Naming of the three major eras

But the previous one is the one with Peter Capaldi :thinking:

When I was in Oz, I was delighted to come across a product called ā€œMarmite", although it was in quite different packaging. I thought that finally they must be making it down there. However, despite being a bit salty, that was all it had in common with UK Marmite. It made Vegemite taste like Ambrosia!

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Different cadbury bars then?
Dairy Milk Who
Bournville Who
Flake Who

if we’re going in order they were introduced

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I have some awful solutions :3
First Doctor Who, Second Doctor Who, Third Doctor Who
Doctor Who, Doctor Who’, Doctor Who"
Doctor Who, Dr. Who, Doctor Who?
1-8, 9-14, 15+
Whone, Hwo, Whree

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Dr. Who
DOCTOR WHO
Doccy Who

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Inspired by this, we could name the eras based on the general design of the logos.

DOCTOR
WHO

Doctor Who

Paw Patrol Doctor Who

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I’ll never be able to unsee that :joy:

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Ugh I had a conversation with someone on Mastodon where I tried to explain that the Doctor Who logo came decades before Paw Patrol but either they were trolling or they just didn’t understand how time works…

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Yup, seeing someone claim that Doctor Who copied Paw Patrol always rubbed me the wrong way because even I know that Doctor Who came decades before Paw Patrol. Granted, I don’t have children and have never watched Paw Patrol, so I wasn’t even aware of it before I saw the comments online, but still.

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If everyone’s going to be coming up with silly era names…

Big Finish/Comics/Comic Relief: Big Ball of Timey Wimey era

1-4: Classic Doctor Who era
5-7: Classic Doctor era

Peter Cushing: Classic Doctor Who movie era
8: Canon-ish Movie era

9: Revival Doctor Who era
10-12: Revival Doctor era
13: Doctor & Fam era
14: Revived Revival Doctor era
15: Modern Doctor era

(Probably not as clever as I intended, but I typed it up, so I’m posting it…)

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1-8: The 0 David Tennants Era
9-13: The 2 David Tennants Era
14+: The 1 David Tennant Era

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This of course means that if they ever reset the numbering again they will need to have at least 3 David Tennants in the next era

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Not really sure that’s the right David Tennant count.

It’s debatable whether 9’s era has 1 or 0, since the only David Tennant there was the regeneration scene. 10’s era started with 1, but had ~1.5 for a bit, then 2 by the end. Then he regenerated, so there’d only be 1 left for 11-13. When 13 regenerated, that brought us back up to 2 for 14, and there are still 2 in 15.

All in all, the number of Tennants is pretty complicated, and I’m not even sure I didn’t miss anything…

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I’m just counting it as 9-13 era has 10 and Metacrisis, 14+ era has 14

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14+ would still presumably have Metacrisis, though, unless something happened to him I’m not aware of.

(Which, given Big Finish, is entirely possible.)

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Yeah he presumably still exists but he hasn’t appeared on the show in the era so he doesn’t count towards it

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I don’t know. Thinking about it leaves me all curfuzzled. :adipose:

Wonder if we could get a special with 10, the Meta-Crisis Doctor, 14, and the Post Bi-Regeneration Tennant Doctor?

(Bonus points if we also get Thing!Doctor…)

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Wait, what?

Was someone claiming the current Doctor Who logo is ripping off the Paw Patrol one?

That’s mad!

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When I saw The Quin Dilemma artwork, I did think wow they could do this with Tennants as well :smiley: that would be fun.

The Quin Dilemma Artwork

I see it so often on social media it’s become a bit of a meme now… :face_with_diagonal_mouth:

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If we keep going at this rate, they’ll be able to make a The Five Tennant Doctors special episode a few years down the line.

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