As far as I know he is strictly refered to as 'the doctor' (or Smith on ocasion). Is he ever been called Docor Who in the series?
2007-11-03 21:40:45 · 5 answers · asked by Puppy Zwolle 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television ➔ Other - Television
Believe it or not, that's one of the older debates in Doctor who. I believe that early on in the original show, this was meant to specify the mystery of the character. in the very first episode, Ian, a soon to be companion, calls the Doctor "Dr. Foreman" at which this mysterious old man says “eeh? Doctor Who?” but later in the series (season 3) this becomes confused to the point where he’s even referred to as Dr. Who (the War Machines). The third Doctor (season 7-11) has a license plate marked WHO1 on his “who mobile”. This came to a halt in the early to mid 70’s when the decision became official that he's a traveler known as The Doctor and you’ll never know “who” he really is. at which point the trade mark "?" became the symbol of The Doctor to emphasize this.
2007-11-06 01:16:16 · answer #1 · answered by Voodooinc 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a strict Dr Who fan who knows the entire canon, I've only watched the latest series, but I would assume that the 'Who' is a reference to the fact that he's only called The Doctor and doesn't have a human name (with the exception of his sometimes alias name John Smith, but that's another story).
A couple of times you'll find that a gag in the show will be that he'll introduce himself and the person across from him will say something like "Doctor... Doctor who?"
Like, "what is your name!"
Not to mention that many characters have said to him "Who are you!?"
2007-11-03 22:30:59 · answer #2 · answered by Jessie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The character has never been known as "Doctor Who", his name is The Doctor. There were two 60s films with Peter Cushing who played a human (not time lord) character called "Dr Who" and had a Tardis and fought some Daleks, but everyone regards that as nothing to do with the TV series. Several episodes of the Christopher Eccleston series credited him as "Doctor Who" by mistake - naughty BBC!
2007-11-03 22:09:27 · answer #3 · answered by Redbeard The Saxon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's because the Doctor is an extremely mysterious person, so the producers thought of the name 'Doctor Who'.
2007-11-04 05:05:53 · answer #4 · answered by Club Gallifrey 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who knows?!
2007-11-03 23:42:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋