2013-05-21, 10:23 PM
Maping Wrote:I was thinking the same thing. We already have one Old-Who thing, why not another? But seriously, two "missing" Doctors? Seems fishy...
Questions about names:
When did River learn his name? It wasn't when they got married (as he whispered "Look in my eye", not his name) and it wasn't at Trenzalore (as this took place after the Library). He did whisper something to her when he was dying (and in the Library episode, he did mention there was only on time he could have told her his name, ie. when he was dying) in Let's Kill Hitler, but I don't get how his name would've inspired her to give him all her regenerations.
I think the Doctor just told River his name at one point because she's one of his closest companions. It could have just been some off-screen moment.
Why is the Doctor's name so big? I mean, sure, last Time Lord, ender of the time war, blah blah, but it's a pineappleing name. And also, the Doctor mentioned his name "isn't the point", what he chose as his name was, and John Hurt, not acting "in the name of the Doctor, wasn't actually a Doctor, as Clara never met him, all across the Doctor's time stream.
I'm thinking Moffat just wanted to trick us into thinking the Doctor's real name was important, and then reveal it really isn't. It seems like the title "the Doctor" is what is really important to him. Clara also didn't meet the Valeyard, the Watcher, or the Dream Lord either, and they're a part of the Doctor as well. Actually, did she even see the Eighth Doctor in that episode?
EDIT: His name did open his tomb though, so I guess that's why he doesn't want many people to know...though that has to be the worst password ever.
And random questions:
Did we ever learn about the Doctor's parents? Maybe he's some kind of super-Time Lord?
I think the Third Doctor mentions having a father at one point. The novel, Lungbarrow states that Time Lords are loomed. And the Cartmel Masterplan, which a friend of mine feels Moffat might be bringing back, states the Doctor is a reincarnation of The Other. Other than that, I don't think his family is really mentioned, besides Susan.
Did Susan ever learn his real name? She was his granddaughter? Had he already taken up his new name by that time?
Probably. Susan isn't her real name either, so I'm assuming they both picked their new identities around the same time.
When did he choose his name?
Probably around the time he left Gallifrey.
Who set up all the junk at Trenzalore? River's fake grave, his burial site, etc? (They had to have known his name, to set that lock on the doors.)
Maybe Moffat will explain that. :p
Why did the Doctor agree to fight in the Time War? And we know Eight fought in it too, not just John Hurt. When did Eight regenerate (assuming Hurt is the 8.5th Doctor)? And did John Hurt regenerate into Nine when he used the Moment? And why did Ten (and Nine) seem sad about the killing of the Time Lords when "they" didn't even do it?
Why did Ten in The Impossible Planet ay it was impossible for something to come from before the universe when several Old Ones (eg. the Great Intelligence) have?
The Time War was just bullpomegranate created by RTD to get rid of Time Lords. There's no real reason why he fought in the Time War other than to make his Tenth incarnation a whiny emo peach.
I'm not an expert on Doctor Who though, so take my answers with a grain of salt.
Also I discovered this. Teenagers...

