10 Doctor Who Questions That Always Confused You

10. What Is The Doctor's Name?

The oldest question. Hidden in plain sight. Doctor, who?

Steven Moffat teased us with this throughout the Matt Smith years before revealing that it's not important. What's important is the title they chose and how it reflects their actions. Because what name would even be satisfying to fans? Keith?

The question of the Doctor's birth name is something that becomes more complex the more you think about it. Gallifrey is the planet where Romanadvoratrelundar is a perfectly normal thing to call a child, for goodness sake! We know that the Doctor was nicknamed Theta Sigma in college, and only reveal their name to those they're intimate with, and that's about it.

Things have got even more complex now that we no longer have a clue where the Doctor is from. A lost child, abandoned in our universe, adopted by Tecteun. What was that child's name? And come to think of it, what was their name after they were regenerated into a child on leaving Division? Doctor Who has never seemed more appropriate a title for the show.

Probably best that we don't dwell on it and just carry on calling them The Doctor.