Talk:The Doctor/Archive 2

Moving
I feel it would be more proper to move Richard Hurndall's name up into the section where the canon Doctors are listed, after all he did portry the First Doctor in "The Five Doctors" replacing the late William Hartnell.Startrekandmore 03:04, March 10, 2011 (UTC)

Connections With Earth:
collegues => colleagues

Flowtron 16:52, May 9, 2011 (UTC)

Doctor Descriptions?
Is it really a good idea to describe the Doctors based on past incarnations? Especially when itgets more detailed, like this quote from the description of the thenth doctor.

"a cross between his Fourth and Ninth incarnations. He displayed hints of the Seventh with the style of the Fifth"

The previous Doctors had varied and unique personalities with variety of aspects and traits each, and to put them all together like this is just confusing. I don't know quite what would result from blending 4, 9, 7 and 5 together, but I would not say confidently that it would be 10. I personally think it would be best to describe them based on their personal traits rather than the traits of others.

Yeah, in my opinion it is. If you look at it from a different angle, they're all but one single person, and looking for similarities between them is a good way to back that up. But if you like, you can also describe each of them as one different person as well.

19:26, May 29, 2011 (UTC)


 * The English (grammar) in the part describing about the 10th Doctor is very poor, but I can't correct it as the article is protected. Can someone do this? 82.42.249.145 20:32, June 7, 2011 (UTC)

"He's not dead yet"
Okay, why in the name of Raxacoricofallapatorius does this article refer to the Doctor in past tense? I mean, the creators have not confirmed his "death by astronaut" as the final timeline, and if he did die for the last time, that would undoubtedly result in a fan war. 203.105.91.88 07:13, June 23, 2011 (UTC)

ALL articles are in past tense per Tardis:Manual of Style. Skittles the hog-- Talk 08:00, June 23, 2011 (UTC)

Part Human on His mother's side
The 1996 TV Movie states that the Doctor's mother is human. Has this been stated anywhere else? -- Past and Future Companion

Not in the TV shows.Icecreamdif 19:59, July 23, 2011 (UTC)

Family
Didn't his father made an appearance by the name of Ulisses? 95.93.73.119 02:32, July 27, 2011 (UTC)


 * Ulysses. But yes, it looks that way. It also seems to be another mention of the Doctor's half-human parentage. -- Tybort (talk page) 06:52, July 27, 2011 (UTC)

Voyager references
When I encountered it, article had the following graf:
 * In the 1990s, the name "The Doctor" took on an unusual distinction in science fiction history as it came to be used not only in Doctor Who but also in the Star Trek franchise,when a character known only as "The Doctor" was introduced in the 1995-2001 spin-off series Star Trek: Voyager. Although both franchises have made one-off references to each other, this remains the only occasion in which ongoing major characters in both have shared the same name. Due to copyrights and trademarks, this likely became possible only because the Voyager character was originally to have carried the name "Dr. Zimmerman", and the series reiterated on several occasions that the character was "the doctor" for the Voyager starship, but otherwise had no permanent name other than "Emergency Medical Hologram" (as opposed to the lead character of Doctor Who who explicitly uses "The Doctor" as his name, even if only as an alias).

I removed it here because I'm not seeing the point of it. Seems like quite a stretch to me. But I leave it behind for further consideration by others. 17:59: Thu 06 Oct 2011
 * If you think Star Trek is a non-notable science fiction franchise, you're welcome to your opinion. 68.146.80.110 19:58, November 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm not saying that it's a problem to reference ST. There are cases where it's clearly warranted.  The question here is whether the assertion is a) true or b) particularly noteworthy.  I don't think it's actually true to say that the name of the STU character was "the Doctor".  That was his qualification, his professional title, but it wasn't his name.  He was unnamed — that is, he deliberately chose to remain unnamed — which is narratively different to the situation with the Doctor.  The DWU Doctor has a name, and "the Doctor" isn't his title.  And that bit about copyrights and trademarks is total speculation.   So this should definitely stay removed. 19:45: Sat 05 Nov 2011

Tom Baker's age
This wiki and all other sources say Tom Baker was born in January 1934, which makes him 77, not 79 as in the Casting section. Someone must have been working with a time machine. 68.146.80.110 19:58, November 3, 2011 (UTC)