john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) (01/19/86)
I noticed something about The War Machines that struct me as odd. Both Wotan and those under his spell refer to the Doctor as Doctor Who! Am I mistaken or is the Doctor normally referred to as the Doctor (except, of course, in the credits)? Does anyone know if the Doctor is referred to this way in any other story? Also, why did they do it in this story? -- Name: John Ruschmeyer US Mail: Monmouth College, W. Long Branch, NJ 07764 Phone: (201) 571-3451 *** NEW NUMBER *** UUCP: ...!vax135!petsd!moncol!john ...!princeton!moncol!john ...!pesnta!moncol!john CLUE: This movie was based on a board game. I would rather have seen a movie version of Scrabble. -Stuart Klein, WNEW-TV
cc-30@cory.BERKELEY.EDU (Sean "Yoda" Rouse) (01/21/86)
In article <609@moncol.UUCP> john@moncol.UUCP writes: >I noticed something about The War Machines that struct me as odd. Both >Wotan and those under his spell refer to the Doctor as Doctor Who! > >Am I mistaken or is the Doctor normally referred to as the Doctor (except, >of course, in the credits)? > Of course, even in the credits, the Doctor is referred to as The Doctor. When exacty did that change take place? I'm pretty sure that it was after Pertwee. >Does anyone know if the Doctor is referred to this way in any other story? >Also, why did they do it in this story? >-- >Name: John Ruschmeyer No, in all other stories the Doctor is called the Doctor. This is the only time he is called Doctor Who. The BBC received complaints from fans about him being called Doctor Who. As to why, I don't know, the writer probably sipped up. Side note: In the movie "Doctor Who and the Daleks", the doctor is called Doctor Who. -Sean "Yoda" Rouse "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. So Newton invented punting"
percus@acf4.UUCP (Allon G. Percus) (01/21/86)
> Of course, even in the credits, the Doctor is referred to as The Doctor. > When exacty did that change take place? I'm pretty sure that it was after > Pertwee. The switch in the credits took place after "Logopolis." >I noticed something about The War Machines that struct me as odd. Both >Wotan and those under his spell refer to the Doctor as Doctor Who! > >Am I mistaken or is the Doctor normally referred to as the Doctor (except, >of course, in the credits)? > >Does anyone know if the Doctor is referred to this way in any other story? >Also, why did they do it in this story? I believe that the script editor just slipped here, and forgot to take out the "Who" in "Doctor Who." It was, however, unintentional, and the mistake was never repeated (aside from puns such as "Who are you" / "The Doctor" / "Who?" / "Yes, that's right..."). > "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. So Newton > invented punting" A trick quote -- does it come from "Shada" or from "The Five Doctors"? :-) . ------- |-----| A. G. Percus |II II| (ARPA) percus@acf4 |II II| (NYU) percus.acf4 |II II| (UUCP) ...{allegra!ihnp4!seismo}!cmcl2!acf4!percus |II II| -------
kyrimis@tilt.FUN (Kriton Kyrimis) (01/22/86)
In article <609@moncol.UUCP> john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) writes: >Does anyone know if the Doctor is referred to this way in any other story? Not quite, but consider the following (approximate) dialogue from "the Gunfighters": "... and I am doctor Kaligari (sp?)" "Doctor... who?" "Quite right!" It seems that although he never introduced himself as "Doctor Who", he did not consider it an entirely inappropriate name for him. And now, for another oddity in "the War Machines". How did the Doctor have such a familiarity with England's scientific communi- ty (being allowed to visit the Wotan room, staying at Sir Charles' home, etc.)? If I remember correctly, in the UNIT stories, nobody liked him and, if it wasn't for his UNIT connec- tions (which he didn't seem to have at the time of TWM), he would have been thrown out instantly from almost anywhere. -- Kriton (princeton!tilt!kyrimis) ------ "Even in this corner of the galaxy, captain, two plus two equals four!" ------
ins_ajpo@jhunix.UUCP (Joseph Peter Ogulin) (01/22/86)
> > Of course, even in the credits, the Doctor is referred to as The Doctor. > > When exacty did that change take place? I'm pretty sure that it was after > > Pertwee. > > The switch in the credits took place after "Logopolis." > "Castrovalva" was the first story to use "The Doctor" in the end credits. > > "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. So Newton > > invented punting" > > A trick quote -- does it come from "Shada" or from "The Five Doctors"? :-) This quote actually comes from "Shada." It was used in "The Five Doctors" to at least show Tom Baker in the special. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Remember, nothing in this world is real." -- James St.Clair ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BITNET: P99I1798 at JHUVM , INS_AJPO at JHUVMS UUCP: seismo!umcp-cs!aplvax!aplcen!jhunix!ins_ajpo CSNET: ins_ajpo@jhunix ARPA: ins_ajpo%jhunix@hopkins.ARPA
nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken) (01/23/86)
>And now, for another oddity in "the War Machines". How did the >Doctor have such a familiarity with England's scientific communi- >ty (being allowed to visit the Wotan room, staying at Sir >Charles' home, etc.)? If I remember correctly, in the UNIT >stories, nobody liked him and, if it wasn't for his UNIT connec- >tions (which he didn't seem to have at the time of TWM), he would >have been thrown out instantly from almost anywhere. The Doctor is usually well respected in scientific establishments until he poo-poo's their ideas. Remember, how else would he be able to drop so many names? -- James C. Armstrong, Jnr. {ihnp4,cbosgd,akgua}!abnji!nyssa "But Doctor, we're on that island!" "Oh my word!" who said them, what story?
rcb@rti-sel.UUCP (01/24/86)
>>> "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. So Newton >>> invented punting" Actually the second part of the quote reads: "So Newton invented the punt" The "punt" being the poled boat the Doctor was piloting at the time. -- Random (Randy Buckland) Research Triangle Institute ...!mcnc!rti-sel!rcb
jhs@hou2d.UUCP (J.SCHERER) (01/24/86)
With respect to the Doctor's name, I think there was one previous reference. In "Unearthly Child" (I think it was) Ian and Barbara were talking about Susan's mysterious grandfather and Ian said, "Who is this Doctor? Doctor ... who?" I thought "Aha, so THAT'S how he got his name!" But they dropped the subject and I never heard it mentioned again til now (War Machines). John Scherer Bell Labs
ins_bjab@jhunix.UUCP (Jessica A Browner) (01/30/86)
> >>> "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. So Newton > >>> invented punting" > > Actually the second part of the quote reads: > > "So Newton invented the punt" > Actually, the second part of the quote was correct the first time.