Whitman changed Doctor Solar's name
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Whitman changed Doctor Solar's name
Anyone know why Whitman changed Doctor Solar's first name from Phillip to Raymond? Legal reasons?
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Maybe a different plane of existence? Quantum leap style. Our maybe just because they could
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Re: Whitman changed Doctor Solar's name
My guess is that the editors/writers probably didn't know given that they picking up a series that hadn't been published regularly in over a decade and also the internet and TPBs really weren't around at the time.StarBrand wrote:Anyone know why Whitman changed Doctor Solar's first name from Phillip to Raymond? Legal reasons?
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I loved the three stories Roger McKenzie scripted for Whitman's Doctor Solar. It was just weird when people were calling the good doctor ''Ray'' or ''Raymond''. I think it was easy enough to find out he was previously Phillip. My thought is they wanted a fresh start. A shame Whitman didn't publish more new Doctor Raymond Solar stories.
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According to the wikipedia entry, Gold Key changed from Philip/Phillip Solar to Raymond Solar decades earlier. Whitman didn't change anything.
Perhaps the 1963 Prince Philip scandal was too damaging... like having a character named O.J. in 1994.
Perhaps the 1963 Prince Philip scandal was too damaging... like having a character named O.J. in 1994.
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Re: Whitman changed Doctor Solar's name
Harpo Marx changed his first name to Arthur from Adolph, for reasons you could probably guess.greg wrote:According to the wikipedia entry, Gold Key changed from Philip/Phillip Solar to Raymond Solar decades earlier. Whitman didn't change anything.
Perhaps the 1963 Prince Philip scandal was too damaging... like having a character named O.J. in 1994.
Maybe they just liked the idea of Solar Ray?
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Weird. I just finished the Dark Horse Doctor Solar archives and don't recall Gold Key referring to him as Ray or Raymond. Then all of a sudden Whitman is having people call him Ray and Raymond numerous times. If Gold Key made the change perhaps they avoided using his first name for the most part.greg wrote:According to the wikipedia entry, Gold Key changed from Philip/Phillip Solar to Raymond Solar decades earlier. Whitman didn't change anything.
Perhaps the 1963 Prince Philip scandal was too damaging... like having a character named O.J. in 1994.
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I'm not sure I'll ever reread these archives. I loved some of the stories, but others I had to suffer to get through.
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