In the wake of the events of The Day Of The Doctor, Steven Moffat has been talking to fans about which Doctor is which, and how many more there can be to come.
First off, he insisted that if we want to carry on calling Matt Smith Eleven we're welcome to do so:
"He has no more ever called himself the 11th Doctor than he would call himself Matt Smith. The Doctor doesn't know off the top of his head [what number he is].
"If you worry about such things, and I do, then I specifically said John Hurt's Doctor doesn't use the title. [Matt Smith's Doctor] is in his 12th body but he's the 11th Doctor, however there is no such character as the 11th Doctor - he's just The Doctor, that's what he calls himself.
"The numbering doesn't matter, except for those lists that you and I have been making for many years. So I've given you the option of not counting John Hurt numerically - he's the War Doctor."
Moffat went on to address the regeneration limit. If Matt Smith is now the twelfth Doctor, then Capaldi is set to be the last Doctor by the show's current rules.
"Paul McGann turns into John Hurt so they're not the same incarnation. He used up another regeneration and I expect he'll be in trouble shortly - you can't break rules laid down in 'The Deadly Assassin'," Moffat teased.
Doctor Who returns at Christmas. The Day Of The Doctor was watched live on BBC One by 10.2m viewers.
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