# Doctor Who. Rule #1: The Doctor lies. Other rules? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 28, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-rule-1-the-doctor-lies-other-rules/594402 "2011-08-28T17:53:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dragnmastralex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Dragnmastralex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragnmastralex)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-rule-1-the-doctor-lies-other-rules/594402/21 "2013-11-22T19:09:30Z")
actually there have been 3 other episodes with River Song where she quotes the rules to the Doctor ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-rule-1-the-doctor-lies-other-rules/594402/22 "2013-11-22T19:27:03Z")
If “Bowties are cool” is a rule, it seems to me “Fezzes are cool” should be one too, although River Song and Amy would clearly disagree. (Also, did he say that about cowboy hats too? I can’t remember.) ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-rule-1-the-doctor-lies-other-rules/594402/23 "2013-11-22T19:35:51Z")
I wear a Stetson now. Stetsons are cool. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-rule-1-the-doctor-lies-other-rules/594402/24 "2013-11-22T19:36:23Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > If “Bowties are cool” is a rule, it seems to me “Fezzes are cool” should be one too, although River Song and Amy would clearly disagree. (Also, did he say that about cowboy hats too? I can’t remember.) “I wear a stetson now. Stetsons are cool” - The Impossible Astronaut [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/EJO58JItZt8/hqdefault.jpg "Doctor Who - Series 6 Episode 1: The Impossible Astronaut - Stetsons Are Cool") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJO58JItZt8) River didn’t like the stetson much either… ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-rule-1-the-doctor-lies-other-rules/594402/25 "2013-11-22T20:36:06Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Such as it is: [The Doctor’s Rules](http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Doctor%27s_Rules). Only #1 and #54 predate Let’s Kill Hitler. But there isn’t a #54 in that link. Were you lying? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-rule-1-the-doctor-lies-other-rules/594402/26 "2013-11-22T20:58:35Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > “I wear a stetson now. Stetsons are cool” - The Impossible Astronaut > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJO58JItZt8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJO58JItZt8) > > River didn’t like the stetson much either… Pardon the mini-rant, but you know that scene, later in the episode, where the Doctor is unconcerned about being surrounded by armed Secret Service agents, until River reminds him, “They’re Americans!” It’s a good line, and I don’t mind a little ribbing over America’s gun culture, but it bugged me that it was River saying that. This is a woman who, not fifteen minutes earlier,\* fired a loaded hand gun at her husband’s head because she thought it was funny, and she’s going to criticize someone else for being trigger happy? Bitch, please. \*Or forty year later, depending on how you count. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-who-rule-1-the-doctor-lies-other-rules/594402.md?page=1)