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When discussing the plural name for the group of beings with different faces that are The Doctor, is it proper to say "The Doctors", "Doctors Who" or...? (startrek.website)
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[–] Corgana@startrek.website 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Exactly my conundrum! In canon the Doctor changes faces and personalities (and Tardises) periodically. What is (or what should be) the collective term for these manifestations?

[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

...The Doctor.

Just like child you and adult you are both you. They're just different phases of the same person's life.

[–] Corgana@startrek.website 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Gallefreyan biology is a bit different, but it amounts to the same thing.