The Name of The Doctor
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Topic: The Name of The Doctor
Posted By: chopper
Subject: The Name of The Doctor
Date Posted: May 13 2013 at 10:23
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Apparently Doctor Who's real name is going to be revealed this weekend (apart from some people in the US who have apparently received the DVD a few weeks early and so already know - if this is you, please keep quiet).
Place your bets here on what you reckon his name will be.
I'm going for "Bob" or "Steve".
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 13 2013 at 10:24
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Snow dog ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: May 13 2013 at 10:24
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"The" ------------- What? |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: May 13 2013 at 10:28
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Since it is a British show, I will go with Ian. ------------- 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 13 2013 at 10:51
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Dr Know ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: May 13 2013 at 11:14
Davros  ------------- What? |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: May 13 2013 at 11:21
| Chester, obviously. |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: May 13 2013 at 11:26
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Gerald
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: May 13 2013 at 11:26
This weekend? I read it was planned to be revealed in november, exactly for the 50th birthday!  Anyway, my bet is on: "Some call me... Tim?" |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: May 13 2013 at 11:45
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With a last name like Who it's obvious he's chinese, so I bet his first name is When. -------------  
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 13 2013 at 13:14
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I'm going to say they won't actually reveal it, at least not to the wider audience. (Unless you know for a fact they do, then ignore this bit) Perhaps a long string or galifrian symbols or the like.
But if they do...I'll say Maximillion, Cornelius, Cosmo, or Boniface. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: May 13 2013 at 13:18
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Dr. Phil
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: May 13 2013 at 13:44
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Maybe we should the case to the Tropers: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WMG/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor" rel="nofollow - http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WMG/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor My other bet would be that his ancestors not only created the TARDIS, but also baptized it from their family name. Wild Mass Guess at its worst... |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: May 15 2013 at 10:06
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IMO...They will not reveal his name to us since that's been a running 'gag' for 50 years now. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: May 15 2013 at 10:21
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Ikarus -------------  
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: May 15 2013 at 11:20
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Maybe he would be likely to have a more-than-exotic name, due to his extraterrestrial origins. So, none of us would guess right. |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: May 15 2013 at 12:16
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XZ122198# maybe -------------
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: May 15 2013 at 12:21
| Nah, I don't think the Gallifreyan civilisation is all about matricules and numbers. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: May 15 2013 at 13:14
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The first Gallifreyan we ever see in Dr Who (before the Doctor himself even) was called Susan and she was/is the Doctor's granddaughter. Another Gallifreyan who appeared in many episodes is Romanadvoratrelundar (Romana). Other's have been called Runcible, Rodan and Damon, so it seems they can have quite mundane names. ------------- What? |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: May 16 2013 at 13:15
Do you recall what happened to the grandaughter after the other doctor took over? Maybe she's Clara being regenerated..?
 I recall a President Berosa (sp?) on Gallifrey also from one of Baker's episodes.
BTW... I heard that John Hurt is going to be in the 50th Anniversary episode and that he's playing a lost 9th version of Dr Who.
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Dean wrote:Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: May 17 2013 at 05:03
 The whole Doctor numerology is suspect anyway, the 1st Doctor is the first one we meet, but in one of the 1970s episodes we saw several previous incarnations of the Doctor prior to Hartnell in a flash-back. It has later been "explained" that there is a difference between regeneration and rejuvenation (which is what the transition from Hartnell to Troughton was called) so those earlier Doctors could have been rejuvenations prior to the first actual regeneration from Troughton to Pertwee. Having Hurt as a missing link between McGann and Eccleston is a neat plot-device, but nothing more, any problems it creates can be circumvented.
Basically, even with the apparent constraints and limitations imposed by the existing chronology, anything and everything is possible in the imagination of a scriptwriter when time-travel is the central premis of the story. ------------- What? |
Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: May 17 2013 at 05:19
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^ I'm going to ignore any of the logic Dean has posted and say his name will be Garbanzo Cabron IV ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: May 17 2013 at 05:33
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"Logic, my dear Zoe, just enables you to be wrong with authority" ~ The 2nd Doctor
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: May 17 2013 at 07:07
My guess is it'll be undecided and they'll leave us on tenterhooks until the 50th anniversary special.
And I won't be around to watch it tomorrow anyway.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 17 2013 at 07:12
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: May 17 2013 at 07:14
I'm travelling back in time to 11th May so I can stick a bet on Wigan.
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Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: May 17 2013 at 09:33
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Who
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: May 17 2013 at 11:47
The Doctor. You see, the hero from this BBC TV show? Been on the air since 1963. Somewhat of an extraterrestrial with the ability to travel in time, fighting strange aliens such as the Daleks, the Cyborgs, the Sontarains and many others. They plan to reveal his true name in the next expisode.  |
Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: May 18 2013 at 03:27
That was my thought exactly! What a twist that would make to the entire fifty years.... ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: May 18 2013 at 20:37
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WHAT
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 18 2013 at 20:46
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As I suspected, his name was not revealed (though I didn't expect it to happen the way it did).
But a very enjoyable episode overall.  ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Viajero Astral
Date Posted: May 26 2013 at 18:19
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I think his real name is something like Marvin. ------------- 
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