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[twincityhacker]

Thinking about names.

The names we give today are mostly chosen on how much we might arbitrarily like it or the associations we have with it, and not based on the fact that it really means "God is gracious" or "beautiful."

Then, occasionally we bestow names like Honesty and Mercy. The last names of Miller and Tanner and Smith reflect what one of our ancestors were long ago.

More specficaly, I've been thinking about the Doctor. And whether "Doctor" is is actual name, transliterated into English - or a name with a similar meaning like "Healer" or whatnot.

Or not, like how the Brigadier is... the Brigadier. (Yes/No? I haven't actually seen him in anything yet though I've heard he's v. cool.)

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[ludditerobot.livejournal.com]

It's established sometime in the Fourth Doctor's time that his name is something like Ips, in contrast with the standard Gallifreyan long names like Romanadevoratrelunder (which is how it's pronounced, even if I blew the spelling). "The Doctor" is a title that became a name, and I think it's more akin to Professor than to Healer.

And Brigadier Lefbridge-Stewart is the cold rock stuff. You'll love him. All over the Third and early Fourth doctor.