#also the doctor started of the renegade title game by calling themself the other. i said what i said

[causalityparadoxes]

Interesting that the Doctor says his adopted family is the reason he uses a title. Except thats not quite true is it?

Sure they are stuffy aristocrats who love ranks and titles but Tecteun, Rassilon, Borusa, Romana, Pandad, Andred, Rodan, Darkel, Flavia, and practically every other non-renegade timelord (and even some renegades like Drax) still use regular (if not human) names.

But you know who does often use titles? THE GODS. Those from before or beyond the universe's constraints. The Toymaker, The Guardians, The Maestro, The Trickster, The The Beast, The One Who Waits, The Gods of Ragnarok, The Entity, etc. Even those with 'names' often have descriptive ones like Time or Swarm.

Is it really the Doctor's adopted family that made them identify with titles? Or is it perhaps traces of their 'birth family' peaking through?

More than anything I just want to know if RTD is going anywhere with this. Did he just need a quick way to get new audiences on board with calling the main character the Doctor? Or does it mean something.

#this is not particularly researched btw i am just grasping at straws because rtd BESTIE what are you on about with this #i am on board with eldritch horror doctor tho :) #doctor who #dw spoilers #spoilers #dr who #season 14 #series 14 #fifteenth doctor #15th doctor #dw meta #dw speculation #the timeless child #timelords #space babies #also the doctor started of the renegade title game by calling themself the other. i said what i said