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1. If Doctor Who is not his name, why is the program called Doctor Who? If it was a question, not a name,
there would be a question mark in the title.
2. The Doctor is was named as Dr. Who in the credits until John Nathan-Turner. David Tennant showed of his
supposed fan credentials by asking for it to be changed to 'the Doct or' but this should not impress anybody asthroughout much of the history of the show, the credits give it to Dr. Who.
3. In The Gunfighters, the Doctor is asked 'Doctor who?' to which he replies 'Yes, quite right.'
4. In The Highlanders, the Doctor calls himself 'Dr. Von Wer' (who in German).
5. In The Underwater Menace, he signs his name as Dr W.
6. The computer WOTAN refers to the Doctor as Dr. Who in The War Machines. This might be the case of
WOTAN confusing a nickname as a proper name, but it is clearly a nickname that the Doctor accepts and
acknowleges.
7. The second story of Season 7 is titled Dr. Who and the Silurians.
8. The Doctor is always called 'the Doctor' onscreen. However, he has used other names such as Theta Sigma
(when he was at the academy) and he occasionally uses the alias John Smith. It is not clear that he has used
the title 'the Doctor' as a name before the events of The Unearthly Child (Susan always calls him 'Grandfather').
It is perfectly possible that if 'Who' is not his name, he has used this as an alias or pseudonym.
9. Who is used in the registration numbers of Bessie and the 'Whomobile' (never called this onscreen). So
Who does have significance for the Doctor.
10. Most fans hate the question mark logo that John Nathan Turner imposed on every Doctor during his time
as producer, but this is onscreen evidence for mystery being associated with the Doctor's name. In
Remembrance of the Daleks, the Doctor even has a calling card with a question mark logo.
11. He uses the name 'Dr. Who' in the TV Comic strip. Most fans assume the TV Comic is uncanonical, but isthis assumption justified? It follows the television series more closely than the BBC Wales series and theKleptons appear in the novel Placebo Effect .
12. In the Peter Cushing movies, the Doctor is called Dr. Who and even has grandaughters called Susan Whoand Barbara Who. Not canonical I know, but it does demonstrate that people used to assume he was calledDoctor Who and this assumption was left unchallenged.
The Doctor Really Is Called Doctor Who11 Reasons why Doctor Who is a proper name.
One of the really irritating cliches among fans is the insistence that the Doctor is not called Doctor Who. Various people involv ed in the production of the show, such as Matthew Waterhouse, David Tennantand the late Barry Letts hav e repeated this clic he. It is true that the Doctor is generally called 'theDoctor', but there is substantial ev idence that 'Docto r Who' is either the Doctor's name or a pseudonymthat he has sometimes used:
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I'm pretty sure all those references can easily be explained as the writers making jokesin reference to the title... Though I never watched any of the old series I am quitefamiliar with the newer ones. At least Tennant and Smith, anyway. It seems pretty clear that his 'name' isn't Doctor Who, seeing as it's not The Doctor either. The idea is thatnobody knows his name, and thus everyone kinda uses nicknames, the one he goeswith tends to be The Doctor."
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I also don't think that the title necessarily would have a question mark if "Doctor Who" was a question,being a title gives them some freedom not to punctuate it. To drive that particular point home, have youseen all of the latest series? I don't mean to spoil anything, so if you haven't then stop reading now, butthey make quite a point out of the oldest -question- in the universe being "Doctor who?"
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Hes called Doctor who because when he says "I'm the Doctor" everyone responds
"Doctor Who?"
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