History FanNickname / DoctorWho

** Dave Ross -- boringified name for [[LawOfAlienNames Davros]].

** "Reverse the polarity of the _____" — whenever the Doctor just kind of fixes a thing by pointing their sonic screwdriver at it or by pulling some switches, and it's glossed over as to how (e.g. "At the end of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E10LoveAndMonsters "Love & Monsters"]] the Doctor reverses the polarity of the concrete"). From the third Doctor's [[BeamMeUpScotty imagined]] CatchPhrase "reverse the polarity of the neutron flow".

** "Doctor Cullen" — the Eleventh Doctor, played by Creator/MattSmith, as an early promo pic showed him dressed and posed like Creator/RobertPattinson a.k.a. Edward Cullen from ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''. Also known as "Sparkle!Doctor". People abruptly stopped using this nickname once his very un-''Twilight''-like performance started, though. Other nicknames for the Eleventh Doctor: "Eleventy", [[spoiler:"Raggedy", "Poncho Boy", "Flop-Haired Wuss"]], "Baby Doctor".

** Non-canon incarnations, due to not having a numerical placement (or sharing it with a TV Doctor) tend to get named for the story they appear in ("the ''Shalka'' Doctor", "the ''Curse of Fatal Death'' Doctor"), the actor who portrayed them ("the Creator/JoannaLumley Doctor", "the Creator/NicholasBriggs Doctor") or occasionally just a fun nickname ("the Greenpeace Doctor", for a stage show Doctor who wore a Greenpeace tshirt as his costume). The same applies for the Master. "[[Characters/DrWhoFilms Dr. Who]]" is usually referred to as "the Creator/PeterCushing Cushing Doctor" just to prevent confusion.

** "Pure historical" — a story format where they would go back in time and not encounter aliens, save for the time travellers themselves. Sometimes defined as "no science fiction elements", but some are still science fiction stories in theme, like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E6TheAztecs "The Aztecs"]] (which is about changing the past). Very much associated with the First Doctor and the show's EarlyInstalmentWeirdness in general, as the only non-Hartnell pure historicals are the Second Doctor's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E4TheHighlanders "The Highlanders"]] and the Fifth Doctor's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E5BlackOrchid "Black Orchid"]]. The first historical was [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild "An Unearthly Child"]].

*** Creator/SashaDhawan's Master was called "Hot Camp Master" by the Guardian recaps, as the character is a PsychopathicManchild and the actor is, well, really pretty. A commonly used nickname for him in more serious discussion is the O Master or the Spy Master.
** Non-canon incarnations, due to not having a numerical placement (or sharing it with a TV Doctor) tend to get named for the story they appear in ("the ''Shalka'' Doctor", "the ''Curse of Fatal Death'' Doctor"), the actor who portrayed them ("the Creator/JoannaLumley Doctor", "the Creator/NicholasBriggs Doctor") or occasionally just a fun nickname ("the Greenpeace Doctor", for a stage show Doctor who wore a Greenpeace tshirt as his costume). "Dr. Who" is usually referred to as "the Cushing Doctor" just to prevent confusion.

*** Creator/SashaDhawan's Master was called "Hot Camp Master" by the Guardian recaps, as the character is a PsychopathicManchild and the actor is, well, really pretty. A commonly used nickname for him in more serious discussion is the O Master.

** The Eighth Doctor is referred to by some fans as "The Oncoming [[{{Bishonen}} Pretty]]".

** Master incarnations are usually referred to by the name of the actor — Delgado Master, Ainley Master, Simm Master, Macqueen Master etc. — with a few exceptions. The [[FacialHorror horrible rotting]] Master was played by [[TheOtherDarrin two different actors]] and so is generally called Crispy Master (or Pratt-Beevers Master), and the [[GenderBender female Master]] is mostly referred to by her in-universe nickname Missy (variations include the Mistress and Gomez Master). The Jacobi Master is also called the War Master (in a similar vein as the War Doctor).

*** Creator/SashaDhawan's Master was called "Hot Camp Master" by the Guardian recaps, as the character is a PsychopathicManchild and the actor is, well, really pretty.
** [=BillDoc=], [=PatDoc=], [=JonDoc=], [=TomDoc=], [=PeteDoc=], [=ColDoc=], and [=SlyDoc=]. Then [=PaulDoc=], [=ChrisDoc=], [=DaveDoc=], [=MattDoc=], [=PeteDoc II=], [=JoDoc=]...

** "Pure historical" — a story format where they would go back in time and not encounter aliens, save for the time travellers themselves. Sometimes defined as "no science fiction elements", but some are still science fiction stories in theme, like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E6TheAztecs "The Aztecs"]] (which is about changing the past). Very much associated with the First Doctor and the show's EarlyInstallmentWeirdness in general, as the only non-Hartnell pure historicals are the Second Doctor's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E4TheHighlanders "The Highlanders"]] and the Fifth Doctor's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E5BlackOrchid "Black Orchid"]]. The first historical was [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild "An Unearthly Child"]].

** Romana's incarnations are referred to with Roman [[IncrediblyLamePun (heh)]] numerals — Romana I (Creator/MaryTamm), Romana II (Creator/LallaWard), and Romana III (the incarnation in the ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures'', based on Louise Brooks, and/or Juliet Landau, the Creator/BigFinish Romana).

*** Sasha Dhawan's Master was called "Hot Camp Master" by the Guardian recaps, as the character is a PsychopathicManchild and the actor is, well, really pretty.

** Marigold — new series incidental music composer Murray Gold.

** "Doctor Vet" — the Fifth Doctor, played by Creator/PeterDavison, who also appeared in ''Series/AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall''. Also "Fivey" or [[Franchise/{{Superman}} "The Big, Blonde Boy-Scout"]].

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E4StateOfDecay "The Three Who Rule"]] — Creator/StevenMoffat, Piers Wenger and Beth Willis, executive producers for series 5 and 6.

** In series 12, [[spoiler:the mysterious incarnation of the Doctor played by Creator/JoMartin in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E5FugitiveOfTheJudoon "Fugitive of the Judoon"]] is known as "Doctor Ruth", a reference to the first name of her chameleon-arched human persona and to the media sexologist Dr. Ruth Westheimer.]]

** "RTD", "Rusty", "Uncle Rusty", "Russell T" — Creator/RussellTDavies, former showrunner. Or even occasionally [[http://noisetosignal.org/tv/2008/06/doctor-who-midnight.php RTDOBE]], after he was awarded Order of the British Empire. "[[SpellMyNameWithAThe Russell The Davies]]" is another one, which is oddly fitting as the T is just part of his PenName and doesn't stand for anything. Also, "Rusty Trombone".

** Romana's incarnations are referred to with Roman [[IncrediblyLamePun (heh)]] numerals — Romana I (Mary Tamm), Romana II (Creator/LallaWard), and Romana III (the incarnation in the ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures'', based on Louise Brooks, and/or Juliet Landau, the Creator/BigFinish Romana).

** Romana's incarnations are referred to with Roman [[IncrediblyLamePun (heh)]] numerals — Romana I (Mary Tamm), Romana II (Lalla Ward), and Romana III (the incarnation in the ''Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures'', based on Louise Brooks, and/or Juliet Landau, the Creator/BigFinish Romana).

** "Gothic" or "Film/HammerHorror" — story type focusing on a {{Pastiche}} of GothicHorror or Film/HammerHorror tropes and stories, and Victorian-1950s pulp literature. Associated with Season 13 and 14 (with the Fourth Doctor) and Philip Hinchcliffe's tenure as producer, though some Gothic stories show up earlier and later than this (stories like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E1HorrorOfFangRock "Horror of Fang Rock"]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E3ImageOfTheFendahl "Image of the Fendahl"]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E4StateOfDecay "State of Decay"]] fit, and some people include things like the Third Doctor story [[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E5TheDaemons "The Dæmons"]] and the Eleventh Doctor's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E9Hide "Hide"]], again a conscious take on the story style).

** "RTD", "Rusty", "Uncle Rusty", "Russell T" — Creator/RussellTDavies, former showrunner. Or even occasionally [[http://noisetosignal.org/tv/2008/06/doctor-who-midnight.php RTDOBE]], after he was awarded Order of the British Empire. Also, "Rusty Trombone".