Re: poll ideas quest 2007

First, read How do I create a Poll?. Then suggest your poll here.

Good idea to start a new quest, because the old one was decidedly overgrown, but how 'bout including a direct link to it anyway?

Complete ideas are more likely to be used.

Well, it's not complete due to me not being very expert in this area, but I expect knowledgeable people to give helpful contributions...

Since I misunderstood the last poll myself and others mentioned other famous doctors from various tv series or movies, how about another poll with a title, as a pun, identical to the former one, or perhaps with a lowercase "d", as follows?

The best Doctor:

Dr. Tom Jackman

Dr. Strangelove
Dr. Phibes

Dr. Alban

Dr. Simon Tam

Dr. Stephen Franklin
Dr. Sarah Chambers
Dr. Kristin Westphalen
any $ER.doctors
Doctor Robert
Dr. paco (yeah, been away all this time because he was studying)

Doogie Howser, M.D.

Doctor Zoidberg
Doctor Doctor

Doctor Dolittle

Doctor Demento

Other suggestions?

Update: added Moriarty's suggestions. Incidentally, while searching Wikipedia for his suggested entries, I found a list of fictional doctors, that may be helpful: time permitting I'm browsing it later. Unfortunately, I couldn't find Dr. Kildare there...

Update: added anonymonk's suggestion as long as two other ideas of mine.

Update: added planetscape's suggestion.

Update: added girarde's suggestion.

Update: added DutchCoder 's suggestion. But if we're beginning to add singers and groups I don't know where we could end up. How 'bout Dr. Feelgood?

Update: added ryanc's suggestion.

Update: added Lady_Aleena's and jdporter's suggestions, as well as an option of mine. Also included the link for Dr. Kildare, which funnily enough I couldn't fine, which in turn is very strange since its wp entry is there since September 2nd, 2006!

Update: added anonymonk's suggestion.

Update: [Mon Dec 3 17:58:49 2007] added tubaandy's suggestion.

Update: [Thu Dec 6 21:25:57 2007] added bdimych's suggestion. (Incidentally, thank you for the direct links, but FWIW you can use the Monastery's shortcuts instead of hardcoding a tags, check the source of this very node to see how!)

Update: [Mon Dec 31 15:34:09 2007] added Onur's suggestion. Also see the comment in parentheses in the previous update, which applies to you as well.

Update: [Mon Feb 11 14:21:11 2008] added AKSHUN's suggestion and those of rgiskard and KSURi.

Update: [Fri Apr 25 16:38:18 2008] added papidave's suggestion.

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Re^2: poll ideas quest 2007 by girarde (Hermit) on Sep 04, 2007 at 21:45 UTC
I cannot BELIEVE that Dr. Strangelove was omitted. As well as Dr. Phibes. Oh, you said BEST.	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2007 by diomedea (Sexton) on Jun 09, 2008 at 08:47 UTC
and Dr Finlay... well he was the best in the 1970s on british tv, mayb thats why hes not in this list ;+P	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2007 by blazar (Canon) on Sep 05, 2007 at 09:41 UTC
Really, I was mainly thinking of doctors from tv series in the beginning, but eventually the poll suggestion is being broadened to generic fictional doctors and beyond. Adding your own suggestions, of course.	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2007 by erik (Sexton) on Dec 31, 2007 at 14:06 UTC
Should Perl become outlawed, what would you do (after the circumstancial denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance)? (any type of) Assembly Basic C C++ C# Cobol Fortran Java Lisp PHP Pyton Ruby Shell VHDL Visual Basic write that book you always wanted to write participate in anything GPL/BSD/MIT-licensed build a log cabin and live in the woods ever-after Rebuild Perl from scratch and name it otherwise	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2007 by shmem (Chancellor) on Dec 31, 2007 at 14:38 UTC
I personally.. well, I don't think it counts as "(any type of) Assembly", so I'd insert FORTH after that choice. --shmem _($_=" "x(1<<5)."?\n".q·/)Oo. G°\ / /\_¯/(q / ---------------------------- \__(m.====·.(_("always off the crowd"))."· ");sub _{s./.($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e.e && print}	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2007 by blazar (Canon) on Dec 31, 2007 at 14:19 UTC
I personally believe that I would: Rebuild Perl from scratch and name it Perl But I also PB I would do so in a poorer way than $Larry did in the first place. Why is this in answer to my own -completely unrelated- suggestion, anyway? `--` If you can't understand the incipit, then please check the IPB Campaign.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: poll ideas quest 2007 by erik (Sexton) on Jan 01, 2008 at 12:04 UTC
Why is this in answer to my own -completely unrelated- suggestion, anyway? Because I did not find a "reply" button or posting place that would just be another entry in the thread. It takes a while to become a proficient monk (^^,) EDIT : I had not noticed that "comment on..." at the top, before. It's got to be that one, I guess. the steps we've already taken are covered with wisdom but we still need to look back for seeing it...	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2007 by Anonymous Monk on Dec 31, 2007 at 16:00 UTC
brainfsck. brainfsck. brainfsck. brainfsck.	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2007 by Moriarty (Abbot) on Jul 18, 2007 at 05:53 UTC
Here's a few more :- Dr Quincy Dr Kildare Dr Mark Sloan Can't think of any others at the moment.	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2007 by Anonymous Monk on Oct 31, 2007 at 01:19 UTC
I know we're all a little nerdy here, but I can't believe no one has mentioned Dr. Ruth!	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2007 by planetscape (Chancellor) on Aug 25, 2007 at 21:13 UTC
Dr. Tom Jackman HTH, planetscape	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2007 by bdimych (Monk) on Dec 06, 2007 at 16:22 UTC
Doctor Zoidberg Doctor Doctor :)	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2007 by Lady_Aleena (Priest) on Oct 09, 2007 at 22:17 UTC
Doctor Who is the name of the series, The Doctor is the name of the character. There are two fictional characters (there could be more) called "The Doctor" the one on Doctor Who and the one on Star Trek: Voyager. Babylon 5 (cosmology) - Dr. Stephen Franklin and Dr. Sarah Chambers. seaQuest - Dr. Kristin Westphalen, Dr.Wendy Smith, and Dr. Perry. ER: (The following appeared in at least 6 episodes.) Dr. Jessica Albright Dr. Donald Anspaugh Dr. Alexander Babcock Dr. Peter Benton Dr. Ray Barnett Dr. John Carter Dr. Jing-Mei Chen Dr. Victor Clemente Dr. Janet Coburn Dr. Elizabeth Corday Dr. Nick Cooper Dr. Dustin Crenshaw Dr. David Cvetic Dr. Anna Del Amico Dr. Carl Deraad Dr. Eddie Dorset Dr. Maggie Doyle Dr. Lucien Dubenko Dr. Dale Edson Dr. Cleo Finch Dr. Greg Fischer Dr. Steven Flint Dr. Michael Gallant Dr. Dennis Gant Dr. Tony Gates Dr. Paul Grady Dr. Mark Greene Dr. Angela Hicks Dr. Jack Kayson Dr. Abby Keaton Dr. Luka Kovac Dr. Sarah Langworthy Dr. Kim Legaspi Dr. Susan Lewis Dr. Abby Lockhart Dr. Dave Malucci Dr. David Morgenstern Dr. Kevin Moretti Dr. Archie Morris Dr. Paul Myers Dr. Eve Peyton Dr. Nina Pomerantz Dr. Gregory Pratt Dr. Neela Rasgotra Dr. Robert Romano Dr. Bogdanilivestsky Romansky Dr. Doug Ross Dr. William Swift Dr. Tabash Dr. John Taglieri Dr. Upton Dr. Carl Vucelich Dr. Kerry Weaver Dr. Ellis West Want more? Lady Aleena "An it harm none, do as ye will."	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2007 by blazar (Canon) on Oct 10, 2007 at 00:06 UTC
Babylon 5 (cosmology) - Dr. Stephen Franklin and Dr. Sarah Chambers. Do you really mean cosmology? Anyway I found Dr. Stephen Franklin in Wikipedia, but not Dr. Sarah Chambers. So I'm adding the former. seaQuest - Dr. Kristin Westphalen, Dr.Wendy Smith, and Dr. Perry. Of these, the first seems to be the "most important" one, and I would add her to the list. What do you think about it? ER: (The following appeared in at least 6 episodes.) Oh no! I know in advance there would be far too many of them from that series. Just name the one which in your seemingly far from being humble opinion is the one there. Want more? Not sure, this poll proposal, which initially seemed interesting is now slowly turning somewhat into a nightmare and I find it unlikely to be accepted anyway. Perhaps I should have better stated the scope of "Dr." charachters to be listed as options...	[reply]
Re^4: poll ideas quest 2007 by Lady_Aleena (Priest) on Oct 10, 2007 at 01:52 UTC
I prefer to use the term cosmology instead of universe. to me there is but one universe with a finite number of dimensions and an unlimtited amount of realities. For Dr. Sarah Chambers look at the series Crusade. Those three seaQuest doctors are actually by season. Westphalen is season 1, Smith season 2, Perry season 3. If I had to choose one, I would go with Dr. John Carter. He has the most episodes. You could group them together and say ER doctors or something. Lady Aleena "An it harm none, do as ye will."	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2007 by Anonymous Monk on Nov 12, 2007 at 21:11 UTC
Doogie Howser, M.D.	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2007 by blues (Novice) on Aug 22, 2007 at 12:13 UTC
DR Congo? :p	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2007 by Anonymous Monk on Aug 22, 2007 at 14:14 UTC
Dr. Stephen Colbert	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2007 by ryanc (Monk) on Sep 11, 2007 at 18:24 UTC
Dr. Simon Tam?	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2007 by jdporter (Chancellor) on Oct 10, 2007 at 04:35 UTC
Doctor Robert And here's Dr. Kildare.	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2007 by tubaandy (Deacon) on Nov 29, 2007 at 18:51 UTC
Hmm, Dr. Doom would be a nice add. As would be Dr. Strange, Dr. Don Blake (alter ego of Thor), (and not to leave the DC characters out) Dr. Light. (These are all comic book characters in the US, so probably not the best choices...) Update: How could I have forgotten Dr. Frank N. Furter! Man. tubaandy Ph.D. (no, really)	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2007 by DutchCoder (Scribe) on Sep 05, 2007 at 14:58 UTC
Dr. Alban - a dentist who had a big hit with "It's my life" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Alban It's from 1992, and I still can't get that song out of my head.	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2007 by blazar (Canon) on Sep 05, 2007 at 15:58 UTC
I remember the hit perfectly well, I was a teenager back then after all. I was thinking of (little more than) fictional charachters though and I fear that adding real-life "doctors" would lenghten the list too much. Or make for a completely different poll.	[reply]
Re^4: poll ideas quest 2007 by Joost (Canon) on Sep 17, 2007 at 22:35 UTC
I highly doubt Dr Alban was a real-life doctor :-) update: the wikipedia article states he did study odontology, but isn't clear if he ever finished the study. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]
Re^5: poll ideas quest 2007 by blazar (Canon) on Sep 18, 2007 at 08:51 UTC
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2007 by papidave (Pilgrim) on Mar 19, 2008 at 00:19 UTC
How did we manage to overlook Dr. Demento? Or am I the only one here over 35 with a warped sense of humor?	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2007 by AKSHUN (Novice) on Feb 04, 2008 at 15:35 UTC
Dr. Detroit Dr. Dre(N.W.A) Dr. Dre(Yo! MTV Raps) Dr. Funkenstein	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2007 by rgiskard (Hermit) on Feb 05, 2008 at 15:42 UTC
Dr. Susan Calvin of robotic fame	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2007 by Bismark (Scribe) on Nov 18, 2008 at 19:30 UTC
I am looking for Dr. John H. Watson Dr Watson Kerry "Yet what are all such gaieties to me Whose thoughts are full of indices and surds?" quotes the Lama	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2007 by KSURi (Monk) on Feb 10, 2008 at 06:42 UTC
Dr. Jack Shephard	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2007 by roho (Bishop) on Jun 25, 2022 at 04:50 UTC
Then there's Johnny Carson's proctologist: Dr. Ben Dover "It's not how hard you work, it's how much you get done."	[reply]


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