I have been kind of sniffing around the edges of Dr. Who fandom lately. (What with the new show and all.) I have been a casual Who watcher for yonks. I can't remember ever *not* knowing that the TARDIS is shaped like a police public call box as camouflage and this ought to make perfect sense to everyone.

But then I get into the fandom and get confused. Because I can't keep my Doctors straight.

No, actually, I can keep my Doctors straight. There are 9 Doctors (because I haven't seen any of 10 yet), I never get them confused, and these are their names:

1. The one who made me realize I have a thing for old guys.
2. The one who has a Three Stooges haircut.
3. The one who looks like Alexander Hamilton the guy on the $20 bill.
4. The one with the scarf.
5. The ugly one.
6. The one who looks like Willy Wonka.
7. The cute one.
8. The American one who was trying to be Lord Byron.
9. The one with the ears.

People start throwing around things like "McCoy" or "The Third Doctor" and I get confused.
It doesn't help that people seem to think that the ugly one is actually cute, so I always think they mean one of the others. (Possibly due to the fact that he apparently played Tristan Farnon? Tristan is teh sex, but I never saw any film adaptations of Herriot.)