Howling:NOT the ninth doctor???

Has anyone put forward the idea that the Doctor who steped out of the Tardis in "Rose", is really the FIRST Doctor, and not the "ninth"? Has anyone established that the Doctor we first saw in 1963 was really the "first"? Making 10 really #2, 11, #3 etc. Might explain River's ongoing joke / brush off, "Maybe when you're older..."

The Tenth Doctor already knew Sarah Jane and Davros, the Eleventh Doctor called himself the Eleventh Doctor, the Fifth Doctor said he was in his fourth regeneration, the recap in The Next Doctor showed all 11 Doctors, the Timelords called the First, Second, and Third Doctors the First, Second and Third Doctors in the Three Doctors, there are numerous references to past episodes in the new series, there are no references to new series episodes in the classic series. River's ongoing joke means that she has met the Doctor later in his life, when he is older. She never met the First Doctor and was never in the classic series.Icecreamdif 04:11, March 21, 2011 (UTC)

All you need is this quote from The Five Doctors:

"As it happens, I am the Doctor. The original, you might say!"

- The First Doctor Skittles the hog-- Talk 21:56, March 21, 2011 (UTC)

All that proves is that William Hartnell played the First Doctor. We never actually saw Patrick Troughton, or Paul Mcgann's Doctor's regenerate, so what if Christopher Eccleston is actually the Third Doctor. My theory is that the Timelords erased Jamie and Zoe's memories, returned them to their own time, and then forced the 2nd Doctor to regenerate into Christopher Eccleston. They were going to exile the Eccleston Doctor to 20th century Earth, but they were inturrupted by a Dalek invasion that began the Time War. The Eccleston Doctor fought in the Time War, and eventually destroyed Gallifrey. All of the new series episodes take place in what is known as Season 6B. Eventually, in a future Matt Smith episode, the Timelords will return. The Timelords will still be mad that the Doctor destroyed them in the Timewar, so they will force him to regenerate into Jon Pertwee, and will exile him to 20th century Earth.69.140.32.138 02:39, March 24, 2011 (UTC)

What about the Tenth Doctor remembering the Fifth Doctor in Time Crash? Or the Ninth Doctor's involvement in the Kingmaker, based on his memory of events? Or the Time War foreshadowing in Series 3 of Gallifrey? Or the numerous occasions in the new series where we've had a run through of all the Doctors? Or the Fifth Doctor refering to himself as the fourth regeneration (in the Five Doctors), and the Eleventh Doctor calling himself the eleventh (The Lodger). Or the new series Doctors referencing and remembering events that happened to Doctors 3 through 8? I don't think any amount of retconning can accomodate your absurd theory. TemporalSpleen 16:36, March 24, 2011 (UTC)

How dare you call my theory absurd. I spent months preparing that theory. I am as sure that Christopher Eccleston actually plays the Third Doctor, as I am that River Song is actually a future incarnation of the Rani(who is actually Rose Tyler and Amy Pond using a chameleon arch), and that the Silence is actually the Beast(why else would there be so many 6s in the show?). Either way, if you actually watched the show, you would know that all of your evidence that disproves my theory is false. The Tennant Doctor(who is acually the 4th Doctor) remembered the Davison Doctor(who is actually the 8th Doctor) because of The Five Doctors. The First Doctor spent a lot of time with the Davison Doctor in the TARDIS in that episode, and the Troughton Doctor also briefly met him. Obviously, the Tennant Doctor remembers the Davison Doctor from that episode. During The Five Doctors, the Davison Doctor told the Hartnell Doctor to fly the TARDIS into a black hole to cancel out the explosion, and the Tennant Doctor remembered being the Hartnell Doctor, and learning about the event from the Davison Doctor. Tegan and Turlough probably told the Hartnell Doctor details about the Davies Doctor, that the Tennant Doctor remembered while he was talking to the Davies Doctor. In the Next Doctor and the Eleventh Hour, the recap of the previous Doctors does not come from the Doctor himself, but from a third party. Remember, the Doctor is a time traveller. The Cyberman infostamp contained information stolen from the Daleks, and the Daleks have already met the Doctor later in his own timestream. When the Fifth Doctor referred to his fourth regeneration, he didn't mean that he had regenerated four times. Remember, the T. Baker Doctor was trapped inside the Timelords TV, so the Doctors that were there were the Hartnell Doctor, the Troughton Doctor, the Pertwee Doctor, and the Davison Doctor. Out of those four, Davison was the fourth chronoligically. In the Lodger, the Eleventh Doctor didn't say "I am the Eleventh Doctor," he just said "Eleventh." That is ambigous enough to mean anything. He could mean that that is the eleventh time he's mind melded with someone through a headbutt. I will not believe that the new series is a direct sequel to the classic series and the TV movie, until the Doctor says, "I am the Eleventh incarnation of the Doctor. Years ago the Timelords exiled me to Earth immediately after I freed humans from war simulations, and I fought in the Timewar during either my Eigth or Ninth incarnations." And, I believe I have now proven that with enough retconning, one can accomadate my, so called, absurd theory.69.140.32.138 21:16, March 25, 2011 (UTC)

The fact that the tenth and eleventh Doctor's recognise their former selves when they see them in The Next Doctor and The Eleventh Hour does tend to hold true to the theory of eleven Doctors. --Revan\Talk 21:19, March 25, 2011 (UTC)

He never said "Oh I know those people, they are my past incarnations." He probably recognized them, but only from the context of seeing them with his first 3 incarnations, even if they are in the wrong order.69.140.32.138 21:36, March 25, 2011 (UTC)