Is the Doctor's first name Basil?

Steven Moffat, the executive producer, has said the Doctor's real name is Mildred, but this is generally assumed to be a joke. (Rule #0: the Moffat lies.) In Series 9, the Doctor tells Osgood that his first name is Basil, but this is presumably also a joke.

What is the Doctor's true name?

John Smith. The Doctor's most common alias (apart from the Doctor, obviously), this is his standard pseudonym on Earth.

What is the Doctor's name in Gallifreyan?

Is Theta Sigma the Doctor's real name? Theta Sigma was the Doctor's unique nickname when he was studying at the Time Lord Academy on Gallifrey. Although this identified the Doctor from all the other Time Lords at the academy, the Seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) dismisses it as just a nickname in The Happiness Patrol.

Why is the Doctor's name a secret?

Long story short: the Doctor lies. Recently, fans have hypothesized that the reason why the Doctor never speaks their own name is for their own safety. And the hypothesis also suggests that the only occasion for which a Time Lord would reveal their name is at the moment of their final death.

Is the Doctor's name Mildred?

The real name of the Doctor in Doctor Who has been revealed as Mildred. Showrunner Steven Moffat made the claim in a jokey response to a fan's query in the new issue of Doctor Who Magazine.

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Why does River know the Doctor's name?

The simple answer is that we do not know. River's method of learning the Doctor's name has not yet been shown or explained on-screen. It is strongly implied that she knew it before she died in the Library, however, as it's the Doctor's explanation for why he trusts her.

Is Clara a Time Lord?

It's in that repair we discover something even more amazing about Clara: she's a Time Lord. Think about it. Clara is there on Gallifrey to persuade the first Doctor to take the TARDIS with the wonky steering. It has been stated that only Time Lords are allowed on Gallifrey.

Does the Doctor speak English or Gallifreyan?

The Doctor does indeed talk in Gallifreyan everytime and has not even the faintest idea about speaking in English, according with Dead of Winter.

What did the Doctor whisper to Rose?

In the Doctor Who Confidential episode End of an Era, executive producer Julie Gardner confirmed that the intention was that the new Doctor did indeed say "I love you" when he whispered in Rose's ear.

Does the Master know the Doctor's name?

Edit: This answer assumes the answer in the Title is 'Yes'. This is because the Doctor's original or 'real' name seemed to be widely known by the Gallifreyans he regularly interacted with. Because of their long history, it is therefore easy to decide that the Master does, indeed, know the original name of the Doctor.

Does Clara know the Doctor's name?

In Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS, Clara learnt the Doctor's name from the Time War Book - but thanks to the time reset she forgot it. Then along came The Name of the Doctor, in which Clara starts remembering those un-happened events, including the Doctor's amazement at her multiple incarnations.

What is the Masters real name?

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The Master's birth name was Koschei and he was born on Gallifrey and grew up alongside the Doctor.

What does river whisper to the Doctor in the library?

The Doctor arrives and says that is impossible. As he returns his attention to the present, Anita asks him what River whispered in his ear earlier. She reminds him that she's about to die, and so his secret is "safe" with her.

Can the TARDIS translate Gallifreyan?

River Song explicitly mentions that High Gallifreyan writing "doesn't translate" -- even the TARDIS can't do it for someone who doesn't read it.

What is the secret of the Face of Boe?

Played by Struan Rodger. Apparently dying in a New New York hospital, when the Face of Boe had watched the universe grow old, he told the Tenth Doctor that he would reveal his greatest secret to "one like himself", before he teleported himself away.

Can the TARDIS speak?

Not only in space, but also in time. He can still communicate with Martha and a total stranger (Billy Shipton) who ends up in 1969 (this takes place about 22 minutes into the episode). If we accept that the Doctor speaks English on a native-level, he would speak both Gallifreyan and English roughly equally well.

Why does the Tardis not like Clara?

In answering that question in Doctor Who Magazine, Moffat suggested that the TARDIS' dislike of the current companion may be due to her sceptical nature and how she did not seem suitably awed by the Doctor's spaceship. Or, as he said, “It's almost like it's all building to something…

Is Amy Pond Clara's Nan?

No they didn't have the same ring on. SO, no Clara's Granny is not Amy Pond. There are also various other reasons, like the fact that Amy and Rory's son's last name was Williams, not Oswald OR Ravenwood.

How many regenerations does River Song have?

Assuming they did not, it would appear that Melody Pond/River Song gave up TEN incarnations (9 regenerations) to save The Doctor. First Regeneration - while homeless, young Melody Pond apparently succumbed to hunger & illness, undergoing her first regeneration in the episode "Day of the Moon".

What is River Song's secret?

The mid-season cliffhanger shockingly reveals that Amy Pond gave birth to a child at the hands of Madame Kovarian, who is destined to be a weapon against the Doctor. That child of the TARDIS, conceived with sometimes alive/sometimes dead person Rory, is Melody Pond, aka River Song.

Is Gallifreyan a real language?

The Gallifreyan alphabet was created by a fan of Dr. Who named Loren Sherman. He created this way of writing so he could transform English words to mimic the artistic representations of the Doctor's native language, Gallifreyan. It is not used by the show and is not a real language.

Is Clara a Dalek?

She is the sole survivor of the starship Alaska, which crashed on the Asylum, a prison planet for insane Daleks. Oswin then learns from the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) that she has been converted from human into a Dalek and has coped by retreating into a fantasy of her own intact survival.