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TrevorBlack79 posted...

spikethedevil posted...

That is legit weird considering an episode even took the piss out of the whole Doctor Who being his name misconception in during the first reboot series either way the characters name is simply the Doctor.

Which episode are you referring to?

Anyway, It's been stated repeatedly in the reboot that The Doctor is the name he chose for himself. In season 10 Missy flat-out states his name is Doctor Who, but this is almost certainly a lie. The point is, the show is deliberately and consistently ambiguous about his name.

Then in "Twice Upon a Time", they had the First Doctor joke about calling himself Doctor Who because he'd tell people "I'm The Doctor" and they'd say "Doctor who?".

Which is actually a callback to the show's very first episode, when Ian confronted The Doctor; only knowing him as Susan's grandfather, he called him "Doctor Foreman", to which The Doctor replied "Doctor who?"
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