User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-4028641-20151101035254/@comment-24894325-20160324004234

Nahald wrote: Bwburke94 wrote: Although I think logic dictates that this is obviously her human name... At first I thought so too, but I was converted to the belief that Petronella is not the name of the human Osgood. She gave it only in response to the Doctor giving his name as Basil. She clearly did not believe him. (Neither do we, right?) So it was quite natural for her to come up with a reciprocally fake name. It was noted by SOTO that every mention of Petronella is adjacent to a mention of Basil and the tone is sometimes quite sarcastic. For instance, when the Doctor addresses her as Petronella, she responds addressing him as Basil with a very sarcastic emphasis on it. (And he then suggests never to use these names again.)
 * 1. Is human Osgood's full name Petronella Osgood?

Perhaps, Big Finish will take mercy on us and include an explicit discussion of her first name into the second UNIT box set. Until then, I believe her first name to be unknown and, hence, Petronella should not be used in page names or infoboxes.