On Saturday, May 18th, the season finale (series finale in the UK) of Doctor Who will premiere with the title, “The Name of the Doctor”. Now I think it’s safe to say that speaking for all Whovians (Doctor Who fanatics) out there that I DO NOT WANT TO KNOW! And I can NOT stress that enough.



According to the preview, the Doctor will be reunited with his lost wife (sort of, depending on what time it is) River Song. At this point, I’m suspecting the woman in the shop I mentioned in an earlier article to be none other than Doctor Song herself. She was one of the prime candidates to begin with and I’m just throwing it out there now.



We’ve had many references to the name of the Doctor over the past season or so. But then again, his name is always an issue in the series, especially these last few seasons. Frankly, the first question that must never be answered last season was dedicated to his name.



However, there’s one thing that I’m a little iffy on. In the episode “Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS”, we discover just how much bigger the TARDIS is on the inside. There’s a swimming pool. There’s a giant telescope. There’s even a room full of voices and memories in there. But the main attraction to what Clara described as “showing off” was what appeared to be the Holy Grail of the Doctor’s.



Inside the TARDIS’ library, we find ourselves the Time Lord’s bible, entitled The History of the Time War. As Clara opened the book, she discovered what appeared to be his biggest secret, his name.



“So that’s who.”



Too bad for her, though, as her memory was wiped clean at the end of the episode. She lost all knowledge she had about the name of the Doctor. But where did this book come from? And why does the Doctor hold on to it?



We are left in the dark to who authored this book but we are to assume it is the Doctor himself. After all, everybody who had knowledge of the Last Great Time War, other than a handful of people who barely made it out, died. That is, except for the Doctor.



But why would he write such a thing? His name is dangerous knowledge, as he said so himself, and he would tell no one about it unless they have his undivided trust. So why would he leave a book like that laying around which contains his terrible secret. Better yet, why would he write such a thing?

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In spite of the fact that I would like nothing more than a copy of that book, I’m vexed because at the same time, I DON’T WANT TO KNOW THE DOCTOR’S NAME!! Moffat you son of a….you better not do something stupid!