wwb@ihuxn.UUCP (Walt Barnes) (08/23/84)
<Fred?> I just finished rewatching "The Armageddon Factor." I noticed something that I missed the first three times I saw it. The Dr. bumps into another time lord (I don't remember his name, he was the enginner type.) who claimed to have gone to school with the Dr. This other time load kept calling the Dr. by the name Fred, until the Dr. corrected him. Then this other character said, "Oh yes, you went of and got your doctorate." The Dr. never disputed this other time lord's claim about their having gone to school together, or the name FRED. Is the Dr's real name Fred? Walt Barnes ihuxn!wwb
brian@digi-g.UUCP (Brian Westley) (08/24/84)
Actually, the other time lord called him 'Theet' - short for what he called him at first, 'Theta Sigma' (British pronounciation, 'Theeta Sigma'). In the book version, this is explained as a sort of code name, and not his 'real' name. When in the series was his 'real' name revealed? I have never heard it, myself.
demillo@uwmacc.UUCP (08/27/84)
This is most interesting. I have a friend who claims to have heard the Doctor called "Fred" by Drax. I never heard this myself, but she seemed quite insistant. ...all things are possible. - Rob DeMillo MACC "...I don't know what this does, but it's pointing in your direction..."
cmaz504@ut-ngp.UUCP (Steve Alexander) (08/28/84)
It's not really Fred but considering the accent Drax had it might be the closest thing you could make out. In several books on Dr. Who the Time Lords are given names (possibly for reference by the matrix?) which are mathematical symbols. The Dr's is the third derivative summation x squared and when I saw the show the dialog went something like this Drax: Fete, Fete Sigma! It is you. I'm sure this would be alot clearer if the terminal would draw the symbols but then what would happed to man's search for knowledge? :wq