Question - Jerricho?

Doing some idle surfing through the guide and found the Castellan as seen in Arc of Infinity and The Five Doctors is named as Jerricho - which is the surname of the actor who plays him.

But no expanded universe stories are listed on his character page so where does him being called Jerricho as a character come from?

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Jerrichoā€™s name comes from his actorā€™s surname.

:man_shrugging:t2:

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Also heā€™s in this, something missing from the Guide (Iā€™d never heard of it til today!)

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Yeah, itā€™s even still up on X.

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I remember watching that during lockdown. But Iā€™m still not seeing the reason for calling him Jerricho. That TARDIS wiki literally says he is never named ā€˜in universeā€™ and refers to him as the Castellan for the majority of it. It smacks of someone just deciding to give him a name (with not a lot of imagination) and making it ā€˜officialā€™ by putting it on TARDIS wiki. There is literally no source whatsoever for that name!

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Closest I was able to find was in ā€œTime In Officeā€, the Doctor says to the next Castellan ā€œThat sort of sleight-of-hand is worthy of your late predecessor, Castellan ā€“ um ā€“ You know, I donā€™t think I ever caught his name.ā€

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Precisely - in universe he is specifically never named and that is lampshaded in Time in Office.

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Well, Iā€™m happy to change it, although what should we change it to?

Shall we make up a different name :joy:

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Well if thatā€™s good enough for TARDIS wiki, itā€™s good enough for usā€¦

Frankly, I just think he should be called The Castellan or Castellan. Thatā€™s what heā€™s called in all of his appearances.

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Oh hold on, Iā€™ve spotted one other reference in that wiki article for A Brief History of Time Lords which might be where itā€™s from (itā€™s not stated in the article that this is where itā€™s from).

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In the Tardis wiki, he used to be listed as ā€œUn-named male Castellan (killed) (DW: Arc of Infinity, DW: The Five Doctors)ā€ā€¦

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Blimey Iā€™m in pedantic mode tonight! :wink:

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Fair enough - Iā€™ll shut up now (although the wiki should definitely be clearer on the source of the name).

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The wiki should definitely be clearer. I had to dig around to find that.

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