How Do You Refer to Each Doctor?

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When you’re talking about one of the doctors, how do you write which one you’re talking about?

  • Spelled out (ninth, tenth, eleventh, etc.)
  • Numerically (9, 10, 11, etc.)
  • I use AP style. I write out numbers one through nine and use numerals for 10 and up (someone actually told me this once)
  • Depends on my mood
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Edit: Spelled out would more likely be nine, ten, eleven. Also it seems like I should’ve added an option for actor name.

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i go based on mood but i love the idea of using AP style… i mean when i think about it, why wouldn’t it apply to the doctor? (but i also don’t consistently use it in my day-to-day life… oftentimes i remember it when i’m about to write a number and then decide i would prefer it written out)

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Kind of a mix. I usually spell out the number, but not the ordinal number? Like, Eleven, not Eleventh. Sometimes actor name, even, especially for Tennant and Capaldi, for some reason.

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Depends on the context, my mood, and who I’m talking to. For ease: 7, 2, 10, etc. Or generally the actor’s name.

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Thinking about it now, I probably should’ve made the examples nine, ten, eleven, instead of ninth, tenth, eleventh. The first was more what I had in my head.

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I tend to go 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc but am forced to use First, Second, Third etc when writing for TARDIS Guide because that is the house style.

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Oh, I also find it funny to just say the actor’s first name. As in, ‘Wow, remember when he was shot and electrocuted and died?’ ‘Who?’ ‘Peter.’

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I usualy alternate between typing it out (Eighth Doctor or just Eight) or using the actor last name (McGann), unless it’s a Baker or Thirteen and Fifteen (in which case, it’s Tom, Colin, Jodie and Ncuti).

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I spell out the number either with or without doctor afterwards. I might just write the number if I’m in a hurry, or for doctors after twelve, because that’s where you might start using numbers in german

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Normally, I use 1,2,3, etc, but something I’ll do last names of the actors. But then I’ll also sometimes use One, Two, Three and so on, to the point I sometimes swap within the same post.

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Interesting! I understand the reason for differentiating between the Bakers, but why first names for Jodie and Ncuti?

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Capaldinho, am I right

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…and how do you differentiate between all the Tennants?

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But Capaldão/Capaldera for his more badass moments :sunglasses:

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I do have a friend who calls him Deus lol

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I never use the actors’ names unless talking to casual watchers who don’t know the numbering.

Otherwise, it’s a combination of 8/8th doctor/eight/eighth doctor depending on how lazy I’m feeling. (Just using 8 as a placeholder/example; obviously the same applies to all doctors)

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That is indeed interesting because I usually use Jodie and Ncuti if I refer to them by their names, but I usually use last names for the rest. I don’t know why.

Otherwise, I like to call my Doctors Bob, Andrew, James, Nathan, Robert, Mickey, Phil, Hugh, Paul, Lloyd, Jules, Matthew, Jack, Aurora, and Dave.

What? That’s not what you were asking?

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I don’t know. Maybe they just flow better in in-person conversation? I don’t really know. That’s just what I’ve found myself doing.

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Amusing that 13 is Jack and 14 is Aurora

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Usually it’s solved by context of what I’m talking about. I’ll usually specify Fourteen more than I’ll specify Ten.

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