# Name this time traveller **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678 "2006-08-07T13:35:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/1 "2006-08-07T13:35:46Z")
Someone help me out here. Who is that doctor fella with the time-travelling telephone booth? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/2 "2006-08-07T13:39:27Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] Someone help me out here. Who is that doctor fella with the time-travelling telephone booth? [/QUOTE] That’s right! Why do I see this as turning into an Abbott and Costello pastiche? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/3 "2006-08-07T13:40:36Z")
Damn, **Polycarp** , you were on first! ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/4 "2006-08-07T13:40:46Z")
Can I remember? No, and I can’t recall the name of that doctor in the early Bond movie either. So I can do little to help. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/5 "2006-08-07T13:43:04Z")
Shaft! No, wait. That’s the black private dick who’s a sex machine to all the chicks. I always get those two mixed up. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/6 "2006-08-07T13:56:56Z")
And I can’t for the life of me remember the magazines that Henry Luce made his fortune with, but give me some time and I’ll think of them. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/7 "2006-08-07T13:57:03Z")
1.)No, Watt’s the name of the guy who invented that steam engine. 2.) I’m not askin’ you who invented the steam engine. 1.) No, Who is the Doctor in the Booth. 2.) I Don’t Know 1.) He’s in The Family Circus. We’re not talking about him. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/8 "2006-08-07T15:07:09Z")
Actually, that last line should be: 1.) _She’s_ in The Family Circus. we’re not talking about _her_. 'Cause Ida Know is a gurl, after all. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/9 "2006-08-07T15:08:46Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] Damn, **Polycarp** , you were on first! [/QUOTE] What? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/10 "2006-08-07T15:08:47Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] 1.)No, Watt’s the name of the guy who invented that steam engine. 2.) I’m not askin’ you who invented the steam engine. 1.) No, Who is the Doctor in the Booth. 2.) I Don’t Know [/QUOTE] THIRD BASE!!! ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/11 "2006-08-07T15:14:25Z")
Who is number one? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/12 "2006-08-07T15:17:11Z")
[QUOTE=Small Clanger] Who is number one? [/QUOTE] You are number six. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/13 "2006-08-07T15:18:16Z")
I am not a number! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/14 "2006-08-07T15:37:40Z")
I am a free man! ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/15 "2006-08-07T15:38:12Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] Someone help me out here. Who is that doctor fella with the time-travelling telephone booth? [/QUOTE] I don’t understand the nonsensical replies here, but there was a time-traveling telephone booth in the movie _Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure_, starring a very young Keanu Reeves. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/16 "2006-08-07T15:40:18Z")
We’re joshing, but in case any of you are remotely serious: Doctor Who, [past](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056751/) and [present](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436992/) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/17 "2006-08-07T15:53:07Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] I am a free man! [/QUOTE] I am not an animal! I am a Human Being! And my skeleton is not for sale, Mr. Jackson! ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/18 "2006-08-07T15:55:53Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] Doctor Who [/QUOTE] That’s what I asked. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/19 "2006-08-07T15:57:03Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] 1.)No, Watt’s the name of the guy who invented that steam engine. 2.) I’m not askin’ you who invented the steam engine. 1.) No, Who is the Doctor in the Booth. 2.) I Don’t Know 1.) He’s in The Family Circus. We’re not talking about him. [/QUOTE] Wasn’t Booth the guy who shot Lincoln? I don’t think he was a doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678/20 "2006-08-07T16:02:58Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] I am a free **man**! [/QUOTE] (bolding mine) You got som’thin you wanna tell us, **Kyth**? :eek: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-time-traveller/367678.md?page=2)