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* 1st: Gun-toting psycho vigilante. (1939)
* 2nd: Takes on Dick Grayson as companion, becomes more of a father figure, lightens up a bit and has more science-fictiony adventures. (1940-1963)
* 3rd: Lightens up too much, becomes campy and eccentric. Spends most his time using Gallifreyan tech to design absurd bat
* 4th: Regenerates into the dark, Gothic horror-influenced Batman of [[The Seventies]].
* 5th: Grim Post-[[Frank Miller]] / [[Post-Crisis]] Batman.
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Amongst timelords, he is known as The Bat, or possibly the Knight. Or maybe The Bachelor (after all, if we have a Doctor and a Master, there's only one degree level we're missing...). Robin, Alfred ''et al.'' are his companions; the Batcave, and possibly all of Wayne Manor, is his TARDIS.
* He can't be The Bachelor, that's [[James Bond (film)/WMG|James Bond]].
** Maybe he's the [[Just for Pun|BATchelor]]?
* What about The Associate?
* Ra's al Ghul, himself a blatant candidate for Time Lord-hood (perhaps ''he's'' Batman's version of The Master?) refers to Batman as "The Detective". Perhaps that's his official Gallifreyan title...
The Joker is also a Time Lord; he has a similar relationship with Batman as the Master has with the Doctor, and he regenerates specifically to match his nemesis. (This also explains why the Joker's never been
** Yes, he was (Detective #64, "The Joker Walks the Last Mile"). Yes, he did (the same story)
* The Joker's regenerations are more markedly distinct than Batman's: Caesar Romero, Jack Nicholson, Mark Hamill, and Heath Ledger are at least as different as The Doctor's different iterations.
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(This theory is based solely on the fact that in one issue of ''[[Justice League of America|JLA: Classified]]'', a Dalek can be seen in the Batcave trophy room.)
* Going on into the "Batcave is his TARDIS" idea, it's entirely possible that the grandfather clock in Stately Wayne Manor doesn't ''hide the entrance to'' the Batcave, but ''contains'' the
** Does this make the Batman of Zurr-en-Arrh his version of the Valeyard?
*** Actually, he's the Dream Lord.
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Come on, he does travel in time. About his inability to do schoolwork, compare with Susan Foreman in the very first episode of [[Doctor Who]].
* That would make the cardboard box his TARDIS. Also, the Doctor is mentioned to have been bad at a number of his classes on Gallifrey, and yet he is very knowledgeable when he goes on historical trips, so Calvin seeming [[Book Dumb]] isn't much of a stretch.
** Also, his T.A.R.D.I.S. has three levels of camouflage. A '''working''' chameleon
** Calvin isn't [[Book Dumb]]. He just finds the American school system a waste of his time. He'd rather read up on things like dinosaurs. Or he's hiding his intelligence so he doesn't get sussed out like Susan.
* Hobbes is his companion.
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== [[Watchmen (comics)/WMG|Watchmen]] ==
=== <s>Dr. Manhattan is a Time Lord.</s> ===
=== Dr. Manhattan
The events in [[Watchmen]] took place [[A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far Far Away]]; the ''other'' Earth (the one we know and love) was a subconscious recreation of Dr. Manhattan's homeworld, with the events that led to his being removed by the Time Lords later. Dr. Manhattan created the Time Lords in a human image because he wanted creatures that both reminded him of his humanity and could understand the burden of existing beyond time. Dr. Manhattan has since reached enlightenment and withdrawn completely from existence, but his favorite child, [[Doctor Who|also called a doctor]], continues to do his work.
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