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Is the Doctor insane?
TL;DR: watch more of the show and you'll learn the answers to all these questions and pick up a lot more about the Doctor and the Time Lords, by osmosis if nothing else.
He finds all things even ...
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Suggested order for Amazon Prime Doctor Who series
Unfortunately, Amazon has made a dog's breakfast of Doctor Who, splitting up random Tennant episodes and the Christmas Specials into separate "shows" that should not be separate, splitting out various ...
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Who is/was the first woman Doctor Who?
It depends on what you consider "official".
Doctor Who is famous for its very loose and ill-defined canon, with tons of spin-off materials (TV movies, comics, novels, audio-only stories, etc.) piling ...
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If the Doctor's two hearts lead the robots to believe he's two people, why did he only get one smiley badge?
I just had an inspired thought (for some meaning of "inspired", anyway): I think the Vardy-interface is interpreting the doctor's two heartbeats as a pregnant human.
This handily matches all the ...
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When did pure-historical Doctor Who go out of fashion?
What was the last?
Unclear; as with many things Doctor Who, it depends on how you define a "pure historical."
"Black Orchid", a Fifth Doctor story broadcast in 1982 and set in 1925, was the last ...
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Who is who on this Doctor Who Christmas Card?
The Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee)
Time Lord (probably one of the Gallifrey High Council, possibly Rassilon)
The Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison)
Zygon
The Sixth Doctor (Colin Baker)
2 Toclafane
Davros
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Does Clara (Oswin Oswald) say "Run you clever boy, and Remember" or "Run you clever boy, and remember me"?
Both
In "Asylum of the Daleks," she says the first version:
DALEK: Human! Remember me.
DOCTOR: Thank you.
DALEK: Run! (The
Doctor runs as the bombardment starts.)
[Room]
OSWIN: Run, you ...
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Who is/was the first woman Doctor Who?
Joanna Lumley played the 13th Doctor in Comic Relief: Doctor Who - The Curse of Fatal Death (1999).
While not a part of any future Doctor Who continuity, this was a BBC approved production, written ...
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Who was it in the black and white photo on The Doctor's desk?
Susan Foreman, granddaughter and very first Companion to the Doctor.
The photograph seen in "The Pilot" appears to be a cropped and re-backgrounded version of this one, which according to Wikipedia ...
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Doctor Who episode where the Doctor met someone who thought they were the Doctor
Although the era of this episode isn't clear based on your question, my guess is that you are referring to "The Next Doctor", one of the later Christmas specials from the Tenth Doctor run.
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Why doesn't the Doctor consider himself a hero?
It varies. Sometimes it is because he views himself as ordinary; sometimes because he views himself as a bad person.
Because he has committed atrocities
The Doctor believes himself to have killed ...
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Why does the Doctor not believe in Satan?
I'm guessing she's referring directly to the Abrahamic Satan. She doesn't believe in him because she knows he's just an idea resulting from the mental projection of The Beast, who is basically just an ...
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Can the Doctor be female?
Yes.
The Thirteenth Doctor will be Jodie Whittaker, a woman. This was announced earlier today by the BBC after the Wimbledon finals, and also on Twitter.
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Has the Doctor ever knowingly interacted with his current incarnation
Yes, in "Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS".
After the Doctor and Clara have finally made their way all the way to the heart of the TARDIS, the Doctor pushes through a glowing crack in the wall to ...
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Why were the Sontarans so sexist?
The Sontarans are a stereotypically warlike race. They see everything in the context of warmaking. Even wishing someone well (which is a peaceful action) often references wishing they will have a ...
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Why is the Doctor overwhelmingly male?
I don't think there is a lot of in universe reasons. But I'll try to give some
Even though Regeneration is a lottery, some control over it seems to be possible
The best example is given during the ...
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Why was River Song so slow?
Why didn't River recognize him?
Because he's not supposed to exist. This is highlighted at least once in the episode itself:
[Alphonse pulls out a stack of pictures of the Doctor, from William ...
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Footage used in "The Magician's Apprentice" episode of Doctor Who
There aren't many options for where these scenes could have been taken from, so it's fairly easy to narrow down. In order of the images in the question:
It's a lousy picture, but the line clearly ...
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11th Doctor Who episode with Rory and Amy getting split up
The episode you're thinking of is called "The Doctor's Wife".
In this episode the TARDIS' energy is placed into a body of a female named Idris by a sentient planetoid (named House) that wants to ...
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How many hours would it take to watch all of Doctor Who?
I added up the episodes and times from the Wikipedia list of Doctor Who episodes. This excludes movies and the 2013 50th anniversary docudrama as well as web episodes, animated features, etc.
Classic ...
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Which Doctor Who works are canon?
Nothing, and also everything
The definitive piece of writing on Doctor Who canon is this blog post by writer Paul Cornell. I'm essentially going to be summarizing his post here, much less eloquently, ...
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Has the Doctor ever had facial hair before?
I'm not aware of any Doctor that routinely had facial hair other than the War Doctor (I thank Bjorn Eriksson below for reminding me of him). Matt Smith's Doctor was imprisoned for sometime and had a ...
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Are Cass and Lunn actually speaking sign language?
Yes...
The British Deaf Association has publicly praised the episode, specifically calling out Cass' use of British Sign Language:
What was most heartening was that the Deafness of Sophie’s character,...
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Has the TARDIS been shown to transport objects bigger than its doorway?
The short answer is yes, the Doctor has demonstrated at least three ways in which out-sized objects could be transported by the TARDIS
The TARDIS can simply materialise around large objects that ...
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Why would the Doctor get his tie?
The entire point of the scene is that the Doctor traveled backwards in time, created a memorable event and then immediately left.
The Doctor you see accosting Martha at the start of the show isn't a ...
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What instruments were used to record the Doctor Who theme -- originally?
The theme "Doctor Who" (nee "Dr. Who") was originally composed using electronic components like test tone generators, some filtering circuits, and a low frequency oscillator—in ...
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Has the Doctor ever had facial hair before?
The War Doctor did have facial hair. He was a Doctor that regenerated between the 8th and 9th Doctor and was played by John Hurt. The War Doctor only appeared in the episode "The Day of the ...
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How does the Doctor "read" the sonic screwdriver?
Given that the screwdriver appears to have certain 'point and think' settings (usually demonstrated when the Doctor gives his screwdriver to someone else), and the Doctor's reliance on other psychic ...
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