tw_siliconshaman

Ok.. so again with the heavily encrypted and filtered notes...

So. Hypothesis, "The" Doctor is more a title than a person, as it's been passed to several different people. Which if 'Cpt Jack Harkness' is either potential replacement or a failed one, begs the question...what makes a man, The Doctor?

I found the answer when I was doing some research online, quite by accident. See, cryptozoology is a passing interest of mine, and I was looking up references to the Mongolian Death Worm. [which there is no mention of in the archives here btw.] Anyway, the earliest recorded mention of the legendary critter is by Colonel Prejevalsky, during his exploration of Mongolia in 1889/90 describing an encounter between it, and a man he describes as " Доктор " which is usually translated as medicine man or shaman...

However, he also took a photograph of what he called the medicine man's "spirit casket".
( one 'spirit casket' or not )
It was then that I realised that in translating between Mongolian, which is what Prejevalsky was told the story in, to Russian, and then to English.. the word has been mistranslated..and it it literally means Doctor. [or The Doctor.]

That's when it twigged...what makes the Doctor the Doctor? Answer, his Time Machine...which for some inexplicable reason, resembles a 1930's design Police call box. [judging by the descriptions I've read, it even says police call box on it.]

Yeah, really...it's always described as a blue box..and if you squint at what is probably the only remaining image of the thing available online...that's what it looks like. Why build a time machine in one. I have no idea...maybe the original Doctor thought it looked good, or it was intended to blend in, at least in a certain time and place. [which perhaps points to an origin.]

I dunno...perhaps there's more than one Doctor even. Part of an exclusive club, and to join you have to build your own time machine...which is perhaps what Harkness is trying to do with that rift manipulation device they have in the Cardiff Hub.

I'm going to keep digging...I have this feeling that this could be important...but my usual sources have dried up. Time to resort to something a little more 'out there' so to speak.