April 19th, 2013
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Doctor Rules
April 20th, 2013 - 7:52pmI think they should tell us his Surname but not his full name.
trenzalore
April 20th, 2013 - 8:01pmbut then it would’nt mean anything, it would be just like saying John Smith algthough if he’s last name is slitheen, that would reveal a lot 😆
The TARDIS
April 20th, 2013 - 5:19pmI don’t want the fiftieth anniversary episode to be about the Doctor’s name and the Clara story arc. I want it to be a great story that stands alone. That’s my greatest fear…
Some bloke
April 21st, 2013 - 1:39pmi think it is anyway. I think they resolve the name of the doctor in ‘The Name of the Doctor’ and I read somewhere that they resolve the mystery to clara at the end of this series as well, but then whatever we discover at the end, will then (possibly) have a major impact on what happens in the 50th!!
Cyberking281
April 20th, 2013 - 12:36pmIf they do reveal his name, it wont be Doctor Who anymore
Anonymous
April 20th, 2013 - 12:51pmWhy not? At the end of the day, he has already said there is only one time he could ever reveal it so it wouldn’t matter if he says it there as nobody else would ever find it out.
The mystery would be prolonged elsewhere even if we did know it.
DOCTOR WHO ONE
April 20th, 2013 - 3:09pmNo Cyber King 281 is actually quite write, cos the name of the show is a very real question, and if his name was revealed, then you’d probably be saying to yourself each time you watch a later episode “Why do they still call it Doctor Who ? – WE KNOW HIS NAME NOW !!!!!”.
Like Ive been saying thou, it’s a Moffat wind up.
drjakeyoung
April 20th, 2013 - 3:15pmIf it’s done well then answering one question will lead to even more questions and the mystic of the series will remain if not get deeper. I think back to LOST, almost every time they resolved a big mystery it lead to a new and bigger mystery. For Who I think that’s the way to go for the 50th answer a major mystery and open up a whole new direction going forward. Over the years Who has kept re-inventing itself and that’s what I like about it, rarely a dull moment.
Santos24681
April 20th, 2013 - 7:40pmI suppose if they do reveal his name, it wont be Doctor Who as in Who his name is but i bet he will have another secret as in who and what he really is so it will be Doctor Who as in Who he really is
(sorry if all this is a bit confusing)
Kroton
April 20th, 2013 - 12:10pmWhat if the doctor whispers his name to river, then when the others ask what his name is he says “the doctor” and smiles, then the episode ends. And it could be something else that leads into the 50th, not the mystery of his name.
Personally I want a different story for the 50th and to finish the name mystery in series 7, or maybe the episode could end with 10s tardis materialising where 11, clara and river are!!!
pathdw98
April 20th, 2013 - 12:10amThis is unlikely but how about:
He is asked the question “doctor who?”
And he just simply replies “I can’t remember”
“I’ve called myself the doctor for nearly 1000 years now, had a few regenerations since I last used my real name, and had amnesia a couple of times in my lives. So as I can’t remember, my name is THE DOCTOR.” Doubt it, but maybe.
Doctor Rules
April 22nd, 2013 - 3:34pmthat MIGHT be true! Really good theory
Sam Bentley
April 19th, 2013 - 11:07pmLove the cover! Wouldn’t mind a poster of it – minus the wording of course… does anyone know if I can find the cover designs without the writing anywhere online? 🙂
Esterath
April 19th, 2013 - 11:25pmI don’t think you get that anywhere.
Sam Bentley
April 19th, 2013 - 11:32pmShoot. Maybe they’ll do it as a poster like they have done in the past! *fingers crossed*
Doom Dalek
April 20th, 2013 - 2:34pmOn the credits they do a mini pic of the cover without any writing on it but it’s like very tiny 🙁
Sam Bentley
April 20th, 2013 - 3:06pmYeah… its annoying because usually the art work on these covers are lovely! I think they should do a free poster in each mag with its cover design.
AridianMireBeast
April 19th, 2013 - 10:30pmThey could invite Pauline Mclynn in for an episode to guess the Doctors names….
‘Doctor Hairy Cakeliner…..
NO CLUES !!!!!!’
toptimelord
April 20th, 2013 - 9:19amHahaha!
the astronaut of death
April 19th, 2013 - 10:01pmthis is very unlikely but what if moffat has set something up with the bbc and in the episode the dr is about to say his name and the episode stops and it comes up on the TV
/would you like to find out the doctors name yes or no /
so fans can choose if they want to find out the doctors name using our TV remotes
MasterKasterborous
April 19th, 2013 - 10:11pmI very, very much doubt that would ever happen… 😀
Scott the Raptor
April 19th, 2013 - 10:19pmThat won’t happen due to recordings on TV and BBC iPlayer being interrupted.
the astronaut of death
April 19th, 2013 - 10:25pmyeah I know it was just a little unlikely theyory
The Greater Intelligence
April 19th, 2013 - 10:39pmA show my sister and I watch, ‘Psych’, did that for their 100th episode where they did a spoof of ‘Clue’ and you got to choose the murderer live.
Scott the Raptor
April 19th, 2013 - 10:52pmYes but that’s American. I doubt very much they’d do it for BBC One.
AridianMireBeast
April 19th, 2013 - 9:52pmMaybe Moffatt will try an idea akin to a story I remember being read during an english lesson (Arthur C. Clarke I think ) where some monks list all of the names of God and the minute theyve completed the task the story ends with the stars starting to go out 1 by 1….
AridianMireBeast
April 19th, 2013 - 9:50pmRead the original version of ‘The Making of Doctor Who’ in which the court records of the Timelords reveal the Doctors name to be delta cubed sigma x squared….also seen on the pillars in Rassilon’s tomb.
As the book was written by Mac Hulke and Terrance Dicks that’s good enough for me. The name to me suggests potential matrix co-ordinates where all of the Doctors data was stored.
Dont know why Moffatt’s added this mystique as if it were his own when they were suggesting the Doctor was ‘God’ back in the McCoy era.
Doctor 2011
April 19th, 2013 - 8:47pmI have a theory what if he says his name in galafrayen
james
April 19th, 2013 - 8:38pmhis name might be the doctor..
DOCTOR WHO ONE
April 19th, 2013 - 8:41pm“So . . . . what have you named your healthy new born son ?”
“The Doctor !”
” . . . . WHAT ?”
drjakeyoung
April 19th, 2013 - 8:46pm“So . . . . what have you named your healthy new born son ?”
“will i blush?”
drjakeyoung
April 19th, 2013 - 7:48pmIf it’s done well then answering one question will lead to even more questions and the mystic of the series will remain if not get deeper. I think back to LOST, almost every time they resolved a big mystery it lead to a new and bigger mystery. For Who I think that’s the way to go for the 50th answer a major mystery and open up a whole new direction going forward. Over the years Who has kept re-inventing itself and that’s what I like about it, rarely a dull moment.
trenzalore
April 19th, 2013 - 7:29pmthey should not tell us the name because what are they going to call the show, it can’t be doctor who anymore.
the astronaut of death
April 19th, 2013 - 7:24pmthink at the end of the finale we will see
the doctor saying
my name is…. then it flashes into black screen and say dr who will return in the 50th annervesry. then at the start of the anniversary we will see the doctor has said it and now we are seeing the events after this taking plaice so the fans will never know
perpugilliam247
April 19th, 2013 - 7:46pmahhhhh clever
DOCTOR WHO ONE
April 19th, 2013 - 8:09pmVERY clever. I didn’t think of that.
Great bit of thinking you got there Astronaut of Death 😀
the astronaut of death
April 19th, 2013 - 9:55pmthnaks
TheWhomobile
April 19th, 2013 - 7:01pmThe poll says it all. Moffat you better listen to the fans!
Jim bob
April 19th, 2013 - 6:01pmWhy the hell would Moffat do this he will just ruin the show even more. 🙁
Doom Dalek
April 19th, 2013 - 6:49pmYes I enjoy the show because of the mystery it’s alright for Clara but the Doctor it isn’t
DOCTOR WHO ONE
April 19th, 2013 - 5:58pm25.94% of fan’s want to know the Doctors name ?.
if we know his name then it will become meaningless for Doctor Who to still be called DOCTOR WHO !!!!.
Whovian
April 19th, 2013 - 9:06pmYes I agree.
The Monitor
April 19th, 2013 - 9:22pmThat is a very good point.
mrewanwatson
April 19th, 2013 - 5:37pmthe doctor said that in the time lord academy they called him Theta Sigma
Nicholas
April 19th, 2013 - 5:56pmThat was a nick name
DOCTOR WHO ONE
April 19th, 2013 - 5:56pmThat was a nickname.
drjakeyoung
April 19th, 2013 - 6:55pmhow do we know it’s a nickname? (also he is called theta sigma in the Armageddon factor).
Anonymous
April 19th, 2013 - 7:27pmIt would be really funny if the doctors real name was William hartnell
MasterKasterborous
April 19th, 2013 - 8:58pmWe know it’s his nickname as the Doctor tells us this in The Happiness Patrol.
“Actually, my nickname at college was Theta Sigma.”
drjakeyoung
April 19th, 2013 - 8:59pmOH YEA, I REMEMBER NOW!
perpugilliam247
April 19th, 2013 - 4:58pmi hope it doesnt ruin the show by reveling his name as ‘doctor who’ is a vitil part of ‘doctor who’!!!!
josh smith
April 19th, 2013 - 5:05pmhias name is john smith
perpugilliam247
April 19th, 2013 - 5:07pmoh yeah “Hello im John Smith.”
josh smith
April 19th, 2013 - 5:14pmin midnight he says his name is John smith in invasion of the dinosaurs he says John smith
Esterath
April 19th, 2013 - 5:49pmHis name is not John Smith. That’s just an alias made up by Jamie.
Nicholas
April 19th, 2013 - 5:56pmIt’d be funny if that turned out to be his name though.
LG
April 19th, 2013 - 4:29pmIsn’t the Doctor a reincarnation of ‘THE OTHER’
who was present at the beggining of Time Lord society?
DOCTOR WHO ONE
April 19th, 2013 - 4:39pmIt’s said he is a reincarnation of ‘The Other’, or rather he was originally known by that name before calling himself the Doctor.
Infact, the 7th Doctor suggested such a thing, we he said to Ace in ‘Remembrance of the Daleks’ when talking about the hand of Omega –
“Ha, and didn’t we have trouble with the prototype”.
the astronaut of death
April 19th, 2013 - 4:28pmmaby the name will be reveald in the show and the fans wont get to know
LEWIS
April 19th, 2013 - 5:12pmI do hope not
Dalekwho
April 19th, 2013 - 4:10pmIf the doctor name was reavaled there would had have to be a good way to put and mybe keep a thread on it.
who rules
April 19th, 2013 - 4:09pmdoes it really matter what his name is? it could be be fred for i care, as long as the stories continue to be good thats what counts!
Anonymous
April 19th, 2013 - 3:37pmI hope he just says ‘My name is… well, you can call me… THE DOCTOR!’
Anonymous
April 19th, 2013 - 3:34pmI really don’t want to know the doctors real name because that would be ruining the show for me and that would also be game over for the show
Dominic Kane
April 19th, 2013 - 3:52pmsame it wouldn’t be called doctor who anymore it would be called whatever his name is
drjakeyoung
April 19th, 2013 - 3:12pmbooboo whens this out?
Ben Roberts
April 19th, 2013 - 4:25pm2nd May 🙂
drjakeyoung
April 19th, 2013 - 6:56pmthanks mate!
DOCTOR WHO ONE
April 19th, 2013 - 3:06pmObviously we ain’t going to be told the Doctor’s real name. It’s just a huge Moffat wind up, even he would not dare reveal the Doctor’s real name.
Sure his messed up with the Daleks, both for the horrid 2010 re-design and the silly idea of making them forget everything about the Doctor, but he won’t have the Doctor’s real name revealed, otherwise what is the point of calling the show DOCTOR WHO still ?.
mr
April 19th, 2013 - 3:32pmAnd even if they did, they would definately not put it in one small magazine.
Anonymous
April 19th, 2013 - 4:20pmdoctor john smith
pathdw98
April 19th, 2013 - 2:09pmLoving the cover for this. All of them together with the question. And a Ray Cusick tribute as well, should be a good issue.
Connor
April 19th, 2013 - 2:08pmSo the series 7 story titles are:
Asylum of the daleks
Dinosaurs on a spaceship
A town called mercy
Power of Three
The Angles take Manhattan
The snowman
The bells of saint john
The rings of akhaten
Cold War
Hide
Journey to the centre of the tardis
The Crimson Horror
Nightmare in Silver
The Name of the Doctor
DOCTOR WHO ONE
April 19th, 2013 - 3:02pmThe Snowmen.
Tardis Manic
April 19th, 2013 - 3:57pmThe Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe?
Don’t think it was part of the series 6 boxset…?
The Flying Shark
April 19th, 2013 - 4:00pmThat doesn’t count as part of any series.
Anonymous
April 21st, 2013 - 8:52amI know im just saying it wasn’t part of the series 6 boxset therefore it would be silly to just leave it out of the series 7 boxset.