Dr. Watson be known as a 'Watson'." Dr Watson's first name is mentioned on only four occasions. Part one of the very first Sherlock Holmes story, "A Study in Scarlet", is subtitled "Being a reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., Late of the Army Medical Department". The preface of the collection "His Last Bow" is signed 'John H. Watson, M.D', and in "The Problem of Thor Bridge", Watson says that his dispatch box is labelled 'John H. Watson, M.D'. His wife Mary Watson appears to refer to him as 'James' in "The Man with the Twisted Lip"; Dorothy L.
First Doctor First Doctor The First Doctor is the initial incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series "Doctor Who". He was portrayed by the actor William Hartnell from 1963 to 1966. Hartnell reprised the role once, in the tenth anniversary story "The Three Doctors" (1973), although due to his failing health the story was written so he would not have to appear very extensively. Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old alien Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey who travels in time and space in his TARDIS, frequently with companions. At the end of