"It always bothered me," he explains. "It struck me that 'the Doctor' was his name, whereas Doctor Who was the name of the show. He's not called 'Doctor Who'. His second name isn't 'Who.'"
The credits, alas, had it wrong.
"I talked to the producer. Obviously, I've got enough Asperger's syndrome kicking around that I had to get that particular box ticked. It wasn't contractual. I wasn't going to the wall on it. But I think I'm right in saying there are certain copies of the DVD boxset that have the old version. It's been corrected in the second pressing.
"Oh dear," he says. "I sound like such a dweeb now, don't I?"
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