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== We already know the Answer to the Question. ==

It's 42, [[Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy|naturally]].

* The question is already known in-universe. When they find out the answer the universe ends, and Silence falls.

 

** It was asked a lot further back than "Silver Nemesis". Try "An Unearthly Child". It was first asked by Ian Chesterton.

* From Moffat's "The Girl in the Fireplace":

** Well, we do seem to be in the middle of a Moffat Masterplan...

* While it definitely seems like a good possibility, the Doctor himself asked it in the episode. Even if the below theory of it taking more then just words is accurate, it seems odd to reveal the matter of the question, and have someone ask it within 10 minutes of each other.

 

== The Answer is... ==

There's a good reason why the Doctor never tells anyone what his name is -- even he doesn't know! It's been basically proven (both in canon and by [[Word of God]] that he doesn't really know how old he is -- in the classic series, he's been known to call himself over a thousand years old, but now he's in his nine hundreds. So, why/how would he really remember or know what his name is?

* Because River told him it to gain his trust, and he visibly reacted. And why would someone forgetful bury his name from the Carrionites and the Sibyllines? He's stated to be in his 1100s as of "Closing Time" ([[Timey-Wimey Ball|but in "The Impossible Astronaut"]]), but that's neither here nor there.

** It's really his name, but he's been running from it all his life because off some Gallifreyen history thing. Maybe he's the reincarnation of Omega!

* '''not going to be said because the Doctor will regenerate just before being asked.''' Knowing the Question is coming, and that the answer is what sort of person he is, he will voluntarily regenerate. Then the dialogue will go:

'''Twelfth Doctor''': I really don't know yet. Am I ginger? }}

** Has a chance of being true. At the Fall of the Eleventh the question will be asked. Eleventh what? The Eleventh Doctor. Silence must fall. The Doctor must die. Nobody said anything about regeneration, did they?

== We'll never hear the Doctor's real name. ==

We know that his name is pronouncable by humans, and in a reasonably short amount of time, because River Song whispers it in his ear. The reason he doesn't tell other people is because, by extraordinary coincidence, his name sounds exactly like a string of English curse words. They simply can't air his name on TV, and the Doctor doesn't like to say because it sound's like he's just swearing for no reason at other people.

'''Companion:''' Well, fuck you too! Jeez! }}

 

As stated before, the Doctor isn't a human and Rory is the best "man" River knows. However with Rory's track record, [[Unexplained Recovery|he'll just get better]].

* I dunno about getting better, though I do have my suspicions about this. Recall the Doctor saying the following to Madame Kovarian:

If you look at it one way, he's pretty much telling Madame Kovarian that he does indeed have rules, therefore not making him the good man that's been hinted at since [[Recap/Doctor Who S 31 E 05 Flesh And Stone Flesh|and Stone]]. Rory, who, so far this season, has been nothing if not playing the role of 'the good man' straight ever since the beginning of the season, and the only time his temper's really been tested was only at the end of [[Recap/Doctor Who S 32 E 06 The Almost People The|Almost People]].

* Considering the opening was a speech to dear River about how her father was amazing and would never let her down and all that, and well, he ''is'' her father, a role that is often looked up to by a majority of girls, that theory's just gotten a lot more likely, at least in this troper's opinion.

== It was the real Doctor, but he isn't really dead. ==

A couple quotes:

 

 

And, above all, '''Rule One: "The Doctor lies"'''

** I'm honestly surprised no one else has said this.

** Just pointing this tidbit out:

*** But as we've seen every companion pilot the TARDIS at some point during the revived series, this is definitely unlikely. It's most likely that The Alliance was manipulated to believe only The Doctor could pilot the TARDIS, so they would get him away from the TARDIS for whomever it was manipulating them to blow it up.

**** Or maybe all the companions had been erased from history.

** Not to mention, if we go with the whole 'Jack is the Face of Boe' theory, in one of the first season episodes it's mentioned in passing that the Face of Boe has revealed he's prgenant. Either this was a lie, or Jack's biology has overgone a major re-write (besides the giant head thing, obviously).

** Also, River's last words of "The Forest of the Dead" are:

** When's the last time we heard those words? At the end of Captain Jack's first adventure with the Doctor, [[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S1 E9 The Empty Child|The Empty Child]]/[[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S1 E10 The Doctor Dances|The Doctor Dances]]. How better to commemorate your last adventure with the Doctor than the words that marked the end of your first?

** Jossed. We see both River as a baby ("A Good Man Goes to War") and Jack as a little boy on the Boeshane Peninsula (''[[Torchwood]]'': "Adam").

But how do I know that? [http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/11doc.html Thanks to this page!] <ref>the section I highlight is under the third “Making History” tab, for those who need to scroll down, i.e. all of you.</ref> If you look long enough, you will clearly find the typed note:

 

 

[[Sarcasm Mode|Well, golly gee! Good to know the show’s tight-lipped reputation regarding spoilers is still firmly in check.]]

Take a look at this bit of dialogue from Let's Kill Hitler-

 

'''Doctor:''' It's a police telephone box from London, England. That's right, Adolf. The British are coming. }}

 

== Amy and Rory are going to die. ==

Based on what Karen Gillan has said:

* 1) If Amy gets killed off for good, then there's no way Rory is going to survive that. 2) What better way for Moffat to make the fandom want to brutally murder him?]