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August 13

Opening dialogue in Top Gun - persons & their ranks

The well-known opening dialogue in Top Gun is "Morning Scott." - "Morning Vince." (the reply is often wrongly cited as "Morning Wells.", but this is only the next sentence) Questions: a) What were the functions and ranks of Vince & Scott, please? b) Scott is known to be Navy officer Scott Krambeck, but no one seems to know who Vince is - is there maybe a chance to find out? --KnightMove (talk) 03:49, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

You can see them at the very end (4:05) of the youtube video watch?v=EZfM2VMs_vI. Maybe somebody who knows naval insignia can figure out their ranks, but I kind of doubt you can determine their functions from a few seconds onscreen. Clarityfiend (talk) 08:46, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the additional video, although they can be seen there only just as good as in mine. --KnightMove (talk) 13:58, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

I'm no the off-ramp to the senile zone, duh dah duh duh. Clarityfiend (talk) 11:09, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

Meanwhile I have made myself familiar with United States Navy officer rank insignia on the collar of their khaki uniforms. Vince is clearly a Lieutenant. Scott is either a Lieutenant Junior Grade or an Ensign, depending on the color of the insignia on his collar. Unfortunately, this is very hard to spot in the dimmed light. Maybe someone can help, anyway? --KnightMove (talk) 13:54, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

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  Vince is a Lieutenant
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  But is Scott a Lieutenant Junior Grade...
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  ... or an Ensign?

Doctor Who

The Doctor often travels through time and meets up with famous historical figures. I was just reading the biography of Niccolò Paganini and realized they would get on quite well. Has there ever been an episode featuring the two of them? Viriditas (talk) 18:56, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Nice idea Viriditas. There hasn't been a meeting in any of the TV episodes. There are so many books and Big Finish audio stories that they may have met in one of those. Maybe we can photoshop the TARDIS and the Dr of your choice into this painting File:Liszt at the Piano.JPG :-). MarnetteD|Talk 00:22, 14 August 2022 (UTC)