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)