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lol did you just watch the new episode of Doctor Who? I don't think the TARDIS is necessarily female :P
Anyway, I like it. I'm American though, so aside from Idris Elba, the name is entirely unfamiliar to me and I don't associate it strongly with either gender. I think it sounds like a unisex name imo - it has both a masculine and feminine sound. So when I was watching Doctor Who and house called the TARDIS Idris, I wasn't all, "but that's a girl's name!"
I'm not sure how it would be taken in the UK... it'd probably seem weirder there, especially in Wales, seeing how Idris Elba is much more well known over there?
Anyway, I like it. I'm American though, so aside from Idris Elba, the name is entirely unfamiliar to me and I don't associate it strongly with either gender. I think it sounds like a unisex name imo - it has both a masculine and feminine sound. So when I was watching Doctor Who and house called the TARDIS Idris, I wasn't all, "but that's a girl's name!"
I'm not sure how it would be taken in the UK... it'd probably seem weirder there, especially in Wales, seeing how Idris Elba is much more well known over there?
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Ha. I just watched this for the first time through the miracle of iPlayer, and it was definitely the woman's name beforehand and not the TARDIS'... for the same reasons as some others have said, and besides, there's a bit where he asks if the TARDIS has a name and Idris is most definitely not mentioned.
I am suuuuuuch a geek
Anyway, I liked the character and by association can picture it on a woman. I think it has a bit of a too much of a fantasy/sci-fi vibe to be without it's problems if anyone were to actually use it (and besides the fact that if someone were to have a daughter right off the back of the episode and name her Idris, regardless of it being because they liked the name, people are going to find it funny that it looks like someone named their child after a Who character. In a couple of months time, eh, nobody'd notice, but...) but it is pretty and does have a bit of a unisex feel to it.
Must say, though, that when I first heard the name I seriously thought they said Iblis and was like O___O. That might be because I'm a wee bit deaf, haha.
And really, there's loads of boy names now popular on girls, and this one is actually nice compared to 80% of currently used ones, so I'm not gonna complain and I'm not sure how big a deal it would be...
I am suuuuuuch a geek
Anyway, I liked the character and by association can picture it on a woman. I think it has a bit of a too much of a fantasy/sci-fi vibe to be without it's problems if anyone were to actually use it (and besides the fact that if someone were to have a daughter right off the back of the episode and name her Idris, regardless of it being because they liked the name, people are going to find it funny that it looks like someone named their child after a Who character. In a couple of months time, eh, nobody'd notice, but...) but it is pretty and does have a bit of a unisex feel to it.
Must say, though, that when I first heard the name I seriously thought they said Iblis and was like O___O. That might be because I'm a wee bit deaf, haha.
And really, there's loads of boy names now popular on girls, and this one is actually nice compared to 80% of currently used ones, so I'm not gonna complain and I'm not sure how big a deal it would be...
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Yes, Doctor Who! While the TARDIS isn't necessarily female, the body it was in definitely was, and wasn't the woman's name before she became the TARDIS, Idris? Or did I misunderstand?
And I'm American too, although I'm moving to the UK in the near future. :)
And I'm American too, although I'm moving to the UK in the near future. :)
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I don't remember... the only time I distinctly remember her being called Idris was near the end when house yelled at her. Did they call her that in the beginning too? I'll have to rewatch.
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She was a woman called Idris before she had the Tardis matrix put into her and her own personality/soul/mind wiped. The Tardis thought her own name was Sexy since that is what the Doctor calls her!
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I thought so, but I could be wrong. The people in the room with me were loud in the beginning of the episode, and I haven't been able to rewatch it yet!
edit: Yes, that's what I thought, especially because she thought her name was sexy. Thanks!
edit: Yes, that's what I thought, especially because she thought her name was sexy. Thanks!
This message was edited 5/16/2011, 11:31 AM
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