Doctor Who (SPOILERS): "The question"?

I think the question is the answer.

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Blueroses has it. It is the question in plain sight, since the show started.

In western mythology, Gods and Angels have secret names. If you learn them, you gain a measure of power over the divine.

Reference: The story of Jacob wrestling with an angel in the bible for his name, securing the blessing of the lord for his line, and in turn, the Jewish people.

@Blueroses @Imadethisupwithnoforethought

Ok! Huh! That’s a very interesting and probable take on it actually! I’m not too familiar with religion in general, so I’m afraid you lost me a bit there… But I wanna understand it cause I think that’s a very cool concept.

Basically what I’m getting from you, is that you think The Doctor might be god (or a god), and that when everyone learns his real name they’ll have power over him and somehow use it for evil?

Okay, in the Bible, but don’t think this only happens in Judaism, God’s name is only YHWH. These letters form what is called the Tetragrammaton.

I lifted the following directly from Wikipedia:

Observant Jews write down but do not pronounce the Tetragrammaton, because it is considered too sacred to be used for common activities. Even ordinary prayer is considered too common for this use. The Tetragrammaton was pronounced by the high priest on Yom Kippur when the temple was standing in Jerusalem. Since the destruction of Second Temple of Jerusalem in CE 70, the Tetragrammaton is no longer pronounced, and while Jewish kabbalistic tradition holds that the correct pronunciation is known to a select few people in each generation, it is not generally known what this pronunciation is.

The Doctor, since his revival, is definitely drawn to make him appear to be close to divine. He is explicitly called a “Lonely Angel” by a woman who read his mind in the episode “Girl in the Fireplace”. The psychic boy in “Human Nature” describes him as follows:

____Tim Latimer: He’s like fire and ice and rage. He’s like the night and the storm in the heart of the sun.
____The Doctor: [quickly and almost whispering] Stop it.
____Tim Latimer: He’s ancient and forever. He burns at the centre of time and can see the turn of the universe.

So no one can know his name. But “Silence will fall”, does not necessary mean he losses. Remember, the bad guys are “The Silents”. They want to stop him saying it.

^^ But very simply, the answer to What is God? Is “I am”.

“I am your father.” :p

@Imadethisupwithnoforethought “But “Silence will fall”, does not necessary mean he losses.”

Silence MUST fall! It was made very clear that “will” is a mis-translation.

Sorry I’m late, however the language of Gallifrey “could burn stars and destroy planets” that’s an actual quote. So, could The Doctors actual name be so horrendous that it could burn away time and space itself? Maybe that’s why he never says it.