Classic Who

[karohemd]

snapesbabe, you were right, I am a Pertwee man. I'm currently watching the first disc of Inferno and I like him a lot, despite his getup. There is an almost otherworldly mysteriousness (which the character should have, being an alien out of space and time) about him while the others are just quirky in various ways.

Two background questions:
- Has it ever been established what timeframe the Doctor's "presence" and his age is? He turns up in various years on Earth but surely must have been born at one point.
- Recently, he's always been credited as "The Doctor" and that's what he introduces himself as in past series, too but in older episodes, he's credited as "Doctor Who" and Pertwee even has the number plate "WHO" yet I haven't heard anyone refer to that name during the stories. I'd always assumed it was a case of "Who are you?" - "I'm the Doctor." - "Doctor Who?" but I haven't heard such an exchange, either.

ION, I've had lovely dinner with some fine wine and am now enjoying a wee dram of Bowmore Enigma. Early night probably, too. Load of stuff to do tomorrow.

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[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

dwcanon_fodder is there to ask all your little niggly questions about Who ;)

But, in brief, Ten lies about his age. Eight was at least 1256 at one point.
As to his birth... Oh, that's a subject of HUGE speculation and controversy. He might not even have been born at all, but "loomed".
The early shows were fast and loose with references to him, and at one point during One's time he was referred to onscreen as Doctor Who, but mostly he is The Doctor.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Thanks!