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From Michael P: I was watching Dr. Who today and there was a reference to the Philippines. The year is 2059 and the Doctor shows up at the first Mars colony Bowie Base One. Nobody knows who the Doctor is, and one of the crew speculates he may be from the Philippines since it is rumored the Philippines was building a Mars rocket.
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December 24th, 2009 at 20:08
Greetings from cold and wet (and this time, icy) Blighty!
For every cool (even though it is mildly ever so sardonic) mention of the Philippines, there’s a dozen other jokes about the Philippines being a country of gold-digging and opportunistic women. Such as this one from a comedian on the recent Royal Variety Performance…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buVIl96MLdE
(The comedian starts his bit at the 04:08 mark.)
Sigh.
But I loved the Doctor Who shout-out.
December 25th, 2009 at 17:09
Ah, but that reference to the Philippines is a homage to the Tom Baker years (the 4th Doctor). In the serial “The Talons of Weng-Chiang,” the doctor mentions that he was “with the Filipino army” during the final advance to Reykjavik.