• Dasus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    23 days ago

    Guess they could hang a lantern and say the gate gives some sort of babelfish ability, just like that. (Is she referring to Farscape there, I remember Crichton asking why he understands them but i can’t recall if that was the explanation.)

    The Doctor’s TARDIS gives a magical ability to speak and understand languages, perhaps the gateway does as well.

    • SatyrSack@quokk.auOPEnglish
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      23 days ago

      (Is she referring to Farscape there, I remember Crichton asking why he understands them but i can’t recall if that was the explanation.)

      Yes, that joke there is about a Stargate character making a Farscape reference. This is not actual dialogue from a Stargate episode.

      • Dasus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        23 days ago

        I know it isn’t. I do remember Crichton being weird about why everyone speaks English. I’m just asking whether “translator microbes” was the in-universe explanation in Farscape.

        Could’ve googled it obviously but this is a forum so I was making conversation