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June 1

Doctor Who - Progenation/ Progenation Machine

Is the way that Progenation works (or supposed to work) anyway similar to parthenogenesis ? 194.74.238.137 (talk) 11:20, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

First, don't mix fact with fiction. Progenation means simply: to have children. Parthenogenesis on the other hand, is the result of a natural virgin birth. The WHO program referred to the possibility of taking a cell and its DNA, isolating the haploids and combining them into a viable egg. With Dr Who (a kids program), and after a little bit of artist licence and TV studio magic, you get you get mixed up science along the lines off; voilà: ze doctor 'as a neo daughter, who cumzi out of de boxy with eyeliner and make-up already on. Who I might add, looks nothing like a true Gallifreyan (like her supposed farther) because as we all know, the inhabitance of Gallifrey (before the Daleks killed them off) all had dark blue hair and and dark blue eyes.--Aspro (talk) 15:54, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Is this regeneration conceptually similar to the way the Phoenix dies and is reborn every 500 years? (As opposed to after only a few years when its contract expires.) ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:52, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Arrrh! Phoenix is a mythological analogy and Dr Who is a kids program. Put this on the WP science desk for a better explanation of Doubled haploidy .[1] !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ah, I feel better for that!--Aspro (talk) 00:03, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Dr Who is a kids program"? Wash your mouth out! HiLo48 (talk) 00:10, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Ex-ter-mi-nate!" ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 04:13, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Precisely. HiLo48 (talk) 06:27, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Song

What is the name of the song that is playing on the radio in the Britcom "As Time Goes By" when Lionel and Jean are going to the country in Series 5, installmaent 7? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.127.216.142 (talk) 21:51, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That series was run on American TV also. Can you find a youtube of it? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:03, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Here is the YouTube of that installment. Is the song the one Lionel and Jean are singing alog to about 4:00 in? If so, it is "Everyday" by Buddy Holly. (Here is a clean version.) → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 23:00, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, if it's the one they're singing along to. One of Holly's (and producer Norm Petty's) best compositions. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:37, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Here's James Taylor's interpretation of it.[2] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:41, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's Everyday by Buddy Holly. μηδείς (talk) 17:44, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

At last, an answer. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 20:53, 2 June 2013 (UTC) [reply]

Didn't I give that answer several lines up? → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 21:34, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That's just in case the OP missed it the first time. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:26, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Is this one of them there 5-star thingamies? :) -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 23:13, 2 June 2013 (UTC) [reply]

My fault. Left hemisphere blindness. μηδείς (talk) 00:43, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Recognize 2 beautiful classical melodies

In this video there are 2 classical melodies I wish to know.

The first is played at 1:38–2:28 and the second at 4:14–4:55 (and also, interruptedly, from 4:03).

The melodies weren't composed especially for the video (which shows a short film but with a soundtrack by the uploader of the video. These melodies are not a part of the film's original score). Can you recognize them?

Thanks a million! 79.176.186.135 (talk) 23:17, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That link does not work for me. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:27, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This does.[3] Apparently the www. in front of youtube is required. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:31, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(Actually, the "www." is optional, but the original link doesn't work because it's missing the ".com"!) --Bavi H (talk) 20:14, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If all else fails, ask JackOfOz, as he is the resident classical music expert. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:34, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, but just a dabbling dilettante.

It starts out with Claude Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (or, if you just happen to speak English, as I do, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun).

At 1.38 comes in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio Espagnol.

At 3.09 there are a few bars of Maurice Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess).

And at 4.18 it's the melody from the slow (Adagio) movement of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 in E minor.

All great music. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 00:39, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If you like those pieces, this one by Vivaldi should make you cry. μηδείς (talk) 00:54, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Today I actually wanted to extend the question and ask for the name of the melody at the beginning, so thanks again for recognizing it as well! The melody at 3:09 is also beautiful. 109.64.208.53 (talk) 09:40, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. -- Jack of Oz ^[Talk] 12:05, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent work Jack. FYI a couple of those works show up in the fun and delightful Allegro Non Troppo by Bruno Bozzetto. Medeis your choice is one of my fave works by Antonio. It was played with the opening credits of CBS Morning News when I was young and I have heard it accompanied by the lute and several other instruments but IMO it sounds best with the guitar. It pops up in the John Wayne film The Cowboys when Robert Carradine's character Slim is asked what it is he replies "Some guy named Vivaldi wrote it" and gets the reply "It's kinda pretty." MarnetteD | Talk 20:38, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]