Brian Cox replied to this Viz letter about the Tardis and it had people laughing in space and time

Poke Staff. Updated January 7th, 2022

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.

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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

(And you can subscribe to Viz here.)

Source Twitter @ProfBrianCox