Talk:Doctor Who/Archive 1

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I went ahead and wrote a new article plus two more detailed ones at Doctor Who (1960s-1990s) and Doctor Who (2000s-) after waiting several　months for objections. This was to remove Wikipedia material and incorporate material about both the 'new' and 'classic' series in this article while also having more detailed pages focusing on these two versions of the show (which are treated distinctly by the BBC, for example by promoting the new series above the old on the official website and having different logos for old and new). I tried to incorporate material added by other users, though the way I've written it, and the complexity of comparing multiple versions to identify new material, my material, and Wikipedia material meant that some has disappeared. John Stephenson 07:57, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Who?

'Who is certainly not his real name'. Is 'Who' his name at all? Or is it just the title of the series? I watched in the very early days; I don't remember him being referred to as 'Dr. Who', except maybe interrogatively. Ro Thorpe 01:26, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

No, it's not, though there were a handful of episodes in the 1960s that implied it was, e.g. he once signed his name 'Dr W.'. However, that quickly stopped. You may be thinking of the 1960s Peter Cushing Dalek films, which presented a separate continuity in which the main character was an elderly human scientist called 'Dr Who'. These days he's credited as 'The Doctor'. John Stephenson 05:58, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Right, thanks for the information. You might consider adding a note about that. Ro Thorpe 09:27, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

He was explicitly called that in the dialogue of The War Machines, but as John says that was exceptional. In the on-screen cast list it was much more common. Peter Jackson 11:33, 23 November 2009 (UTC)