The Doctor's Name?

[somebuddyX]

I think John Smith would have been great.

 

[CorporalClegg]

I always thought he would've made a good Dr. Light.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

If the Doctor from DW doesn't have a name, why should this one?

 

[Lynx]

The original series bible, which was given to us Trek novelists before the show debuted, listed his name as "Doctor Zimmerman."

Obviously, the show changed their mind about that, but I'm not surprised that the name made it into a couple of the early novels.

Series bibles, despite that label, are not Holy Writ. They're a starting point, but the actual show can end up going different ways.

(I remember that that VOY bible also described Tuvok as an elderly Vulcan who was a mentor to B'Elanna. Presumably that was written before they cast Tim Russ!)

Maybe he should have called himself "Doctor Neffaler".