Brian Cox replied to this Viz letter about the Tardis and it had people laughing in space and time
It’s always a source of joy when a famous name takes time out to respond to a reader’s letter in Viz.
There was that time when historian and TV presenter Lucy Worsley spotted this letter by ‘Lucy Worsley’ and did this.
YES, COME ON, YOU CAN’T F**K AROUND WITH HISTORY LIKE THIS (with thanks to @slondonuk) pic.twitter.com/LnhbWxDk0C
— Lucy Worsley (@Lucy_Worsley) May 18, 2020
Now Professor Brian Cox has replied to a letter which didn’t mention him by name but did touch on one of his TV favourites. Okay, so two celebrities isn’t exactly a trend but stick with us. Here’s the letter.
And this is what the good prof had to say.
This is a misunderstanding of relativity by Mr Bandeet because the proper time always increases aboard the Tardis even if it travels along a closed timelike curve. @vizcomic https://t.co/65hHnMKcCM
— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) January 6, 2022
Thank you for that important clarification.
If there isn’t a door marked “The Turdis” I will be very disappointed.
— Mike Holden 💙 (@MikeHolden42) January 6, 2022
I’d leave it a minute if I were you. pic.twitter.com/o4poykWpvg
— Trev Ellis 🇪🇺 (@GingertrevTrev) January 6, 2022
And while we’re here, we also liked this, in response to a question about those Tory MPs demanding a nightly national anthem on the BBC.
Things Can Only Get Better @d_ream_music https://t.co/tERfr9hBZg
— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) January 6, 2022
And it would be remiss not to include this.
Every BBC series about the universe. pic.twitter.com/pByfozoTpS
— Seán Burke (@SeanBurkeShow) December 10, 2021
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Source Twitter @ProfBrianCox