History Memes / DoctorWho

** No David Tennant clone for Martha [[labelnote:Explanation (SPOILERS)]]The climax of "The Giggle" sees the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Doctors physically split off from each other, and the former elects to stay with Donna and her family to rest and heal (with the occasional Tardis adventure). Since Rose Tyler was already "granted" the Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor as a life and adventure partner, this leaves Martha as the only RTD1-era major companion without a version of the Doctor played by David Tennant, reinforcing her MemeticLoser status in the fandom.[[/labelnote]]
** WELL, THAT'S ALL RIGHT THEN! [[labelnote:Explanation (SPOILERS)]]During the same scene, the Doctor adds context to his former companions' fates by noting how their fates still had a silver lining. The Toymaker responds like this (in an American accent) in all three cases, drawing sarcasm to the Doctor's perceived minimisation.[[/labelnote]]

* Bi-generation is Christmas come early for Big Finish[[labelnote:Explanation (SPOILERS)]]Russel has hinted that the bi-generation between Fourteen and Fifteen also affected the other Doctors, giving rise to many a FanficFuel and a ''lot'' of material for Big Finish to work with. Many fans as a result have joked about how much glee the Big Finish writers are feeling as it allows them to come up with ideas galore.[[/labelnote]]
* WELL, THAT'S ALL RIGHT THEN![[labelnote:Explanation]]The Toymaker's sarcastic response any time the Doctor argues that the "deaths" of Amy, Clara, and Bill weren't actually deaths. It's become a reaction image to weak responses to criticism.[[/labelnote]]

* Poor Martha / Poor Rory[[labelnote:Explanation (SPOILERS)]]While the Toymaker recounts Amy, Clara and Bill's fates via puppet show in "The Giggle", fans picked up on Martha and Rory's [[ConspicuousAbsence absences]]. It's a bit more forgivable, considering that Martha and Donna have met and that the Toymaker is leaving out key details of the story to amplify the Doctor's guilt.[[/labelnote]]

* Rory is The One Who Waits [[labelnote:Explanation]]After "The Giggle", this was a common joke theory about who the mysterious "[[TheDreaded One Who Waits]]" who frightened the Toymaker. This is likely due to his wife's nickname of "The Girl Who Waited."[[/labelnote]]

** The Goblin Song [[labelnote:Explanation]]Tangentially, the first Gold release in the new era of ''Doctor Who'' is not any of the music from the 60th Specials, or the Series 10 soundtrack. Rather, it is a single named "The Goblin Song", from the upcoming Christmas Special, "The Church on Ruby Road". With this in mind, some have jokingly accused Murray of {{Troll}}ing the fanbase.[[/labelnote]]

* Where Is the Series 10 Soundtrack? [[labelnote:Explanation]]As of this writing (16 September 2023), Murray Gold's official soundtrack to Series 10 has not yet been released, forcing fans to endure a six-year wait. In the interim, [[https://x.com/S10albumwhen?s=20 a Twitter account named "Doctor Who's S10 Soundtrack Released After"]] began, chronicling all the world's developments in the time between Series 10 finishing and the album's release, and notably recieved [[MemeAcknowledgement a shout-out from returning composer Murray Gold]] in Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine, along with a promise that "[the] Series 10 album ''will'' see the light of day, by hook or by crook."[[/labelnote]]
* Rory is The One Who Waits [[labelnote:Explanation]]After "The Giggle", this was a common joke theory about who the mysterious "[[TheDreaded One Who Waits]]" who frightened the Toymaker. This is likely due to his wife's nickname of "The Girl Who Waited."[[/labelnote]]

** Creator/DavidTennant Mitosis[[labelnote:Explanation (SPOILERS)]]With the Metacrisis Tenth Doctor, the Not-Doctor, and the Fourteenth Doctor's continued survival past his bigeneration, many fans have joked that Creator/RussellTDavies has started challenging himself by seeing how many David Tennant clones he can fit into the wider Whoniverse.[[/labelnote]]

* Fan''tas''tic! [[labelnote:Explanation]]The Ninth Doctor's CatchPhrase.[[/labelnote]]

* Evil Dan [[labelnote:Explanation]] A series of Youtube Poops where Dan's dialogue and scenes are remixed to have him be a general nuisance, from stealing Halloween sweets to massacring the entire Sontaran army, set to the music of the Master.[[/labelnote]]

** "What's the point of being alive?" [[labelnote:Explanation]] An alteration of Dan's "What's the point of being alive if it's not to make others happy?", often used as a PreAsskickingOneLiner.[[/labelnote]]

* Mavity [[labelnote:Explanation]]In "Wild Blue Yonder", the Doctor and Donna accidentally perform a CosmicRetcon, changing the word “Gravity” to “Mavity”, which the fans have [[{{Kayfabe}} run with]].[[/labelnote]]

* Comparing the new UNIT tower to [[Franchise/TheAvengers Avengers Tower]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]]In the trailer for the 60th anniversary specials, fans noticed UNIT's new tower looked an awful lot like Avengers Tower, specifically the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse version. Considering that the specials and following episodes will be funded by Creator/{{Disney}}, who own the MCU, the comparisons are even more apt.[[/labelnote]]

** Sir Doctor of TARDIS [[labelnote:Explanation]]Another nickname that popped up after John Hurt was knighted, the first actor to play a canon incarnation of the Doctor to receive that honour.
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* Doctor 8.5 [[labelnote:Explanation]]The fanon term coined for the War Doctor played by [[Creator/JohnHurt Sir John Hurt]], who did not use the name "Doctor" until he redeemed himself by ending the Time War in a hopeful way. He was introduced as an incarnation between the pre-established Eighth and Ninth Doctors, and his wardrobe took some cues from both; some photos on set for shooting "The Day of the Doctor" leaked early, leading intuitive viewers to decipher his placement before it was properly revealed. It occasionally extends to fan art that include a numbering system.
** Sir Doctor of TARDIS [[labelnote:Explanation]]Another nickname that popped up after John Hurt was knighted, the first actor to play a canon incarnation of the Doctor to receive that honour.[[/labelnote]]

* Doctor 8.5 [[labelnote:Explanation]]The fanon term coined for the War Doctor played by [[Creator/SirJohnHurt]], who did not use the name "Doctor" until he redeemed himself by ending the Time War in a hopeful way. He was introduced as an incarnation between the pre-established Eighth and Ninth Doctors, and his wardrobe took some cues from both; some photos on set for shooting "The Day of the Doctor" leaked early, leading intuitive viewers to decipher his placement before it was properly revealed. It occasionally extends to fan art that include a numbering system.

* Doctor 8.5 [[labelnote:Explanation]]The fanon term coined for the War Doctor played by [[Actor/JohnHurt Sir John Hurt]], who did not use the name "Doctor" until he redeemed himself by ending the Time War in a hopeful way. He was introduced as an incarnation between the pre-established Eighth and Ninth Doctors, and his wardrobe took some cues from both; some photos on set for shooting "The Day of the Doctor" leaked early, leading intuitive viewers to decipher his placement before it was properly revealed. It occasionally extends to fan art that include a numbering system.

* Doctor 8.5[[labelnote:Explanation]]The fanon term coined for the War Doctor played by Actor/SirJohnHurt, who did not use the name "Doctor" until he redeemed himself by ending the Time War in a hopeful way. He was introduced as an incarnation between the pre-established Eighth and Ninth Doctors, and his wardrobe took some cues from both; some photos on set for shooting "The Day of the Doctor" leaked early, leading intuitive viewers to decipher his placement before it was properly revealed.[[/labelnote]]

* The animation in "Recap/DoctorWhoS5E5TheWebOfFear The Web Of Fear]]" [[labelnote:Explanation]] A 2021 Blu-Ray release of ''The Web of Fear'' featured the missing episode reanimated using CGI, which unfortunately had very static faces and extremely strange, puppet-like movements. The animation quickly became notorious, along with ''Who'' YouTubers such as Josh Snares posting videos of themselves imitating the animation to demonstrate just how ''strange'' the movements were. [[/labelnote]]

* The animation in ''The Web Of Fear.'' [[labelnote:Explanation]] A 2021 Blu-Ray release of ''The Web Of Fear'' featured the missing episode reanimated using CGI, which unfortunately had very static faces and extremely strange, puppet-like movements. The animation quickly became notorious, along with ''Who'' YouTubers such as Josh Snares posting videos of themselves imitating the animation to demonstrate just how ''strange'' the movements were. [[/labelnote]]

** Polite Thirteen. [[labelnote:Explanation]] One [[http://jeankartra.tumblr.com/post/180268830176/why-do-you-keep-doing-that recurring facial expression]] is the Doctor pressing her lips together so her mouth becomes a straight line, much like the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/polite-cat Polite Cat meme]].[[/labelnote]]

* "He's not ''that'' special!" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Started off as a one-off gag where Peter Davison trolled David Tennant by showing up at a convention the latter was invited to and holding up a sign with this message. Became a bit of an inside joke, with various Doctors holding up similar signs to troll each other or other actors close to them. Following Tennant's return as the Fourteenth Doctor, this led to some people joking that now, he ''is'' that special.[[/labelnote]]

* Creator/NcutiGatwa clips [[labelnote:Explanation]]In a similar way to how the fandom reacted to Capaldi's casting by making memes out of ''Series/TheThickOfIt'' and putting clips from that show to Ninth to Eleventh Doctor footage, the reactions to the casting of Gatwa as the Doctor saw the fandom splicing clips of Gatwa's most famous previous role as the sassy Eric Effiong in ''Series/SexEducation'' into past episodes, which includes the "Was your hands you detty pig" meme from the latter show.[[/labelnote]]