Guess the last two series

[vilakins]

I have just two none left:

3. How to survive on another planet in another time. Life on Mars

10. One of them never says yes or no. SG1 (Teal'c)

Here are some more clues.

#3 is a play on both the title and the premise.

#10 is a very well-known and long-running SF series, and one character, like the Irish (Gaelic doesn't have the words) never uses them.

Comments

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

Ack. 3 must be Life on Mars.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Indeed!

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

like the Irish (Gaelic doesn't have the words)

And the Welsh, but it doesn't help me in the slightest.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if you've ever seen it. It's an American show and you've never mentioned it.

The character BTW is a long way from being Irish.

I didn't know Welsh also lacked yes and no. I've never heard the same circumlocutions from them that the Irish use:
"Are you going to town today?"
"I am not."

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

In English we use both yes and no but in Welsh we have to do the same as the Irish. There is one single word answer for yes and I think also for no in Welsh but both translate as multiple word answers I am and I am not.

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

Is it lost in space? I have a vague recollection it being said that a certain Dr Zachary Smith avoiding the use of those two words.
Of course its so long since I saw any of the original I don't recollect myself either way.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

It is not.

All the series I used are either current or extremely recent, and ones I was sure most people would know and guess. This one has a big fanbase. :-)

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

Well the only other person I know who uses circumlocution like that is Data, which would make it STTNG.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

It is not Data. Perhaps you do not watch this television series, Steed of Jaxom.

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

Perhaps not!
Or I just don't get it from the clue.

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

Eh. Is that Teal'c, from SG-1?

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Indeed. :-D

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

You know I'd never noticed that about Teal'c. Mind you its been a Looong while since I've actually seen any Stargate!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I love language and tend to notice quirks of speech and accent. :-)

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

So do I usually but never noticed that.

[kerravonsen]

Is #10 Spock in Trek?

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

It is not, Kerr Avonsen.

[kerravonsen]

I see that someone above has already guessed it, but your reply made me twig that it was Teal'c.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

:-) I was trying to do that with other comments, but only you two got it.

[kerravonsen]

It wasn't just the lack of yes and no, it was the use of the full name...

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

Yes, what she said. I hadn't thought about Teal'c not using yes and no; I had to have a piece of dialogue long enough to hear his speaking rhythm. With a name, that doesn't have to be a very long piece.