Is the Doctor's name really Doctor Who?

[Mistwell]

I seem to remember reading that Billie Piper (Rose) has no desire to reprise the role.

"I think I'd find it very hard to play Rose Tyler again...but...I don't rule out a return to the show in some form or another at some point in the future" were the words she used.

 

[JRR_Talking]

read where Patrick Stewart would like to be in the series

actually a return to an 'older' doctor may give it a new slant even

 

[Felon]

The Doctor has actually been referred to once as Doctor Who within the series itself, other than the title. In one of the 3rd Doctor (Jon Pertwee) episodes someone actually addressed him as Dr. Who.

There was a terrible fan outcry at the time, I believe. The writer of that episode may have been shot.

Wasn't the first Doctor called "Doctor Who" by the computer WOTAN in "The War Machines"?

 

[Squire James]

In the sense that one's name is what most people call a person, I guess "The Doctor" is pretty much his name. It probably now registers more in his mind as "his name" than his original name does.

 

[evildmguy]

In one of the last two episodes, the Doctor and the Master are talking and they say how they got those names, IIRC.

edg

 

[Cthulhudrew]

I hope there's an episode sometime where the Doctor meets up with a Chinese doctor named Doctor Hu.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I doubt that Rose will be back. But you'll be pleased to know that Martha won't be in about the first half of next season. Instead the actress who played The Runaway Bride will reprise her role and be his Companion. So says next week's TV Guide. In which case I won't be watching. I couldn't stand her.

Ugh, Sally Sparrow would have been a better choice. She's the equal of Sarah Jane, IMO.

 

[Prince Atom]

In one of the last two episodes, the Doctor and the Master are talking and they say how they got those names, IIRC.

edg

I've always understood that they were self-granted titles.

The Doctor, in re the Master's title:

"You picked it. Psychiatrist's field day."

And the Doctor has been calling himself John Smith when he needs a (vanilla) pseudonym since forever. I think it's become something of an inside joke.

Still, at least he's not calling himself "John Doe." That would be silly.

TWK

 

[Prince Atom]

Ugh, Sally Sparrow would have been a better choice. She's the equal of Sarah Jane, IMO.

Yeah, I really enjoyed that episode. It was a real larf after the previous two, when he's being "John Smith" for reals. That I didn't like at all.

TWK

 

[Tewligan]

I hope there's an episode sometime where the Doctor meets up with a Chinese doctor named Doctor Hu.

Then, those two could team up with a cowboy named Doc Terhew!