Corgana@startrek.website to Doctor Who@startrek.websiteEnglish · 6 days agoWhen discussing the plural name for the group of beings with different faces that are The Doctor, is it proper to say "The Doctors", "Doctors Who" or...?message-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up114arrow-down1message-squareWhen discussing the plural name for the group of beings with different faces that are The Doctor, is it proper to say "The Doctors", "Doctors Who" or...?Corgana@startrek.website to Doctor Who@startrek.websiteEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCorgana@startrek.websiteOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoExactly my conundrum! In canon the Doctor changes faces and personalities (and Tardises) periodically. What is (or what should be) the collective term for these manifestations?
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days ago…The Doctor. Just like child you and adult you are both you. They’re just different phases of the same person’s life.
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoGallefreyan biology is a bit different, but it amounts to the same thing.
Exactly my conundrum! In canon the Doctor changes faces and personalities (and Tardises) periodically. What is (or what should be) the collective term for these manifestations?
…The Doctor.
Just like child you and adult you are both you. They’re just different phases of the same person’s life.
Gallefreyan biology is a bit different, but it amounts to the same thing.