Wondering when you bring up his name Sigma Theta. (just his geek name from the "teens") River Song wrote it alongside "Hello Sweetie" in ancient times when the 11th went with Amy & Rory
Do you remember the time when the 6th Doctor and Perri were walking on Ravolox (the stolen planet earth by the time lords in a far far future) during the trial of a timelord serial and he said : "I could settle here and write my diaries. The memoirs of Doctor..." and Perri cuts him short !!! The 6th was gonna, in his hubris, say his name out loud!!!! FFS !!!!
My head cannon has always been that 12 was being completely honest to Osgood when he said his name was Basil, I mean why lie who would even believe him at this point if it were true lol
I like the theory that the Doctor's name is the theme tune. His wife was called Melody and then Song (maybe there was a connection between the 2 through the music). The last place he met River was at the singing towers of Darillium. Capaldi played the theme on his guitar in The Magician's Apprentice as he was entering the arena. In The Devil's Chord, Maestro is summoned through music and then proceeds to play the theme twice throughout the episode also hints at the Doctor's past by saying wibbly wobbly. I personally believe that The Doctor's name is a piece of music and everyone on Gallifrey has a nickname that they are just commonly referred to (The Rani, The Master, The Doctor, Rassilon).
Maybe the Doctor's name is pronounced musically, but isn't their theme tune? Maybe it's some harmony of all of the Doctors' themes? Because their themes feel more like the Doctor than the main theme tune, which is about all of the characters. Though, I'm not sure how these themes would harmonize.
Wait, no, I'm back again, is this how the Time Lords escaped Trenzalor? Because I'm pretty sure 11's theme played in the background at some point in the episode!
The Second Doctor’s companion Jamie McCrimmon was the first person to use the pseudonym “John Smith” for the Doctor in the Season 5 finale The Wheel in Space (1968). The Doctor also had a college nickname, Theta Sigma (The Armageddon Factor & The Happiness Patrol).
Jamie amusingly got it from a company label on some machinery nearby the unconscious Doctor when the nurse asked for his name, and she immediately noticed what he’d done.
Once sworn in as whovian our sole responsibility is to convert as many people as physically possible. Nice to know Crispy is taking his vows seriously!
In the Wedding of River Song, River looks into 11 eyes, a small 11 says Shhh! Than big Teselecta 11 says it was his name. So his name is Shhh! silence will fall when the question is answered Doctor Who? Shhhh! *Silence
the Doctor's name being the theme is something i like. It's something i thought of during Clara's last episode. Though others theorised it first. But if timelord books can be smells. Maybe a name can be a piece of music. When The Doctor forgot Clara, he remembered her theme tune. And that helped him remember her name in english. Maybe Clara's theme was her name in gallifreyan.
My headcanon for the “Dr Who” as name references are that that was a nickname he tried out on Gallifrey and decided he didn’t like so quite quickly changed to using “The Doctor” but Missy remembers.
I started this video thinking if this is all an elaborate set up for you to say Theta Sigma I'll be upset. But surprisingly you went this whole video without mentioning that name
Sorry to burst your bubble and your journey my guy but this was already shown during one of the classic stories. But this doesnt really help cos its not in any earthly language so his actual name is still unknown, we just know how to spell it (in a random ahh language). Im still with the theory that its pronounced as the Doctor Who Opening theme. Edit: the classic story was the 5 doctors where d³∑x₂ is present on Rassilons Tomb.
Based on the symbols we can assume that his middle name is Sigma, with it being Greek with the other symbols his name could be “Delta Kybos Sigma Xi Tetragono”
I have an idea about theory three: What if in the episode where he reveals his name, he says in the cold open, “My name is, *sting comes in and theme song plays*”
The Doctor's name? That's easy. He doesn't have one and will never have one. If someday someone reveals it, another writer will just say "it was a prank, bro". SPOILER FOR THE CLASSIC SERIES. Like what happened to Theta Sigma. With the Fourth Doctor, Drax even called him Theet, indication that Theta Sigma was his name and Theet his nickname, but with the 7th Doctor they retconned to make Theta Sigma his nickname and Theet the nickname for his nickname, I guess? That sounds even more stupid when you think about it.
@@DeadlyTinyOrc it's called retcon. They don't have an actual answer, this is used to keep the mystery and create hype for episodes like "The name of the Doctor", but the truth is, whatever the writer for today says it's his name, the one from tomorrow can just retcon it and say that was a lie all along. And that doesn't even aply just for his name, but a whole lot of stuff.
Theta Sigma isn't a name. Those are Greek letters. Which means it's at best a TARDIS translation of phonetically similar initials, or a symbol that just happens to look close enough to this: ΘΣ. So in terms of pronouncing his name, if we were to assume that those *are* his phonetic initials, the most we can glean from that is that his first name starts with an unvoiced "Th" and his second name starts with an "S" sound. In other words, his name based on the clue "Theta Sigma" could hypothetically be Theodore Stevens, or Thaddeus Swag, or Thimble Spoon, or Thumb Sucker, or Theatrical Cinema, or Thursday Sevenoclock, or Thieving Sonofabitch, or Thing Something, or Thermostat Stethoscope, or Thorn Section... or Thoogleflarm Snurp or some other random space nonsense. And the name in the comic book could just be read as a similarly unhelpful translation of either the full name or the same initials. But end of the day, it's Doctor Who and there is no canon.
@@Swenglish all names are letters at the end of the day. Elon Musk son is called X Æ A-Xii and that's still a viable name. It doesn't make sense that Drax would create a nickname for his initials. I do definetely have to agree with the fact that Doctor Who doesn't really have a canon so in the end of the day, anything goes.
@@mareiramv You're missing my point. Gallifrey wouldn't literally have Greek letters, because the Greek Alphabet is from Earth (where Greece is). That's obviously a quirk of translation. Same goes for Omega. It doesn't make sense that these would be their names in the original language, because the original language isn't Greek or any other language that would use Greek letters for anything (such as English). Greek letters are obviously being used as some kind of shorthand or approximation of what it would be in the original language, presumably because the original language is incomprehensible to humans. There are various contexts in which Greek letters are used in English, so it makes some sense that the TARDIS translation circuit would adopt that behavior as part of English.
The composer Barrington Pheloung who done the music for Inspector Morse, use to add to the title music with Morse Code the name of the killer in that episode.
ok, so playing w the "the doctors name is the theme song" idea. when Meastro (from devil's chord) is ready to take on the Doctor, they play the theme song to initiate the story... are they SUMMONING THE DOCTOR by saying/playing/sounding their name? [Great video, love your content, keep it up!]
also, FYI, in the original Doctor Who series, in Tom Baker era, the last story in the Key to Time arc (Romana #1), the Doctor comes across a timelord he knew from college. This old school friend refers to the Doctor by his nick-name, Theta (I think, which ties up with what you found). Not his full name, but it's something.
I think the Doctor's theme is the way it sounds to us when pronounced in Gallifreyan- it was playing when River whispered it to 10 and The Devil's Chord implies the Doctor can hear the music of the episodes in his head. If this was what he was hearing in that moment...🤓 I rest my case.
The idea of the Doctor's name being Basil (he doesn't even add the Disco part in that scene) has always felt so unique and personal that I haven't been entirely sure to this day if he was actually joking. Especially with Osgood giving her genuine first name (as far as we know). It just felt like one of those quiet moments where you're with someone you trust and you're like, "Oh what the hell, here you go."
Basil with a brother called Irvin Braxiatel - so, IF the Doctor has ever been a little girl, being raised on earth (maybe) the name might have been turned around as Lisa Braxiatel ... keeping only your personal name, turn it around 180 degrees to fit the changed condition from girl to boy, he just kept the first letter of the familyname to remind himself of his lost past: B.asiL, might also mean "Be Asyl", the Time Lords giving sanctuary to a lost child from any other dimension imaginable... If you started out as an energy-pattern consiting of bright light, how would you call yourself? Probably not something, that includes sound-patterns!
Actually the equation originates from the original The Making of Doctor Who book by Terrance Dicks (the one with Jon Pertwee and a Sea Devil on it), and is taken from the records of the Time Lords detailing his adventures, trial, and his exile to Earth.
The Doctor is a title, Galifrey uses titles for names. The Doctor's true name was a mathematical formula: ∂³Σx² or d32x2, which should be pronounce "Delta Cubed Sigma X Squared" in english. Theta Sigma (The Doctor's academy nickname) and the last five being pronounced (assuming i translated correctly Phi Tau Gamma Delta Zeta. Chrístõdavõreendiamondhærtmallõupdracœfiredelúnmiancuimhne de Lœngbærrow
Apparently an old extended universe comic "Lungbarrow" has his name as Christodavoreen something or other...my HC is Theta Sigma is somehow a nickname in some Gallifreyan dialect or creole or slang; Christopher is also a way to translate it as the closest English equivalent. Tell your friend his name is Christopher ^^
I have always insisted that Chrístõdavõreendiamondhærtmallõupdracœfiredelúnmiancuimhne de Lœngbærrowis his "birth" name and nothing will ever change that. But that it ultimately it doesn't matter. He left that name behind and became The Doctor. That's the only name that matters. He is THE DOCTOR. Trying to use his "birth" name is equivilent to Dead Naming and Ive been told that's bad.
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During the Armageddon Factor the Doctor met up with an old school chum named Drax. Drax called him Thete short for Theta Sigma. Insisting he call him that, the Doctor corrected him 3 times to calling him the Doctor. It wasn't brought up again by Drax once the Doctor looked like he was going to beat it into him.
Missy did say that the Doctor's real name is Doctor Who. This is a reference to the fact that in the classic era of the series the character was actually credited as "Dr. Who" It wasn't till much later that they changed it to "The Doctor" in the show's credits. And Missy even mentioned that he later dropped the Who and she specifically mentioned the exact time period that the name did change in the show's credits. But I still don't think it's actually his original name because Missy is a liar and the Doctor literally says that he chose that name for himself. But it doesn't matter what his original name is because the name he chose is his real name.
When Tom Baker was first shown a photo of Ncuti Gatwa, he said “Oh! Is this the new Doctor Who?!” Not “Doctor”. I thought that was funny, as people always told me off for referring to the character as Doctor Who when I was a kid, and here’s one of the most iconic actors who played him doing the same.
@@CarysCreatesThings There are lots of Doctors - David Tennant is now a REAL Doctor of Drama h.c. (2016 - after hosting the Shakespeare event) - born as McDonald he choose his stage name aged 16 and HAD to make it his REAL name for the US-market, just to be allowed to stay, who he had been all his working life. My social security number is NOT my real name, but it stays the same, regardless how often I might change the surname through marriage or other "events" in my life. Where I live, Doctor is part of your name, as soon as you rightfully achieved this title. David Tennant insisted on being listed as "the Doctor" in the credits, while the 9th, Christopher Ecclestone, is still rolling with "Doctor Who" (like 1st, 2nd, 3rd part of 4th & 9th) ... remember Missy introducing herself: "Hello, I am Doctor Who...", 12th rushes out of the TARDIS: "I am (the REAL) Doctor Who!"
Seriously though that was later proven to be a name he went by in College and not his actual name, if i remember correctly. He even says it in new who ' I go by many names but never the real one . My name spoken aloud willl end the universe. ' or something like that. Allegedly a companion read a book with his name in it in TARDIS library and then promptly forgot it. River allegedly whispers it to his TARDIS grave but we dont know what she actually whispers. He claims she alone knows his name but he acknowledged that he lies and his name can never be spoken. Its a mystery to be sure.
I unironocally used to think that his name was John Smith when I was a kind hahaha but TBF I had just moved to England back then so I was still learning English
But HE did get awarded for his fjord-designs. Douglas Adams invented that old landscaper's name purly to annoy the secretary who hat to type out all of his scripts (pre-PC) And happy Towl Day to everyone: "Don't Panic" would make a great imprint on any piece of cloth!
Plausible, after all John Smith’s parents from Human Nature/Family of Blood were named Verity and Sydney in reference to Sydney Newman and Verity Lambert!
Well technically even the doctor doesn't know cause of the stupid Timeless child the name he thinks it is is only the name the time lords gave him, his "real one" is from the place is unfortunately really from. Another thing the timeless rubbish ruined
1. ∑x2 represents the sum of x squared terms. In this case, it would be x^2 + x^2 + x^2 + ... up to some number of terms. 2. Taking the third derivative of the sum of x squared terms can be a bit complicated, but let's simplify it by starting with the first derivative: - First derivative: d/dx (x^2) = 2x - Second derivative: d^2/dx^2 (x^2) = d/dx (2x) = 2 - Third derivative: d^3/dx^3 (x^2) = d^2/dx^2 (2) = 0 Since all higher-order derivatives of x^2 are 0, the third derivative of the sum of x squared terms will also be 0. Therefore, the mathematical expression "d3∑x2" simplifies to 0. So the name is zero, unless the sum is the name like on the link below ruclips.net/user/shortsiXSqZJl99lg?si=89sUJIgBRn3VW8m0 P.s I used AI for this so if its wrong blame that lol.
Interesting tidbit, I was recently watching Keys of Marinus, and in one of the episode Ian finds a key in a jar that has a scientific formula very much like this "name" of the Doctor.
Wondering when you bring up his name Sigma Theta. (just his geek name from the "teens") River Song wrote it alongside "Hello Sweetie" in ancient times when the 11th went with Amy & Rory
The comic is a colourized U.S. reprint of the early black and white Doctor Who Weekly comic strips. The Doctor's "name" that they quote is from the Time Lords' indictment of charges against the Doctor from the 1972 edition of The Making of Doctor Who by Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke. These symbols also appear on the pillar with "Old High Gallifreyan" inscriptions inside Rassilon's tomb in The Five Doctors.
I was given a copy of that very same comic a few yeats ago. Once I saw it in the background I went to go pull it out. I pullled out the taped together cardboard I got it in that I've been keeping it in, but when I looked inside it wasn't there. My heart is broken. I have no idea where it could be. This reallg fucking sucks.
Whatever name the Doctor had in the house of Lungbarrow can't be his real name, given the mystery of the Timeless Child. If I had to guess, the Doctor's birth name might be Docere, if only because of "doctor"'s etymology, so as a name it'd mean "before the doctor"
His name is Pete, or Pete of Sigma. ... at least that's how I heard it on a grainy TV signal back in the 80s, watching "The Armageddon Factor" (where he was actually called "Thete" or "Theta Sigma"). But I hold that the Doctor's name is "Pete". On a planet of Borusas and Romanas and Rassilons, what could be worse than going through life as "Pete"? No wonder he calls himself The Doctor. Additionally, according to one of the novels, he belongs to the House of Lungbarrow, which would make his full name "Pete Lungbarrow".
(You migt already know this but…) Fun Fact: In the credits of classic who, the Doctor was credited as “Doctor Who”, but that was fixed in the 7th Doctor era (I think), but when the show was revived, the 9th Doctor was credited as “Doctor Who” again 😂
I was convinced for a while (until 12 gave his departure monologue) that the Doctor's real name could definitely have been Lucifer. For one, his name is a secret. Why would his name be a secret unless it would completely change all of his relationships? For another, the Doctor seems genuinely concerned in front of human companions when his name is threatened to be revealed. If they wouldn't understand it anyway, then why would he be worried? It's something that can be read, since Clara read it in a book. And it's pronounceable, since River Song said it to 10. The only name I can think of that checks all of those boxes is a name like Lucifer. It;s pronounceable, readable, and it makes sense why this name would be understood by human companions and why its revelation would probably change his relationships with his human companions. But then 12 had to go all "You can't pronounce it" and now it's even more of a mystery.
Theta Sigma (ΘΣ) is given as the Doctor's name in TV: The Armageddon Factor. This is retconned to be the Doctor's "nickname at college" Sigma male meaning Commonly regarded as the "rarest" type of male, a sigma male is typically denoted as an archetype of a male who is similar to the alpha male. Unlike an alpha male, Sigma males are more introverted and seek to dominate themselves, in other words "self-mastery". On social media, the term is often used to describe the idolization of masculine characters from films and TV shows, or celebrities .
D cubed x squared in physics terms. After all, he is a scientist, and I think it means the cubed at the centre of the dimensions, = d for dimensions, cubed as in Tardis and square mean centre that wnd symbols is a sigma notation.
There's only one time he would share his name, there's only one time he could. That would be when with another time lord or the equivalent of. When saying that to River Song that means she would have to be a Time Lord. At that time as far as he knew the Time Lords were dead. The Doctor did tell his name to others like The matrix in order to break out. But even the matrix couldn't handle all the information coming from the Doctor. All time lord names are aliases, the master? , you chose it. Time Lord names are who they are, their essence, but they share with others their regeneration energies. So the song theory is pretty close. The formula may be closer. Healing of River Song''s hand was really being too intimate. So she slapped him. I don't know, maybe she wasn't in the mood. Time Lorrds are told their name when looking into the untempered schism. Some go on to greatness, some like the master go mad, didn't want to know who he was supposed to be couldn't handle being a loser, and some like the Doctor RUN, didn't like others telling him who he was supposed to be, after regenerating sometimes he forgets who is until he remembers. The name the doctor remembers is not the doctor, but doctor is what he chose to say. IT'S VERY PAINFUL TO FIND OUT WHO YOU ARE. Since the doctor ran he doesn't really know completely. DOCTOR WHO? The Tme Lords language is untranslatable except translatable through them. Even the tardis is not a TARDIS, but if someone says it's real name that is translated into TARDIS that comes from English anyway. Why would time awards use the English language to name their time machines?
The morse code in the theme spelled ‘MORSE’. It would have been a cool Easter egg if it had spelt ‘ENDEAVOUR’. I did love how when people asked his first name he’d often say “Inspector”.
He is called theta sigma... Those symbols are in old high galifreyan and appear in the tomb of rassilon in the death zone of Galifrey... But theta sigma is also a nickname, so guess mystery still not solved. River song has the answer but she took it to her virtual reality grave.
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I have obviously forgotten Theta Sigma?? Oh well...
Enjoy this weeks episode of d³∑x₂ Who!
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Wondering when you bring up his name Sigma Theta. (just his geek name from the "teens")
River Song wrote it alongside "Hello Sweetie" in ancient times when the 11th went with Amy & Rory
Do you remember the time when the 6th Doctor and Perri were walking on Ravolox (the stolen planet earth by the time lords in a far far future) during the trial of a timelord serial and he said : "I could settle here and write my diaries. The memoirs of Doctor..." and Perri cuts him short !!! The 6th was gonna, in his hubris, say his name out loud!!!! FFS !!!!
Erm, what the sigma?
I thought the equation was Theta Sigma.
Come on it’s actually bingle bongle dingle dangle yikidee doo yikidee da lippy tappy too ta
yesss bingle bongle dingle dangle yickedy doo yickedy da ping pong lippy tappy too ta
"Doctor Bingle bongle dingle dangle yikidee doo yikidee da lippy tappy too ta" 🗣🗣
My head cannon has always been that 12 was being completely honest to Osgood when he said his name was Basil, I mean why lie who would even believe him at this point if it were true lol
I like the theory that the Doctor's name is the theme tune. His wife was called Melody and then Song (maybe there was a connection between the 2 through the music). The last place he met River was at the singing towers of Darillium. Capaldi played the theme on his guitar in The Magician's Apprentice as he was entering the arena. In The Devil's Chord, Maestro is summoned through music and then proceeds to play the theme twice throughout the episode also hints at the Doctor's past by saying wibbly wobbly. I personally believe that The Doctor's name is a piece of music and everyone on Gallifrey has a nickname that they are just commonly referred to (The Rani, The Master, The Doctor, Rassilon).
Maybe the Doctor's name is pronounced musically, but isn't their theme tune? Maybe it's some harmony of all of the Doctors' themes? Because their themes feel more like the Doctor than the main theme tune, which is about all of the characters.
Though, I'm not sure how these themes would harmonize.
Wait, no, I'm back again, is this how the Time Lords escaped Trenzalor? Because I'm pretty sure 11's theme played in the background at some point in the episode!
The Second Doctor’s companion Jamie McCrimmon was the first person to use the pseudonym “John Smith” for the Doctor in the Season 5 finale The Wheel in Space (1968).
The Doctor also had a college nickname, Theta Sigma (The Armageddon Factor & The Happiness Patrol).
Jamie amusingly got it from a company label on some machinery nearby the unconscious Doctor when the nurse asked for his name, and she immediately noticed what he’d done.
Once sworn in as whovian our sole responsibility is to convert as many people as physically possible. Nice to know Crispy is taking his vows seriously!
I practice this vow everyday
In the Wedding of River Song, River looks into 11 eyes, a small 11 says Shhh!
Than big Teselecta 11 says it was his name.
So his name is Shhh!
silence will fall when the question is answered
Doctor Who?
Shhhh!
*Silence
OK, honestly, this is way cooler than anything I could've thought of.
“Silence will fall when the question is asked.” This is amazing!!
"Shush" was the best order, 12th did ever give to anyone - but he called himself Basil 😅
the Doctor's name being the theme is something i like. It's something i thought of during Clara's last episode. Though others theorised it first. But if timelord books can be smells. Maybe a name can be a piece of music. When The Doctor forgot Clara, he remembered her theme tune. And that helped him remember her name in english. Maybe Clara's theme was her name in gallifreyan.
That would mean that each Doctor has a name that's specific to them, as they all have their own theme.
I really like this theory.
I'm not listening to someone who's birth name is Tomgallaghersuperboybeyond.
haha, not my birth name.
@@sheersternfeld1914the melody stays the same. So same name but with different flair. Makes sense to me
My headcanon for the “Dr Who” as name references are that that was a nickname he tried out on Gallifrey and decided he didn’t like so quite quickly changed to using “The Doctor” but Missy remembers.
I started this video thinking if this is all an elaborate set up for you to say Theta Sigma I'll be upset. But surprisingly you went this whole video without mentioning that name
Alex Kingston will tell you, it's pronounced Shaniqua 😂
😂😂😂😂
I love it
It's pronounced Deelia Darbyshire not Dellia Duhbyshire
Sorry to burst your bubble and your journey my guy but this was already shown during one of the classic stories.
But this doesnt really help cos its not in any earthly language so his actual name is still unknown, we just know how to spell it (in a random ahh language).
Im still with the theory that its pronounced as the Doctor Who Opening theme.
Edit: the classic story was the 5 doctors where d³∑x₂ is present on Rassilons Tomb.
I think it was also in a novelization or comic version of Trial of a Time Lord, where you see the court paper stating him as the defendant.
Based on the symbols we can assume that his middle name is Sigma, with it being Greek with the other symbols his name could be “Delta Kybos Sigma Xi Tetragono”
Making the Doctor's full name, including nicknames, Delta Kybos "The 'Doctor'ta" Sigma Xi Tetragono
Erm, what the sigma?
clearly his name is Nyarlathotep
For an episode named ‘Name of the Doctor’, it was surprisingly anti-climatic wasn’t it?
Except for my by John Hurt!
I have an idea about theory three: What if in the episode where he reveals his name, he says in the cold open, “My name is, *sting comes in and theme song plays*”
The Doctor's name? That's easy. He doesn't have one and will never have one. If someday someone reveals it, another writer will just say "it was a prank, bro".
SPOILER FOR THE CLASSIC SERIES.
Like what happened to Theta Sigma. With the Fourth Doctor, Drax even called him Theet, indication that Theta Sigma was his name and Theet his nickname, but with the 7th Doctor they retconned to make Theta Sigma his nickname and Theet the nickname for his nickname, I guess? That sounds even more stupid when you think about it.
Its called an alias. Theta Sigma is an alias he uses. A fake name.
Theet is the nickname of his alias
@@DeadlyTinyOrc it's called retcon. They don't have an actual answer, this is used to keep the mystery and create hype for episodes like "The name of the Doctor", but the truth is, whatever the writer for today says it's his name, the one from tomorrow can just retcon it and say that was a lie all along. And that doesn't even aply just for his name, but a whole lot of stuff.
Theta Sigma isn't a name. Those are Greek letters. Which means it's at best a TARDIS translation of phonetically similar initials, or a symbol that just happens to look close enough to this: ΘΣ.
So in terms of pronouncing his name, if we were to assume that those *are* his phonetic initials, the most we can glean from that is that his first name starts with an unvoiced "Th" and his second name starts with an "S" sound. In other words, his name based on the clue "Theta Sigma" could hypothetically be Theodore Stevens, or Thaddeus Swag, or Thimble Spoon, or Thumb Sucker, or Theatrical Cinema, or Thursday Sevenoclock, or Thieving Sonofabitch, or Thing Something, or Thermostat Stethoscope, or Thorn Section... or Thoogleflarm Snurp or some other random space nonsense.
And the name in the comic book could just be read as a similarly unhelpful translation of either the full name or the same initials.
But end of the day, it's Doctor Who and there is no canon.
@@Swenglish all names are letters at the end of the day. Elon Musk son is called X Æ A-Xii and that's still a viable name. It doesn't make sense that Drax would create a nickname for his initials. I do definetely have to agree with the fact that Doctor Who doesn't really have a canon so in the end of the day, anything goes.
@@mareiramv You're missing my point. Gallifrey wouldn't literally have Greek letters, because the Greek Alphabet is from Earth (where Greece is). That's obviously a quirk of translation. Same goes for Omega. It doesn't make sense that these would be their names in the original language, because the original language isn't Greek or any other language that would use Greek letters for anything (such as English). Greek letters are obviously being used as some kind of shorthand or approximation of what it would be in the original language, presumably because the original language is incomprehensible to humans. There are various contexts in which Greek letters are used in English, so it makes some sense that the TARDIS translation circuit would adopt that behavior as part of English.
The composer Barrington Pheloung who done the music for Inspector Morse, use to add to the title music with Morse Code the name of the killer in that episode.
ok, so playing w the "the doctors name is the theme song" idea. when Meastro (from devil's chord) is ready to take on the Doctor, they play the theme song to initiate the story... are they SUMMONING THE DOCTOR by saying/playing/sounding their name? [Great video, love your content, keep it up!]
also, FYI, in the original Doctor Who series, in Tom Baker era, the last story in the Key to Time arc (Romana #1), the Doctor comes across a timelord he knew from college. This old school friend refers to the Doctor by his nick-name, Theta (I think, which ties up with what you found). Not his full name, but it's something.
I think the Doctor's theme is the way it sounds to us when pronounced in Gallifreyan- it was playing when River whispered it to 10 and The Devil's Chord implies the Doctor can hear the music of the episodes in his head. If this was what he was hearing in that moment...🤓 I rest my case.
i think it was clara who said “is there music in your head when you say these things?”
In the zigon inversion and invasion i think he told osgood his name was basil disco phd
Very good you get a gold star. Nobody ever mentions this . Her name is Patrinella, and they both agree to not ever mention it.
I love Basil
The idea of the Doctor's name being Basil (he doesn't even add the Disco part in that scene) has always felt so unique and personal that I haven't been entirely sure to this day if he was actually joking. Especially with Osgood giving her genuine first name (as far as we know). It just felt like one of those quiet moments where you're with someone you trust and you're like, "Oh what the hell, here you go."
Basil with a brother called Irvin Braxiatel - so, IF the Doctor has ever been a little girl, being raised on earth (maybe) the name might have been turned around as Lisa Braxiatel ... keeping only your personal name, turn it around 180 degrees to fit the changed condition from girl to boy, he just kept the first letter of the familyname to remind himself of his lost past: B.asiL, might also mean "Be Asyl", the Time Lords giving sanctuary to a lost child from any other dimension imaginable... If you started out as an energy-pattern consiting of bright light, how would you call yourself? Probably not something, that includes sound-patterns!
@@karldearstyne5595god i love osgood
Actually the equation originates from the original The Making of Doctor Who book by Terrance Dicks (the one with Jon Pertwee and a Sea Devil on it), and is taken from the records of the Time Lords detailing his adventures, trial, and his exile to Earth.
The Doctor is a title, Galifrey uses titles for names.
The Doctor's true name was a mathematical formula: ∂³Σx² or d32x2, which should be pronounce "Delta Cubed Sigma X Squared" in english.
Theta Sigma (The Doctor's academy nickname) and the last five being pronounced (assuming i translated correctly Phi Tau Gamma Delta Zeta.
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Apparently an old extended universe comic "Lungbarrow" has his name as Christodavoreen something or other...my HC is Theta Sigma is somehow a nickname in some Gallifreyan dialect or creole or slang; Christopher is also a way to translate it as the closest English equivalent. Tell your friend his name is Christopher ^^
I have always insisted that Chrístõdavõreendiamondhærtmallõupdracœfiredelúnmiancuimhne de Lœngbærrowis his "birth" name and nothing will ever change that.
But that it ultimately it doesn't matter. He left that name behind and became The Doctor. That's the only name that matters. He is THE DOCTOR. Trying to use his "birth" name is equivilent to Dead Naming and Ive been told that's bad.
The Destroyer of Worlds? Thinking Disney has that on their business cards now.
Disney Business Card:
Benefits of having your show on Disney+
1.) Lower viewership that continues to decline.
2.) Bad storytelling, dialog, character building, etc.
3.) Racist actors that insult the fans.
4.) Poor reviews (Don't worry. Here at Disney, we pay the critics a lot of money to leave good reviews. We also have thousands of automated bots for RUclips and Twitter comments. Nobody will notice...)
5.) 100s of millions of dollars for you to waste!
6.) Peer pressure to make sure none of your employees will ask questions for fear of losing their jobs.
7.) A free paper shredder to shred all the constructive feedback from your upset fans that you hate so much.
8.) And to top it all off, we at Disney strive for the highest level of satisfaction for our business partners. So we even offer Free Show Cancelations.
@@NoahSBX Yet here you are, still watching and still bellyaching!, even though the entire list is demonstrably false!
its funny to me that your friend thought not knowing the characters name was more silly then doctor who being his name
During the Armageddon Factor the Doctor met up with an old school chum named Drax. Drax called him Thete short for Theta Sigma. Insisting he call him that, the Doctor corrected him 3 times to calling him the Doctor. It wasn't brought up again by Drax once the Doctor looked like he was going to beat it into him.
ΘΣ was his Academy nickname.
The Seventh Doctor explicitly says so in Happiness Patrol
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It is quite common for adoptees not to know their real names.
The name given to him on Gallifrey would most likely be in Gallifreyan, surely.😃
Me humming a theme:
some guy: Did you call me?
Me Nah, The Simpsons, i didn't call you sorry.
Missy did say that the Doctor's real name is Doctor Who. This is a reference to the fact that in the classic era of the series the character was actually credited as "Dr. Who" It wasn't till much later that they changed it to "The Doctor" in the show's credits. And Missy even mentioned that he later dropped the Who and she specifically mentioned the exact time period that the name did change in the show's credits. But I still don't think it's actually his original name because Missy is a liar and the Doctor literally says that he chose that name for himself. But it doesn't matter what his original name is because the name he chose is his real name.
When Tom Baker was first shown a photo of Ncuti Gatwa, he said “Oh! Is this the new Doctor Who?!” Not “Doctor”. I thought that was funny, as people always told me off for referring to the character as Doctor Who when I was a kid, and here’s one of the most iconic actors who played him doing the same.
@@CarysCreatesThings There are lots of Doctors - David Tennant is now a REAL Doctor of Drama h.c. (2016 - after hosting the Shakespeare event) - born as McDonald he choose his stage name aged 16 and HAD to make it his REAL name for the US-market, just to be allowed to stay, who he had been all his working life. My social security number is NOT my real name, but it stays the same, regardless how often I might change the surname through marriage or other "events" in my life. Where I live, Doctor is part of your name, as soon as you rightfully achieved this title. David Tennant insisted on being listed as "the Doctor" in the credits, while the 9th, Christopher Ecclestone, is still rolling with "Doctor Who" (like 1st, 2nd, 3rd part of 4th & 9th) ... remember Missy introducing herself: "Hello, I am Doctor Who...", 12th rushes out of the TARDIS: "I am (the REAL) Doctor Who!"
Seriously though that was later proven to be a name he went by in College and not his actual name, if i remember correctly. He even says it in new who ' I go by many names but never the real one . My name spoken aloud willl end the universe. ' or something like that. Allegedly a companion read a book with his name in it in TARDIS library and then promptly forgot it. River allegedly whispers it to his TARDIS grave but we dont know what she actually whispers. He claims she alone knows his name but he acknowledged that he lies and his name can never be spoken. Its a mystery to be sure.
I unironocally used to think that his name was John Smith when I was a kind hahaha but TBF I had just moved to England back then so I was still learning English
You are correct. I remember that article from way back. At least it's better than Slartibartfast.
But HE did get awarded for his fjord-designs. Douglas Adams invented that old landscaper's name purly to annoy the secretary who hat to type out all of his scripts (pre-PC)
And happy Towl Day to everyone: "Don't Panic" would make a great imprint on any piece of cloth!
His name is Dalia Ron or Dr for short
* Delia
Expanding on your Doctor Who theme idea, what if the Doctor's name is a play on the two creators of the Doctor Who theme song? (Ron Derbyshire)
Plausible, after all John Smith’s parents from Human Nature/Family of Blood were named Verity and Sydney in reference to Sydney Newman and Verity Lambert!
I hope you mention the time RTD joked about the real name in Confidential, and I hope it was Brendan like in that flashback from The Division
Lol my dad's name was actually John Smith.
Well technically even the doctor doesn't know cause of the stupid Timeless child the name he thinks it is is only the name the time lords gave him, his "real one" is from the place is unfortunately really from.
Another thing the timeless rubbish ruined
The John Smith alias was developed during the second doctor story The Wheel in Space when Jamie reads it off of a company logo.
1. ∑x2 represents the sum of x squared terms. In this case, it would be x^2 + x^2 + x^2 + ... up to some number of terms.
2. Taking the third derivative of the sum of x squared terms can be a bit complicated, but let's simplify it by starting with the first derivative:
- First derivative: d/dx (x^2) = 2x
- Second derivative: d^2/dx^2 (x^2) = d/dx (2x) = 2
- Third derivative: d^3/dx^3 (x^2) = d^2/dx^2 (2) = 0
Since all higher-order derivatives of x^2 are 0, the third derivative of the sum of x squared terms will also be 0. Therefore, the mathematical expression "d3∑x2" simplifies to 0. So the name is zero, unless the sum is the name like on the link below
ruclips.net/user/shortsiXSqZJl99lg?si=89sUJIgBRn3VW8m0
P.s I used AI for this so if its wrong blame that lol.
Everyone knows his name shows up in his browser history. He had to google himself....
Interesting tidbit, I was recently watching Keys of Marinus, and in one of the episode Ian finds a key in a jar that has a scientific formula very much like this "name" of the Doctor.
Whenever i search my name online its just some old irish guy who made like a fast food thing
I am a John Smith truther. I think the Doctor's name is the Gallifreyan equivalent of John Smith 😂
That name originated from Terrance Dicks' first edition of "The Making of Doctor Who" (with Pertwee & Sea Devil on the cover).
When I was a kid the empty child and the people from the waters of mars gave me nightmares for weeks
If you have heard the story of River song episode 4 with Tom Baker River mentioned his name.
Wondering when you bring up his name Sigma Theta. (just his geek name from the "teens")
River Song wrote it alongside "Hello Sweetie" in ancient times when the 11th went with Amy & Rory
Good to know you did the washing up first
I'm sure it was revealed years ago to be Kollamoolitumarellipawkyrollo.
"delyer durbysher"
He's Australian. Be kind
So was Prince another version of this time lord before even Peter Calpaldi?
I have my own headcanon as to what The Doctor's real name is and I'm not telling anyone.
I love how I waited the entire video and realized you literally put it in the thumbnail. That’s actually hilarious 😂
Hehehe
You were recommending the new season or when it was significantly better?
The comic is a colourized U.S. reprint of the early black and white Doctor Who Weekly comic strips. The Doctor's "name" that they quote is from the Time Lords' indictment of charges against the Doctor from the 1972 edition of The Making of Doctor Who by Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke. These symbols also appear on the pillar with "Old High Gallifreyan" inscriptions inside Rassilon's tomb in The Five Doctors.
And on that cliff at the very old planet, where River song wrote him a message - HELLO SWEETIE (Theta Sigma and 5 other symbols)!
I was given a copy of that very same comic a few yeats ago. Once I saw it in the background I went to go pull it out. I pullled out the taped together cardboard I got it in that I've been keeping it in, but when I looked inside it wasn't there. My heart is broken. I have no idea where it could be. This reallg fucking sucks.
I haven't watched this yet but I do not believe the title one bit. I will have to watch in the morning because its 2:40am lmao
Delta cubed theta x squared , I think
12 said no one would ever understand his name so i think it is ð³Σx² except children whos minds are open to new and strange things
I googled it one and it said their name is Mildred.
That was fun.
If I remember correctly it was a joke from Moffat
His real name changes along with his real face
Those mathematical symptoms translate to....drum roll....Dr Who!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dave/Davina.
I've known this for a while now actually
Crispy Pro tell me something new challenge: Impossible.
I've got the summer special from 1985 if you have a po box I could send it to?
somethings are be left unsolved
I knew that theta sigma is the doctor's real name. It's actually a nickname given by the academy.
Didnt capaldi's doctor say basil at some point
i love that
@@CrispyPro me 2 ! :D it was a nice little line. btw i love you'r channel so much. huge doctor who fan myself
His name is sigma name of insterlation theres a clip where he and the master spoke when he wore a scarf and he said his real name
Actually i think the song being his name is pretty genius.
Whatever name the Doctor had in the house of Lungbarrow can't be his real name, given the mystery of the Timeless Child. If I had to guess, the Doctor's birth name might be Docere, if only because of "doctor"'s etymology, so as a name it'd mean "before the doctor"
...so basically, the Doctors name is....Dex. That's my Nick name 😂
His name is Pete, or Pete of Sigma.
... at least that's how I heard it on a grainy TV signal back in the 80s, watching "The Armageddon Factor" (where he was actually called "Thete" or "Theta Sigma"). But I hold that the Doctor's name is "Pete". On a planet of Borusas and Romanas and Rassilons, what could be worse than going through life as "Pete"? No wonder he calls himself The Doctor.
Additionally, according to one of the novels, he belongs to the House of Lungbarrow, which would make his full name "Pete Lungbarrow".
Ah yes, d cubed sigma x squared
(You migt already know this but…) Fun Fact: In the credits of classic who, the Doctor was credited as “Doctor Who”, but that was fixed in the 7th Doctor era (I think), but when the show was revived, the 9th Doctor was credited as “Doctor Who” again 😂
I would pronounce it as Delta cubed theta x (subscript) two
I was convinced for a while (until 12 gave his departure monologue) that the Doctor's real name could definitely have been Lucifer.
For one, his name is a secret. Why would his name be a secret unless it would completely change all of his relationships?
For another, the Doctor seems genuinely concerned in front of human companions when his name is threatened to be revealed. If they wouldn't understand it anyway, then why would he be worried?
It's something that can be read, since Clara read it in a book.
And it's pronounceable, since River Song said it to 10.
The only name I can think of that checks all of those boxes is a name like Lucifer.
It;s pronounceable, readable, and it makes sense why this name would be understood by human companions and why its revelation would probably change his relationships with his human companions.
But then 12 had to go all "You can't pronounce it" and now it's even more of a mystery.
Well then again, The Doctor lies 😂
Lucifer literally means "carrier of light" or "bringer of light".
He was an angel who was expelled from Heaven according to the apocryphal bible story
Theta Sigma (ΘΣ) is given as the Doctor's name in TV: The Armageddon Factor. This is retconned to be the Doctor's "nickname at college" Sigma male meaning
Commonly regarded as the "rarest" type of male, a sigma male is typically denoted as an archetype of a male who is similar to the alpha male. Unlike an alpha male, Sigma males are more introverted and seek to dominate themselves, in other words "self-mastery". On social media, the term is often used to describe the idolization of masculine characters from films and TV shows, or celebrities .
D cubed x squared in physics terms. After all, he is a scientist, and I think it means the cubed at the centre of the dimensions, = d for dimensions, cubed as in Tardis and square mean centre that wnd symbols is a sigma notation.
Too underrated
Are you going to New Zealand for the Doctor Who exhibition thingy?
Oh my gosh I will actually be in NZ around then but I'm only doing the South Island
@@CrispyPro Thats annoying 😬 i’m going there in August!
Theta sigma. Drax said in the Armageddon factor
Sad news today William Russel Ian Chesterton has died 😢😢😢😭😭😭 yesterday
I think you went to the wrong side of the car. 😂
In australia that where the drivers seat is haha
Nah, thats the side that the drivers seat is on in Australia 😎😎
It’s Basil
Maybe we will find out the doctor's real name in the last ever episode of Doctor Who
There's only one time he would share his name, there's only one time he could.
That would be when with another time lord or the equivalent of. When saying that to River Song that means she would have to be a Time Lord. At that time as far as he knew the Time Lords were dead. The Doctor did tell his name to others like The matrix in order to break out. But even the matrix couldn't handle all the information coming from the Doctor. All time lord names are aliases, the master? , you chose it. Time Lord names are who they are, their essence, but they share with others their regeneration energies. So the song theory is pretty close. The formula may be closer. Healing of River Song''s hand was really being too intimate. So she slapped him. I don't know, maybe she wasn't in the mood. Time Lorrds are told their name when looking into the untempered schism. Some go on to greatness, some like the master go mad, didn't want to know who he was supposed to be couldn't handle being a loser, and some like the Doctor RUN, didn't like others telling him who he was supposed to be, after regenerating sometimes he forgets who is until he remembers. The name the doctor remembers is not the doctor, but doctor is what he chose to say. IT'S VERY PAINFUL TO FIND OUT WHO YOU ARE. Since the doctor ran he doesn't really know completely. DOCTOR WHO? The Tme Lords language is untranslatable except translatable through them. Even the tardis is not a TARDIS, but if someone says it's real name that is translated into TARDIS that comes from English anyway. Why would time awards use the English language to name their time machines?
Ummmm..... Yeah.
Inspector Morse (UK Crime fiction), his name was told in the into music, thru morse code.......
Thats so coool!
The morse code in the theme spelled ‘MORSE’. It would have been a cool Easter egg if it had spelt ‘ENDEAVOUR’. I did love how when people asked his first name he’d often say “Inspector”.
I bet it's Mildred
I read that it’s pronounced ‘Theta Sigma’. I saw it a while ago and assumed it was a joke about Elon Musk’s kid’s name at first.
He is called theta sigma... Those symbols are in old high galifreyan and appear in the tomb of rassilon in the death zone of Galifrey... But theta sigma is also a nickname, so guess mystery still not solved. River song has the answer but she took it to her virtual reality grave.
Pretty sure theta sigma is a collage nickname, as you said.
So his real name is a mathematical version of ‘Doctor who’ gg.
Lmao I knew for like 8 months before this
The 3rd doctor ssid hes doctor john smith to the unit guy
Lovely video ! In my heart he's always Theta Sigma too me
That's his college nickname. It's not exactly his name.
The Doctor has a nickname during his college years. Does anyone know it? I do.
Theta Sigma!
@@shananelson2567 Correct, which was also theorized as the Doctor's name. However, a fellow Timelord said that was his college nickname.