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ABANDONED IDEAS: According to David Anders, the show creators were originally planning to explore a relationship between Ruby and Dr. Whale, but the plans were scrapped when Meghan Ory left the cast at the end of the second season, to focus on her new show Intelligence.

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"In the Name of the Brother" is the twelfth episode of Season Two of ABC's Once Upon a Time. It was written by Jane Espenson and directed by Milan Cheylov. It is the thirty-fourth episode of the series overall, and premiered on January 20, 2013.

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Frankenstein's Storybrooke counterpart is named Dr. Whale, which is a reference to movie director James Whale, who directed the 1931 move "Frankenstein" and the 1935 sequel "Bride of Frankenstein".

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"The Doctor" is the first episode to end on a flashback. The others are the Season Three episodes "New York City Serenade" and "It's Not Easy Being Green."

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"The Doctor" is the fifth episode of Season Two of ABC's Once Upon a Time. It was written by Adam Horowitz & Edward Kitsis and directed by Paul Edwards. It is the twenty-seventh episode of the series overall, and premiered on October 28, 2012.

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Goofs: The date on the monitor over John Doe's hospital bed in the episode, "Snow Falls" is "06 Nov 09", but "Selfless, Brave and True" establishes that the first episode of the show takes place in October 2011.

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In Birth, the reason Dr. Whale's hair is dyed blonde in this episode, is that David Anders bleached his hair for his role on the television series iZombie. In this show, all zombies, including David Anders' character Blaine DeBeers, have platinum blonde hair. Dr. Whale's and Regina's comments about his hair are a tip of the hat to the people at iZombie, who worked with Once Upon a Time's schedule so that they could get David Anders back. The episode script contained more jokes from Doctor Whale, but there wasn't enough room for all of them.

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The reason why Dr. Whale's hair is dyed blonde in the episode, "Birth", is David Anders bleached his hair for his role on the television series iZombie. In that show, all zombies, including David Anders' character Blaine DeBeers, have platinum blonde hair.

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In Witch Hunt, Dr. Whale says, "I'm a doctor, not a vet." A reference to a running gag in the Star Trek franchise, originally said by Dr. McCoy.

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In In The Name Of The Brother, Dr. Whale's name is a reference to movie director James Whale who directed the 1931 movie Frankenstein movie and the 1935 movie Bride of Frankenstein.

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In In The Name Of The Brother, according to David Anders, the show creators were originally planning to explore a relationship between Ruby and Dr. Whale, but the plans were scrapped when Meghan Ory left the cast at the end of the second season, to focus on her new show Intelligence.

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In In The Name Of The Brother, the sign on the Land Without Color graveyard says "Soldatenfriedhof", which is German for "military cemetery".

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