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:No, I don't think he's a 'pre-Doctor'. Taking the name "the Doctor" was making a promise to uphold the reputation of the name, and he was the one who broke said promise. It would be impossible to break the promise if he existed only before the promise was ever made, so he had to be in between two other known "Doctors", an incarnation of the individual who lost the right to hold the name/title/promise of "the Doctor". —[[User:BioniclesaurKing4t2|BioniclesaurKing4t2]] - [[User talk:BioniclesaurKing4t2|"Hello, I'm the Doctor.]] [[Special:Contributions/BioniclesaurKing4t2|Basically, . . . ''run''."]] 17:38, November 12, 2013 (UTC) | :No, I don't think he's a 'pre-Doctor'. Taking the name "the Doctor" was making a promise to uphold the reputation of the name, and he was the one who broke said promise. It would be impossible to break the promise if he existed only before the promise was ever made, so he had to be in between two other known "Doctors", an incarnation of the individual who lost the right to hold the name/title/promise of "the Doctor". —[[User:BioniclesaurKing4t2|BioniclesaurKing4t2]] - [[User talk:BioniclesaurKing4t2|"Hello, I'm the Doctor.]] [[Special:Contributions/BioniclesaurKing4t2|Basically, . . . ''run''."]] 17:38, November 12, 2013 (UTC) | ||
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No comment in this thread considers: When all of the Tardisses (they use that word in the show as the plural) are appearing... the Gallfrey generals in the war-room comment about "all 12 doctors" -- and one general corrects the other says "no, all thirteen" and it cuts to the extreme close-up of Peter Capaldi's eyes. I wouldn't just presume Capaldi is the thirteenth Doctor... but it means that all 13 are represented. That eliminates the theory that Hurt is an older version of McGann's Doctor. (And the image of all of them standing at the end of the eps - sans Capaldi) But further that, we know that Hurt is 400 years younger than Smith. They spell that out quite readily when all three of them meet. That would eliminate the theory that he's a 'newer' Doctor (be it the theorized 11.5th doctor). -- I think we were just realized that Eccleston was not #9, but actually #10. I think Hurt was just inserted as the 9th doctor. Keeping in mind, WE count them as fans. The 2005+ shows have never said (not to my knowledge) which regeneration Doctor we are viewing... we've just, as fans, been counting actors. | |||
It would be similar to counting Bonds. Daniel Craig is the 6th actor to play James Bond. But if you want to get goofy about it, he acted in Casino Royale, which is the first Bond story. So is he the 6th Bond, by fan count? or the 1st Bond, by story chronology? (although admittedly the Doctor Who story lends itself to a ploy line that embraces the changes, and only allows for maximum count of 12 regens... meaning 13 Doctors.) | |||
