The what of the who?

So... this happened last week:

Season 7, Episode 13 - The Name of the Doctor

So it appears the penultimate episode of Season 7 will somehow involve The Doctor's name. The poster teases "His secret revealed," which is frankly a horrifying thought.

For good or ill there have been a lot of changes to Doctor Who over the years, but there is one thing that's remained constant; We don't know his name. When all is said and done the show's title is more than just a recurring joke. It is, as Dorium Maldovar hinted in The Wedding of River Song, the ultimate question. And it's one that doesn't need an answer.

We've got Alex Kingston credited too, so we will see River Song again. Maybe that'll keep Clara off The Doctor for an episode at least. Perhaps we'll see a proper wedding. Perhaps it's time for a trip to Trenzalor.

To my way of thinking, The Doctor hasn't yet wed River Song because he didn't tell her his name. Of course, the real wedding could have happened off camera, but it does remain an option.

Dorium's prophesy from The Wedding of River Song is a more likely candidate:

On the fields of Trenzalor, at the fall of the eleventh, when no living creature can speak falsley or fail to answer, a question will be asked. One that must never be answered. And silence must fall when the question is asked.

So "the fall of the eleventh" indicates the death of The Doctor (or at least the Matt Smith version), and even though he has been rumoured to be bugging out after his contract ends this year, he's still set for the 50th Anniversary show and this year's Christmas Special. Not exactly his fall if he gets two more adventures out of it. And I thought the Tenth Doctor took a long time to die.

I'm hoping they take the route I proposed earlier and show The Doctor handing the Sonic Screwdriver over to River. That would be the last loose end in the River Song timeline, and we can begin removing romance from The Doctor altogether.

Either way, I'm fairly confident what we won't see or hear is the actual name of The Doctor.

If we do, that's it. I'm out.