Board Thread:The Panopticon/@comment-24155010-20131228164003/@comment-188432-20131229000314

Shambala's answer is of course correct for the original poster's question. But I did want to pick up on this point: Orangerichard56 wrote: ... and never doctor who in the DWU ... That's absolutely not true. He is regularly and predominantly called "Dr. Who" in annuals and comics from 1964-1979. "Doctor Who" is certainly implied to be his name by most novelisation titles (See here.) Of course The Bells of Saint John actually has the Doctor contemplating the name, and appearing to go for it.

And colloquially, most Britons do consider the character name to be "Doctor Who".

So is the name "Doctor Who"? Eh, yes and no is the best answer that can be mustered.