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- @3The Doctor's Nickname
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- The main character of "Doctor Who" has been referred to by several different
- labels. These include:
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- 1) Theta Sigma, used by Drax on the Planet of the Shadow (The Armageddon
- Factor). This is supposedly an old school name. It was used again in The
- Happiness Patrol.
-
- 2) Doctor Who, has been used in a couple episodes, most notably The War
- Machines were WOTAN is calling for "Doctor Who". The role was credited as
- "Doctor Who" until Castrovalva, where the name changed to:
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- 3) The Doctor. This seems to be what he is called most often.
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- 4) Doctor van Wer, was used in The Highlanders.
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- 5) In Colony in Space, a name was presented, but was unreadable, on a
- Gallifreyan computer.
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- 6) Doctor Caligari was used in The Gunfighters.
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- 7) Doctor Foreman was hinted at in An Unearthly Child.
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- 8) Doctor John Smith was the alias the Doctor used while he was UNIT's
- unpaid scientific advisor. He also used this in The War Games.
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- 9) In The Trial of a Time Lord, one section of the matrix had the Doctor
- almost saying his name while on Earth. He never finishes the sentence.
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- 10) In Remembrance of the Daleks, a calling card was produced by the Doctor
- that may or may not have had his name.
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- 11) Ace usually calls him Professor.
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- 12) The book 'The Making of Doctor Who' by Terrence Dicks and Malcolm Hulke
- gives a mathematical looking symbol containing sigma.
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- Steve Williams
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