A story about The Doctor

There is a link on this page which says “Help us find the Real Dr. Who.”
This amuses me for a few reasons:

It’s just Doctor, not Dr., and not Doctor Who, because his name is simply The Doctor. Yes, I know I am a mega-geek for knowing that; let’s move on:

The image displayed is of Tom Baker as the Doctor, arguably the best and certainly the most beloved of all ten actors to play the part. That said, what makes him the “real” Doctor?

Finally, the Doctor is a fiction, so is he really a valid entry on 43 People (like any other character from literature, film or television)?

... it would still be freakin’ cool to travel with him, though.


Comments

stellie
Wilson Livestock And Forage

I’d be happy to just see Tom Baker in person ;)

kaffeine
Montreal

Yeah, I’d settle for that myself… Well, if we’re splitting hairs, I’ll take Christopher Eccleston, since I have a pathetic school-girl crush on him.

Oh, cool, they’ve corrected his name to The Doctor!

Flash
Minneapolis

Not every girl can debate the finer points of The Doctor's story

I gotta admire a girl who is proud to be a geek!

Yes, I went to sci-fi conventions as a teen, but I’m not very out about it.

kaffeine
Montreal

us girl-geeks have to stick together

Too bad you weren’t more open about your nerdiness sooner. Embrace it! And besides, boys dig girls who dig sci-fi and comic books! ;) (And lots of girls, too, if that’s what you dig :) )

(dig dag dug, was I ever being repetitive there!)

efbq
Columbia

I’ve got to argue about Tom Baker being “undoubtedly the most beloved” of the Doctors. Having spoken to people who grew up in GB, I’d have to see that most people really love the first Doctor they watched. Since it wasn’t around in the US (much) before the Tom Baker years, he’s very popular here…

Rainbowshappen
United Kingdom

I'd say Tom Baker...

...is THE Doctor – he was the one I remember from when I started watching it as a kid.

Oddly, my husband, who’s almost exactly the same age, says THE Doctor is Jon Pertwee. After discussing this with him for some length of time, it’s clearly a boy gadget thing. ;)


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