Doctor Quis ? --Alex1011 20:29, 8 Maii 2008 (UTC)
- Pronomina quis et quid post nomen posita saepe non aliud significant ac aliquis et aliquid: medicus quis = medicus aliquis (a certain medical doctor) et doctor quis = doctor aliquis (a certain doctor). Opus est nobis Doctore cui nomen est Quis. --Fabullus 20:45, 8 Maii 2008 (UTC)
- We don't translate last names, so it should be Doctor Who.--Rafaelgarcia 21:05, 8 Maii 2008 (UTC)
- It's not really a last name (at least in canon). The character is called the Doctor, and his name, if he has one, is not really given; hence the title, which is the question: Doctor Who?, i.e. which doctor, by name? — don't know how that kind of question'd be best rendered in Latin (Gaius? Gaius who? Gaius Metellus? Gaius Julius?). See en:Doctor (Doctor Who)#"Doctor who?". —Mucius Tever 00:06, 9 Maii 2008 (UTC)
- I don't think so. Remembering the series from way back, it was once stated that one could not properly pronounce the real name but that "Who" was close enough. Then it was a pun on the name when people would ask Doctor who? and he would say: precisely! The fact that Who is a name rather than a interrogative pronoun is why Who is capitalized and no question mark is present.--Rafaelgarcia 00:19, 9 Maii 2008 (UTC)
- I'd have thought that the capitalization would have come from it being a title (names of TV shows generally capitalize most words in them). Still, if that's the case, you might want to edit the English page and probably the fan listing on wikia:tardis:Aliases of the Doctor. —Mucius Tever 02:43, 9 Maii 2008 (UTC)
- Unfortunately, my memory is not so good as to remember the particular episode or even whether it was one of the movies in which this tidbit was put forth...However, I don't think my memory is deceiving me in so remembering...--Rafaelgarcia 02:49, 9 Maii 2008 (UTC)
- I'd have thought that the capitalization would have come from it being a title (names of TV shows generally capitalize most words in them). Still, if that's the case, you might want to edit the English page and probably the fan listing on wikia:tardis:Aliases of the Doctor. —Mucius Tever 02:43, 9 Maii 2008 (UTC)
- I don't think so. Remembering the series from way back, it was once stated that one could not properly pronounce the real name but that "Who" was close enough. Then it was a pun on the name when people would ask Doctor who? and he would say: precisely! The fact that Who is a name rather than a interrogative pronoun is why Who is capitalized and no question mark is present.--Rafaelgarcia 00:19, 9 Maii 2008 (UTC)
- It's not really a last name (at least in canon). The character is called the Doctor, and his name, if he has one, is not really given; hence the title, which is the question: Doctor Who?, i.e. which doctor, by name? — don't know how that kind of question'd be best rendered in Latin (Gaius? Gaius who? Gaius Metellus? Gaius Julius?). See en:Doctor (Doctor Who)#"Doctor who?". —Mucius Tever 00:06, 9 Maii 2008 (UTC)
- We don't translate last names, so it should be Doctor Who.--Rafaelgarcia 21:05, 8 Maii 2008 (UTC)