Questions asked, questions answered.

Question for all Old Skool Who fen who've seen "The Hand of Fear": You remember Sarah's "Eldrad MUST live" thing? Well, is it just me, or, when you're driving around, do you also see those "Right lane MUST turn right" signs and say them to yourself--sometimes out loud--in possessed!Sarah's voice? 'Cause even months after seeing the episode, I still do that. And there are a lot of mandatory right turn lanes in this town.

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Mostly for rensong: I found out why Thatcher wears her Sam Browne belt in the opposite direction from everyone else on the show! According to a post on alt.tv.due-south, officers carry (or at least have a place for) swords on their belts instead of gun holsters (so yes, Turnbull was wrong in MOTB). Thus, where a right-handed person with a holster would want the belt slanting from left shoulder to right hip to facilitate drawing a gun, that same person with a sword would want it slanting right to left in order to draw the sword.

So with all the things dS got wrong about the RCMP uniforms, this bit they got right, only to confuse the hell out of everybody. (Okay, me. I don't know why that niggled at me so much, but it did, and I'm glad to finally have it answered.)

Other ways Thatcher's uniform differs from the non-coms's: there's the hat, obviously, and also an inch or so of black fabric at the ends of her sleeves, and a little crown on her epaulets. I have yet to get a good look at her right sleeve, but I imagine there's some kind of badge there indicating rank as well.

I am not a geek. Not. Totally not. I am...observant. That's the word. Yes.