Who Will/Should Light the Torch at the London Olympics?

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I wonder who’s the oldest British Olympian who can still walk and carry a torch?

Or at least wheel a chair up to the cauldron, while carrying a torch. The archer who shot the arrow that lit the flame in Barcelona was not a “regular” Olympian, but was a Paralympics archer.

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The Barcelona archer! Man, that was an Olympic Moment. Hard to top that one.

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Sadly the Barcelona Archer did not light the flame (for safety reasons):

(he) deliberately overshot the cauldron; though some sources claim it was done for the safety of the spectators, in fact Rebollo’s arrow did not light the natural gas rising from the cauldron. This was done by a Reyes Abades technician via remote control in all rehearsals and the ceremony itself, as Abades explained in an interview with his local newspaper ‘globalhenares.com’, “…he created the mechanism for lighting the Olympic flame”.

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I have considered for a while starting a petition to this effect, but I’m not a Brit and it would probably be ignored. Besides, I’d hate to volunteer David Tennant if he’s not in favor of the idea himself.

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Also, that episode sucked.

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Tennant’s not the Doctor any more, so you’d be volunteering Matt Smith.

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“I light torches now. Torches are cool.”

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And looking at this, I’m wondering if Tennant would even be allowed. Probably not in character, at least.

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If we go by sheer media coverage/worldwide attention, Pippa Middleton’s ass is a shoo-in.

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I was thinking of her for that same reason. Design the cauldron so she has to bend way over to light it…

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Stephen Fry

Just after going on a lot about some curious historical fact about Olympic torches and so forth. Besides, I’d like to see him run 400 meters first.

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But it was the tenth Doctor who lit the torch in the episode.

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I think people are forgetting/don’t realize there was an episode where David Tenant’s Doctor lit the torch.

I have to admit, that would be awesome.

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Alright, but there will only be a day or two left for actual Olympic events. :smiley:

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No, I’ve seen the episode. Just saying, I don’t know if Tennant’s allowed to appear in character any more.

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They could use Camilla’s ass to snuff it out.

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It’s England! Don’t you guys have some fire breathing dragons and shit?

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St. George made them all extinct, unfortunately. It’s hard to admire them as majestic creatures when they’re burning down your thatched roof cottages and eating the peasants.

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Eh, St. George was Greek. Just like the Elgin Marbles.

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Then have Harry Potter fly by on his Nimbus 2000 and drop the torch in! Get some sense of theatre people!