{"id":637,"date":"2006-04-26T13:41:10","date_gmt":"2006-04-26T12:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/26\/its-the-end\/"},"modified":"2006-04-26T13:41:10","modified_gmt":"2006-04-26T12:41:10","slug":"its-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/04\/26\/its-the-end\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s the end"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/mobile\/article\/0,,1759921,00.html\"><em>theguardian<\/em><\/a>, via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallifreyone.com\/news.php\">Outpost Gallifrey<\/a>, comes the sad news that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bt.com\">BT<\/a> are dropping Tom Baker as their landline text message voice, and thus spoiling the fun of literally tens of texters.<\/p>\n<p>However, the moment has been prepared for:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The service, which allowed people to send messages from their mobile phones to landlines, to be enunciated in Baker&#8217;s classic deep voice, will be changed to include both male and female voices. 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