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Mini-gin said:
Disclaimer: I've only seen the baru saja Dr Who series, not the one from the 60's so that's what I reference. There are 2 relevant facts needed to answer this question. 1) Gallifreyan language: way back when, the Time Lords were @ war with the Daleks, and they sacrificed their own race (and world) to not only ensure the complete annihilation of the Daleks, but that the final battle would be forever locked in time and luar angkasa so that it would be impossible to undo the event. At that point all things Gallifreyan stopped and became unalterable and unaccessible. The Doctor and his TARDIS, as the intentional sole survivors, would not disseminate atau facilitate anything of Galifrey in order to prevent attempts to access technology, knowledge, atau causal events that could possibly undo the final Dalek battle. Also, access to the Gallifreyan language could give someone ability to unauthorized use of the TARDIS, atau to other relics from Gallifrey. In short, the lack of translation oleh the TARDIS, and lack of use of the language oleh the Doctor himself, is a security measure. The TARDIS' translation feature is also incredibly handy, so since it translates for you, why bother trying to learn a dead language? This ease of use that appeals to universal laziness is part of the security feature of not using Gallifreyan. 2. The Doctor does speak A LOT of languages, but not all, and the TARDIS takes care of the translating for him, so he seems universally versed. The Doctor doesn't speak ALL languages, because when a word atau phrased is used that is intended for aesthetics to not be translated (such as the old Welsh for "Bad Wolf"), he has had to ask the meaning of the Word atau Phrase. An equivalent example is that if the Doctor were to have a craving for chicken and tortillas, he would not hear the clerk say "Welcome to The Crazy Chicken", he would hear the clerk say "Welcome to El Pollo Loco."
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