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'''Dr. Who''' (sometimes '''Dr Who''') may refer to:
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'''Dr. Who''' (or sometimes '''Dr Who''') may refer to:


* A truncation of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', not officially used by the BBC and technically incorrect as it suggests it is a character name. However, "Dr Who" was used in the ending credits used to refer to the main character, [[the Doctor]] in episodes produced between 1963 and 1969, and the ''[[Radio Times]]'' listings magazine regularly listed the series as ''Dr. Who''. The 1965 Armada Books edition of the novelisation ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'' also used this form.
== Stories and documents ==
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'', the television programme and larger franchise. By far, the more dominant, public rendering of the franchise name is ''Doctor Who'', but the contraction has appeared with regularity on internal BBC documents. It has also been used often in TV listings around the world, merely because it's shorter than the full name and will fit into a smaller space.
* [[Dr. Who (memo)]], the original {{w|pitch (filmmaking)|pitch documents}} for ''[[Doctor Who]]''.
* [[Dr. Who (comic story)]], an unproduced comic story from 1979.


* '''[[Dr. Who (Land of Fiction)|Dr. Who]]''', a duplicate of the Doctor from the [[Land of Fiction]] which tried to assassinate Queen [[Elizabeth II]] in [[2001]].
== DWU characters ==
* [[The Doctor]], the principal character of the television programme and larger franchise. Though widespread in the [[1960s]] and [[1970s]] — in things like the [[Polystyle|Polystyle Publications]] comic adventures, ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'', the ''[[Radio Times]]'', [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annuals]] and even the end credits on televised episodes — this usage began to fall out of favour when [[Peter Davison]] insisted on being credited as "the Doctor".{{Fact}}
* [[Dr. Who]], a character portrayed by [[Peter Cushing]] in the movies ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks (theatrical film)|Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' and ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (theatrical film)|Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]''.
* [[Dr. Who (Land of Fiction)]], a duplicate of the Seventh Doctor from the [[Land of Fiction]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Conundrum (novel)|Conundrum]]'', ''[[Head Games (novel)|Head Games]]'').
* [[Nie Who|Dr. Nie Who]], a character in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]''.


* The [[Human]] scientist '''[[Dr. Who (Dalek movies)|Dr. Who]]''', a character portrayed by [[Peter Cushing]] in the movies ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' and ''[[Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD]]''.
== Fictional characters ==
*The usual name given to the first four incarnations of [[the Doctor]] in [[Polystyle Publications, Ltd.|Polystyle]] comics.
* [[Dr. Who (fictional character)]], the in-universe, fictional version of the Doctor in [[N-Space]].
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* [[Doctor Who (Salvation)]], a character in the in-universe film ''[[Prey for a Miracle]]''.
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* [[Dr. Who (King Kong Escapes character)|Dr. Who]], a character in the in-universe film ''[[King Kong Escapes]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'')

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Dr. Who (or sometimes Dr Who) may refer to:

Stories and documents[[edit]]

  • Doctor Who, the television programme and larger franchise. By far, the more dominant, public rendering of the franchise name is Doctor Who, but the contraction has appeared with regularity on internal BBC documents. It has also been used often in TV listings around the world, merely because it's shorter than the full name and will fit into a smaller space.
  • Dr. Who (memo), the original pitch documents for Doctor Who.
  • Dr. Who (comic story), an unproduced comic story from 1979.

DWU characters[[edit]]

Fictional characters[[edit]]