BDOs

[wellinghall]

[Poll #1761596]

Inspired by http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2011/07/mind-meld-whats-your-favorite-big-dumb-object-in-sf/, from http://www.ansible.co.uk/

Comments

[chris-maslen.livejournal.com]

The Excession from the Iain M. Banks book of the same name.

[johannes-d.livejournal.com]

Mesklin from Mission of gravity

[elegaer.livejournal.com]

the TARDIS isn't big and dumb!!

[emperor]

It's big, though :-)

[muuranker.livejournal.com]

Athshe (the Word for World is Forest)

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

Serenity, from Firefly.

I would have said the TARDIS, but she certainly isn't dumb!

[evilmissbecky.livejournal.com]

I take issue with calling the TARDIS dumb, sir. It shall be pistols at dawn for this.

[pellegrina.livejournal.com]

Babylon 5 forever!

[the-marquis.livejournal.com]

Big Yellow ain't dumb ... just saying'

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

I can't answer, since a. I don't know what most of those are and b. more importantly I don't like the use of the word dumb (although it's recently become ubiquitous).

I agree with the person who said/implied that the TARDIS (always uppercase, I thought) doesn't count, though.

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

By the way I'm passing comment on my view of the state of the English language, not personally on you wellinghall, as you are Terrific(tm).

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

Star One in Blake's 7.