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01:33:54 PM May 29th 2010
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  • Turn Left got a very long and subtle one of these, starting before Donna was even introduced — as early as "Boom Town" Jack's telling a joke whose punchline is "I knew we should have turned left".

How and why? I don't see how it refers to "Turn Left". Davies is good, but not THAT good.
DaibhidC
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09:06:26 AM Jan 6th 2011
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  • Arguably, the word "Run" can be seen as an arc word, since variations have been made since the new show started. Indeed, the Doctor's first line in the new series is, "Run." Other variations:
    Ninth Doctor: Nice to meet you, Rose. Run for your life.
    River Song: You and me, time and space. Watch us run.
    River Song: When you run with the Doctor, it feels like it will never end.
    Tenth Doctor: You and me, River, one last run!
    Donna Noble: He saves civilizations, fights monsters...and runs a lot. Seriously there's an outrageous amount of running involved.
    Eleventh Doctor: I'm the Doctor. Basically, run.

This is not a mysterious enigmatic phrase. It's because there is, in fact, an outrageous amount of running involved. Earlier Doctors even had the Catch Phrase "When I say run..."
yunatwilight
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11:00:23 PM Sep 5th 2011
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  • CQC, POW, OSP....

Those aren't Arc Words. They're standard military jargon used in a normal way. It's like saying "codec" is an Arc Word.
yunatwilight
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11:02:30 PM Sep 5th 2011
  • The Simpsons: "El Barto" graffiti pops up often on walls. To the audience it's pretty obvious it is Bart, many people in Springfield don't know that it is.

That's not a case of Arc Words, it's a Running Gag. There's no attached story arc.
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