Talk:Digitiser

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12/08/2004 - Started Digitiser page. Hopefully myself and/or others will eventually be able to expand it into something far more substantial. To any seasoned Wikipedians who read this, I would like to point out that I am a novice at this, and therefore if I have made any idiot mistakes (highly likely), then I would like to apologise profusely and blame it on inexperience. I hope that this new entry will encourage others to add any Digitiser-related knowledge to it. RJ


Digitiser is gone? I could have sworn it was still there on Channel 4 last time I checked, on 370.

Kiand 19:20, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Bah, never mind. C4 #375 is now "GameCentral"
Damn Teletext Limited, messing around with numbers, etc. Aertel would never do such a thing :-)

Kiand 01:04, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)


'...while lost on dense Teletext staffers...'

'...both within Teletext by its aforementioned, petty-minded editorial minions...'

'It seemed as if the suits had finally won, and with Biffo's screenwriting career taking off at the time, he could've chosen to walk away from it all.'

This is all very fanboyish, and the whole article needs the Biffo bias taking out. (13/02/2006)

I am yet to see a print article without any bias towards Biffo. Russ 15:40, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

  • The thing is, some of the Teletext bosses of the time ultimately conceded that their protests against Biffo and Hairs were futile, as the public Did "get it." Do you see? What I'm saying is that a measure of bias, if phrased properly, is appropriate. Nach0king 23:51, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
    • That said, there is a lot of language in this that needs to be taken out... Nach0king 09:41, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wow, nice article!

This article has grown be so much since I last took a look at it. Well done to the editors, Digitiser really does own your face. It'd be very cool if we could get some images in here of some of the characters and/or a reversible sedgewick. MOC-MOC-A-MOC!! Ou est le chef? Le pompt du dompt? - Hahnchen 20:57, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Revealing Turner the Worm

The most controversial "Reveal-O" (as they were often called - see "Digi-Speak") appeared right at the end of Digitiser's life, on the final page of the final letters section. It purported to be a picture of "the real Turner The Worm (a cartoon character from Teletext also created by Rose) being sick". Pressing the reveal button then uncovered an image that many have likened to a recently-ejaculated penis.

Umm, I can't see that under the letters section either here or here. Remove that paragraph? --Nick RTalk 21:59, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

As unusual as it seems, it did actually exist. It was officially meant to be Turner The Worm, although it didn't look much like the actual Turner, and rather looked more like that mentioned above. It only really makes sense once it is mentioned like that, otherwise it looks innocent, however (hence how it got past the censors). The actual images that were used for Digitiser can be found here, with "Turner The Worm" being further down the page. Failing that, Biffo himself has mentioned it numerous times, and you can either ask him on his forum, or I'm sure there is a link to email him on his blog, and you can always ask him there. Of course, I personally feel that particular sentence could perhaps be worded a little better, especially that last sentence. --Dreaded Walrus 22:36, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
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