Talk:The Doctor (Contents)

So is this the Fourteenth Doctor?
I think the authorial intent is fairly clear that this is the Fourteenth Doctor, for the reasons stated in the Behind the scenes note. That being said, the question remains of whether this is enough. Certainly, one item from each incarnation leading up to this one is more direct in-universe hints than there were Eccleston was the Ninth Doctor when Rose aired, yet I don't believe the page was ever "The Doctor (Rose)". But on the other hand, the Wiki has grown a lot since then. --Scrooge MacDuck ☎  20:46, September 17, 2019 (UTC)
 * My main concern, having now seen the illustration in question, is the ambiguity in how those various items are presented. They sit in a sort of over-flowing chest, which (assuming it's not all filled by the unseen length of Four's scarf) might contain any number of items we don’t get to see on the page. Even if we accept that the purse must certainly represent Thirteen (which I might also bring into question —- there's no suggestion in any other story so far that Thirteen carries one), there's no way of necessarily knowing there haven’t been more incarnations in between. In other words, I agree that this Doctor is a future incarnation relative to the television series timeline today, but I'm not so certain this must be Fourteen. 21:28, September 17, 2019 (UTC)
 * I have to agree with SOTO. While the intent is certainly there, I don't think there is enough narrative evidence to back it up. Maybe we could revisit this if the Thirteenth Doctor is shown in other sources to possess a handbag or if the description of this incarnation matches the appearance of the Fourteenth Doctor when they appear on television. --Borisashton ☎  21:38, September 17, 2019 (UTC)
 * I have seen the illustration but are we even sure that every other incarnations before that point are accounted for? What is supposed to represent the Eighth and the War Doctors? My guess isthe following: (I want to be sure that war was skipped and thus maybe some others were too)

RingoRoadagain ☎  21:47, September 17, 2019 (UTC)
 * 1) Signet Ring
 * 2) Recorder and chest (Power of the Dalkes)
 * 3) Screwdriver with unique handle (carnival of monsters)
 * 4) scarf
 * 5) celry
 * 6) cat pin
 * 7) paisley scarf
 * 8) the shoe?
 * 9) *war:???
 * 10) 9th/10th doctor screwdriver
 * 11) square glasses
 * Fez
 * 1) guitar
 * 2) bag?
 * Well, the War Doctor is the exception to the rule in this anthology. He only appears in a single poem (The Red and the Blue) and is not referenced in any other poem, not even Full Stop which is 12 reflecting on his past incarnations. And anyway, I would have thought that the Ninth Doctor would have disposed of all of the War Doctor possessions considering the horrors he believed he had committed. --Borisashton ☎  21:52, September 17, 2019 (UTC)