At one time, not many years ago, before the age of the mobile phone, thousands of pay phones could be found in cities, towns, and villages all across the United States. Some even in the middle of nowhere.
Similarly, all across the UK could be found the classic red telephone boxes. You could tell how old each one was by seeing which royal Crest was on the box.
Whether in the US or UK ... By inserting a coin, picking up the handset, and dialing a number, you could instantly be in contact with someone miles away.
But that is history, and that history is rapidly disappearing. Recently, the last pay phone in New York City was removed and is being put in a local museum. And the numbers of telephone boxes in the UK has dwindled, with some being turned into small flower gardens.
Pay phones and telephone boxes have joined the ranks of the seriously endangered species. Replaced by the personal mobile phone.
What will Dr Who do without a telephone box? Will future episodes find The Doctor zipping from place to place inside a mobile phone?
Time marches on, and we must march with it.
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