{"id":114,"date":"2005-01-30T11:07:22","date_gmt":"2005-01-30T11:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stevepugh.net\/VTT\/?p=114"},"modified":"2005-01-30T11:07:22","modified_gmt":"2005-01-30T11:07:22","slug":"know-any-nice-spaceships-the-sort-youd-invite-to-a-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevepugh.net\/VTT\/2005\/01\/know-any-nice-spaceships-the-sort-youd-invite-to-a-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Know any nice spaceships? The sort you&#039;d invite to a wedding?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the ideas we have for the wedding (I&#8217;ll leave it to you to decide which half of &#8216;we&#8217; actually came up with this idea) is to name all the tables at the reception after famous spaceships from TV and film. Here&#8217;s a partial list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Enterprise<\/b> (from <cite>Star Trek<\/cite>)<\/li>\n<li><b>Defiant<\/b> (<cite>Star Trek Deep Space Nine<\/cite>)<\/li>\n<li><b>Voyager<\/b> (<cite>Star Trek Voyager<\/cite>)<\/li>\n<li><b>Serenity<\/b> (<cite>Firefly<\/cite>)<\/li>\n<li><b>Liberator<\/b> (<cite>Blake&#8217;s 7<\/cite>)<\/li>\n<li><b>Scorpio<\/b> (<cite>Blake&#8217;s 7<\/cite>)<\/li>\n<li><b>Moya<\/b> (<cite>Farscape<\/cite>)<\/li>\n<li><b>Lexx<\/b> (<cite>Lexx<\/cite>)<\/li>\n<li><b>Andromeda Ascendent<\/b> (<cite>Andromeda<\/cite>)<\/li>\n<li><b>White Star<\/b> (<cite>Babylon 5<\/cite>)<\/li>\n<li><b>Excalibur<\/b> (<cite>Crusade<\/cite>)<\/li>\n<li><b>TARDIS<\/b> (<cite>Doctor Who<\/cite>)<\/li>\n<li><b>Discovery<\/b> (<cite>2001<\/cite>)<\/li>\n<li><b>Leonov<\/b> (<cite>2010<\/cite>)<\/li>\n<li><b>Galactica<\/b> (<cite>Battlestar Galactica<\/cite>)<\/li>\n<li><b>Millennium Falcon<\/b> (<cite>Star Wars<\/cite>)<\/li>\n<li><b>Heart of Gold<\/b> (<cite>Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy<\/cite>)<\/li>\n<li><b>Valley Forge<\/b> (<cite>Silent Running<\/cite>)<\/li>\n<li><b>Saratoga<\/b> (<cite>Space: Above and Beyond<\/cite>)<\/li>\n<li><b>Prometheus<\/b> (<cite>Stargate SG1<\/cite>)<\/li>\n<li><b>Roger Young<\/b> (<cite>Starship Troopers<\/cite>)<\/li>\n<li><b>Nostromo<\/b> (<cite>Alien<\/cite>)<\/li>\n<li><b>Narcissus<\/b> (<cite>Alien<\/cite>)<\/li>\n<li><b>Sulaco<\/b> (<cite>Aliens<\/cite> &#8211; yes, all the ship names in the Aliens films are Conrad references)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some of these are great names but not really suitable for a wedding, some of these are really terrible names. We won&#8217;t know how many we&#8217;ll need until we work out the seating plan. Anyone got any other suggestions? I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ve missed loads. <\/p>\n<p><small>It would be fun to come up with wedding themed names along the lines of those used by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saunalahti.fi\/~mjhuur1\/projects\/banks\/ships.html\">ships from Iain Banks&#8217; Culture<\/a><\/small>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the ideas we have for the wedding (I&#8217;ll leave it to you to decide which half of &#8216;we&#8217; actually came up with this idea) is to name all the tables at the reception after famous spaceships from TV and film. 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