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No 2,608

Bad Wolf
Who is he?
It's your job to find out.

Why would I want to?
Can't tell you.

Why not?
It's a secret.

OK then, how about a clue?
The Egyptian wolf god was called Anubis. He led the deceased into the afterlife, and also raised the dead.

Is it him, then?
Might be. Might not be.

Is it Wolf from Gladiators? Professor Heinz Wolff, who used to present the Great Egg Race? Or is it perhaps the belipsticked US feminist Naomi Wolf?
Can't tell you.

Well, at the very least I could do with another clue.
The nuclear power station about to destroy Cardiff is caled "Blaidd Drwg".

Aha! But what does that mean?
It's a mystery.

Now look, this is all just silly.
No, it's not, it's Doctor Who. The existence of Bad Wolf, a shadowy nemesis of the Doctor's, has been hinted at in almost every episode of the current series. The internet, needless to say, has been awash with speculation; all will be revealed in the final episode of the series on Saturday, but until then, the BBC has made sure everything is shrouded in secrecy.

What do the speculators think?
Pretty much everything. Some say the Doctor himself is Bad Wolf, pointing out that Christopher Ecclestone is leaving the show after the series. The Daleks and the Tardis are under a fair amount of suspicion, as is Doctor Who's assistant Rose.

That nice Billie Piper? She can't be Bad Wolf, can she? For one, she's a fox. And she is, in many ways, good.
Yes, but Rose could mean Rose and Crown, as in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead. To be or not to be, that is the question for the Doctor. So maybe Rose is the Bad Wolf.

But that's just nonsense!
Might be. Might not.

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