Antagonist 35 points36 points ago

There's a club at school who chalk "Bad Wolf" all over my university. I walk with my friends and laugh, but they don't get it.

[–]WireDelta 22 points23 points ago

Out of curiosity, which university would that be? Because I've seen people around chalking Dr. Who and Sherlock references everywhere on mine.

[–]Awful_Antagonist 23 points24 points ago

Lol, chances are every university has that one group that does it, but just in case, mine is located in Illinois.

[–]CharlieSaylorCyberperson 12 points13 points ago

Mine is in Oregon! Same deal. :)

[–]ajlm 3 points4 points ago

Which university in Oregon does that? I've never seen anything like that at Portland State :(

[–]CharlieSaylorCyberperson 0 points1 point ago

Reed College.

[–]Anovan 11 points12 points ago

Mine is in Iowa, happens here too.

[–]GilgifaxSmith 10 points11 points ago

Woo Iowa!

[–]danyp36 5 points6 points ago

University of Connecticut constantly has bad wolf chalked around on everything!

[–]VC_3pOTARDIS 4 points5 points ago

FSU in Florida as well! I nearly had a spaz attack. It's a spray paint of Rose's silhouette and BAD WOLF under it.

[–]cowyeahEccleston 1 point2 points ago

Fact! I graduated in 05 but friends doing masters work there keep sending me photos.

[–]Jase_515Dalek 2 points3 points ago

Indeed!

[–]twcaiwh -1 points0 points ago

SIU?

[–]Awful_Antagonist 1 point2 points ago

NOPE!

[–]salixmanSilence 2 points3 points ago

UofC?

[–]entconomics 0 points1 point ago

siue here...what what

[–]theplungerofdoom 0 points1 point ago

NIU?

[–]Awful_Antagonist 0 points1 point ago

NOPE!

[–]theplungerofdoom 0 points1 point ago

hm...WIU?

[–]WireDelta 0 points1 point ago

Huh, kinda figured. I'm at Florida State.

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[–]Awful_Antagonist 1 point2 points ago

I don't know about that. Apparently the Doctor Who club here is freakin intense. My brother went to a meeting of theirs and these kids are super geeky even by my standards, which are set pretty damn high.

[–]heylookabutterflySmith 0 points1 point ago

i'd guess columbia, by the time i transferred out there was a lot of whovians who discovered it on netflix. either that or depaul?

[–]mooseren 13 points14 points ago

What kinds of Sherlock references do they chalk up?

[–]CattySpies 12 points13 points ago

I believe in Sherlock Holmes. From the modern BBC version.

[–]Mr_HolmesSilence 2 points3 points ago

Auburn? Because I've noticed a multitude of DW and Sherlock references chalked around campus over the past week.

[–]Toezap 4 points5 points ago

My sister at Auburn says she saw one the other week! Jealous, I need to start doing this at my campus.

[–]mrdrsmashington123 11 points12 points ago

Are they a gang like the bloods?

[–]da_bomb143 6 points7 points ago

Or like the Tunnel Snakes?

[–]mrdrsmashington123 2 points3 points ago

Relevant

[–]twinkletitsSilence 6 points7 points ago

There's one unemployed guy in my neighborhood who writes "weed wolf" everywhere, it's actually really ugly and annoying.

[–]heylookabutterflySmith 1 point2 points ago

i don't know where you live but, fuck that guy, i spotted weed wolf shit from my old place in bucktown and again in logan square and somewhere by the wilson red line stop. its bugging me too.

[–]twinkletitsSilence 1 point2 points ago

Yup, Logan Square. The Red Eye had an interview with him recently which made me hate him even more, as he's apparently cocky enough to think his stupid tag is art, and makes the streets more interesting. I didn't realize he made it all the way over to Uptown.

[–]heylookabutterflySmith 1 point2 points ago

I'm just gonna start tagging ives anywhere I see his stuff by crossing out "weed" and writing "bad".

[–]twinkletitsSilence 1 point2 points ago

brilliant, please do

[–]criskyFTWSmith 1 point2 points ago

same near me... XD

[–]WuliboTARDIS 63 points64 points ago

And then you had sex, right?

[–]StupidSolipsist 2 points3 points ago

Well? We're waiting.

[–]I_love_ponies33Smith 65 points66 points ago

You just made/ruined her life. She's going to spend the rest of her days looking for the Doctor. :(

[–]serrabellumTom Baker 97 points98 points ago

Oh come now. If she's a true fan, she'll be doing that anyway. I know I am.

[–]kalkentEccleston 26 points27 points ago

I have the TARDIS sound as my text alert. One time when I woke up in the middle of the night to it, I was excited and let down at the same time. Somewhere in my haze I believed that the TARDIS was outside my window.

[–]BabygooseTennant 12 points13 points ago

Haha, my alert sound is the TARDIS too. Every time my 3.987 year old hears it she asks, Is that the Doctor? Makes my day Every time.

[–]dangerous_pastime 1 point2 points ago

both my boys know DW just from the theme song. to be fair, they've been watching since birth. the elder is 5, the younger is 13 months. it's still cute to see them both run into the room yelling 'it's the doctor!!!!!!' when i play the show on netflix!

[–]RavynArcadia 10 points11 points ago

could you post that sound file by chance?

[–]titsmcflySilence 0 points1 point ago

Yes, please! I would love to use that as my text alert sound too. My current (Worf saying "incoming transmission" from ST:TNG) is getting old.

[–]somedaymyDRwillcomeTennant 2 points3 points ago*

I love my TARDIS text tone. Non-whovians think it's dinosaurs.

Once I forgot it was what I had set and I got really excited for a brief moment.

[–]kalkentEccleston 0 points1 point ago

HA! I get the Dinosaur thing too! "Dude why is your phone roaring?"

[–]smardalekDalek 0 points1 point ago

Argh! That frustrates me haha...of course for the longest time I had a super bad quality copy of the noise that would retch out from long ago blown speakers on my cheap cell, so...

My friends started calling it "[smardalek's] broken down tardis!" D:

[–]budgerooK-9 35 points36 points ago

She'll be known as the girl who waited... for nothing.

[–]Wompum 74 points75 points ago

I scratched Bad Wolf into a bathroom wall at a bar. There's a lot of stuff scratched in those walls so it's not like I was being an obnoxious prick. In fact, I would say the obnoxious prick was the guy who scratched OCCUPY on nearly every tile. Anyways, I was surprised to return the next week and find someone had put a big X over it. Fucking Daleks.

[–]the_neophyteTennant 40 points41 points ago

What's a Skymall doing on a train?

[–]Siriann 26 points27 points ago

Trains fly in his parallel dimension.

[–]paintedvisionTARDIS 11 points12 points ago

The thing about being in the US is personally, it makes Doctor Who references so much better. I wear a tardis dogtag everyday as my small effort to alert other whovians that I exist...

[–]Sylinse 5 points6 points ago

Same I just got a gallifreyan decal for my laptop. Doubt anyone will notice but it will make my day if anyone ever does.

[–]Not_really_SpartacusTARDIS 0 points1 point ago

Awesome! I will trade you one upvote for info leading to my ownership of a gallifreyan laptop decal

Here you go

[–]Sylinse 1 point2 points ago

This isn't the exact seller I got mine from, but I think it's the same decal. link

[–]Not_really_SpartacusTARDIS 1 point2 points ago

Thanks! Have an upvote :)

[–]Jamie_TARDIS 3 points4 points ago

Similarly, I carry my iPad case wherever I take it with pride. I dream of bumping into either a Whovian or a Redditor someday.

[–]paintedvisionTARDIS 5 points6 points ago

Some things I won't go up to strangers about... but reddit and Doctor Who are not on the list. Finding someone in real life who's just as big a nerd (read: awesome) as me is tough...

[–]angelsinsTARDIS 1 point2 points ago

I was once reading a Doctor Who book outside my local mall while waiting for a friend, and this sorta stoner/skater-looking guy I would never expect to have anything in common with walked by, took one look at the book and was like "Fuck yeah, Doctor Who!" ...It kinda made my day. :)

[–]joealarsonTom Baker 4 points5 points ago

"The angels have the phone box" shirt.

And had someone come up to me and say "Don't blink"

[–]paintedvisionTARDIS 0 points1 point ago

Lucky. I wish people where I lived were that awesome. I've only met two other whovians at my school, and I don't really get to see them.

[–]angelsinsTARDIS 1 point2 points ago

I have a Bad Wolf pin on my bag, along with one that says NERD in the shape of the 5th and 6th series Doctor Who logo :P

[–]somedaymyDRwillcomeTennant 0 points1 point ago

I made a magnet for my car out of a TARDIS decal I got at Comic Con. I'm waiting for someone to honk at me for it.

[–]MistarGrimm 19 points20 points ago

Guess that made her day.

Good Guy Who-fan. Have an upvote!

[–]tubabaconTroughton 11 points12 points ago

What episode was she watching?

[–]kelseypoloTennant 8 points9 points ago

I saw a Vote Saxon flyer on campus one day. Made my week! Oklahoma Whovians: you are not alone. :)

[–]susan2hearts 2 points3 points ago

Yay! Hubby and I live in OK and have been converting our friends one by one into Whovians.

[–]audhepcatEccleston 2 points3 points ago

OK Whovians unite! So far, I am the only one I know of in my town.

[–]susan2hearts 2 points3 points ago

So where are ya? We are near Duncan. :)

[–]dsharpyoK-9 4 points5 points ago

I live in Norman....yea! Go Oklahoma

[–]audhepcatEccleston 2 points3 points ago

Bartlesville, land of no sci-fi nerdiness. Heh.

[–]kelseypoloTennant 1 point2 points ago

I'm in Norman

[–]dsharpyoK-9 -1 points0 points ago

Where in Oklahoma? I live in Norman....

[–]kelseypoloTennant 0 points1 point ago

Norman as well :)

[–]silverraider525Pertwee 8 points9 points ago

Oh, I wish you would have gotten a picture, or something... Nice Job :D

[–]hemkersh 23 points24 points ago

Socially Awkward Whovian

[–]StupidSolipsist 9 points10 points ago

My thoughts exactly. silverman, why didn't you just meet her? >_<

[–]Lick_Rimmington -1 points0 points ago

Maybe silverman is ugly and he knows it?

[–]StupidSolipsist 1 point2 points ago

What if he's excellent and doesn't know it?

[–]Lick_Rimmington -1 points0 points ago

Never, ever the case. Trust me. Speaking as an ugly manchild here. If you got it, the world doesn't let you forget it. If you don't? You find yourself often wondering what you suggested.

TL;DR. If you dont know for sure if you're hot - you're not.

[–]StupidSolipsist 1 point2 points ago

I meant more in a Donna Noble, get taught about your inner-awesome kind of way.

[–]gdlmasterMcGann 0 points1 point ago

What if he's fantastic and so am I?

[–]LokianEuleMcCoy 16 points17 points ago

Ironically enough on the same note, today I was passing by the artwork in our school when I noticed that one collage project had 'DON'T BLINK' slapped on the front. My jaw dropped. Because I'm in America in the middle of nowhere.

[–]XanCrewsTennant[!] 9 points10 points ago

You sir get all of the upvotes I can manage to give.

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[–]DankDarkoK-9 10 points11 points ago

yes.

[–]Lick_Rimmington 4 points5 points ago

Rule one when doing things that are borderline creepy - don't be ugly.

[–]Steve_the_ScoutTennant 3 points4 points ago

I don't watch nearly enough Doctor Who,but what I have seen, I love. Can someone explain the whole "Bad Wolf" thing? I missed that episode.

Even better, if you can find the link on YouTube to the episode (if there is one), I can watch it later.

[–]llem20 12 points13 points ago

you missed that episode.... you mean you missed that season?

[–]BabygooseTennant 5 points6 points ago

My thoughts exactly. It's not missing just an episode or two to miss that.

[–]cessandraEccleston 2 points3 points ago

Well, you might not notice / understand unless you see the series 1 finale.

[–]OchoboboTennant 2 points3 points ago

There are even callbacks to it in series 2 and 4.

[–]hollykins 0 points1 point ago

Man, that series 4 callback is SO nice in "Turn Left." When "Bad Wolf" crops up all over the place...

[–]k4r3n 7 points8 points ago

Spoilers!!

[–]afterthewarSilence 4 points5 points ago

Its in the first season (of the new series) and there are references in almost every episode. I'd advise you to watch (or rewatch) those suckers if you want to know what Bad Wolf means. But I'd advise you to watch them any, because its Doctor Who...

[–]EldestPortTennant 5 points6 points ago

Isn't the phrase in 'Turn Left' as well? I guess it might be because Rose was in that episode. Or for some other reason...

[–]afterthewarSilence 2 points3 points ago

It is indeed in 'Turn Left', very astute observation, sir. And I do believe it was mainly because of Rose's presence (but shhhhh, spoilers.)

[–]virtuallin 2 points3 points ago

There's something on your back. <grin>

[–]mountainking 4 points5 points ago

Shhhhhh We can't tell you anything. Sorry..

[–]Biologos101 4 points5 points ago

I don't really want to ruin it for you. It is with Rose as the companion and the 9th. It will make sense if you watch the full first season.

[–]Shiby92 2 points3 points ago

o_O LOVE IT

[–]helmethair1TARDIS 2 points3 points ago

:)

[–]Sashanmidoh 2 points3 points ago

Saw a photo somewhere of the Bad Wolf Graffiti, but now I can't remember where so I can link it. Most likely it was in(/r/DoctorWho) anyway.

[–]wobeySilence 2 points3 points ago

Brilliant! I'll post back if I ever get to steal this idea from you and use it. Great way to make a Whovian first impression

[–]Schlunner 1 point2 points ago

You are doing it right. Keep it up!

[–]platypuspracticusSmith 1 point2 points ago

Did you say hi to her after she saw?

[–]lillywa 1 point2 points ago

I found Bad Wolf scratched into the bathroom stall at a walmart. Made my day.

[–]Ejb4444 0 points1 point ago

To do list: 1. Find hot whovian 2. Make Dr Who reference 3. Get laid

[–]vocativelion -1 points0 points ago

I can't wait to get to the episode(s) explaining Bad Wolf

[–]IstheCakeReallyaLieSmith 2 points3 points ago

Facepalm

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