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Lets put all the facts we know down in one place. Whoever Dr. Whale is has to match up with EVERYTHING below.
1.) His name is Dr. Whale (note – this may not be as literal as it sounds. The name David Nolan has nothing to do with the name Charming, however Regina is latin for Queen, and Blanchard means white. So it’s safe to bet an…odd… name like Whale will mean something.)
2.) In Storybrooke, he’s a doctor. Again, this might not be literal, but healing must have something to do with his fairy tale counterpart. David Anders has even described Dr. Whale as a healer.
3.) In Storybrooke, he’s a total womanizer. Keep in mind though – he was under the curse. This could actually be an opposite quality of what he truly is. But in either case, Dr. Whale must have a story strongly connected to women in some way.
4.) He’s in a position of (somewhat) power in Storybrooke. If we use examples of other people in power, this means he was on Regina’s good side before the curse was enacted.
5.) The episode we believe will be his reveal episode is called “Once Upon a Tail.”
6.) David Anders knew who his fairy tale character was before he even signed on for the role – and it was a big reason why he took the part. One has to assume it’s a well known, epic character. NOTE – The OUAT creators did not obtain the rights to “Peter Pan” until just before they started writing season two which, for me, discredits the Dr. Whale = Peter Pan theory. They went into season one assuming they would never be able to do Peter Pan. Why would they pitch Anders a role they didn’t think they would legally be able to write?
7.) David Anders mentioned that we’ll find out “what world he’s from” implying that Dr. Whale might not be from the enchanted forest but from somewhere else (i.e. Wonderland, Oz, or Neverland)
8.) David Anders has said that very few fans are correct in their theories (in a recent discussion thread he read, or vote or something, he said only about six out of hundreds of fans got it right.) So it’s got to be a less common theory.