List of actors who have played the Doctor
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This is a list of actors who have played the Doctor role in the long-running British science fiction television
series Doctor Who
. Since the series began in 1963, many actors have played the title character of the Doctor
on television and in various BBC
-licensed spin-off
s on television, stage, radio, film, audio plays and webcasts. The character's ability to periodically regenerate his appearance and personality has facilitated the ability of new actors to take over the role – in both official and unofficial productions – while in most cases maintaining continuity with the television series. However, as noted below, some actors have played versions of the Doctor that depart from the canon
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This list does not include stand-ins, stunt men, most actors featured in sketch comedies and send-ups
or Doctors who have appeared in fan film
s, amateur stage shows or audios.
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Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
. Since the series began in 1963, many actors have played the title character of the Doctor
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The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and has also featured in two cinema feature films, a vast range of spin-off novels, audio dramas and comic strips connected to the series....
on television and in various BBC
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-licensed spin-off
Doctor Who spin-offs
Doctor Who spin-offs refers to material created outside of, but related to, the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who....
s on television, stage, radio, film, audio plays and webcasts. The character's ability to periodically regenerate his appearance and personality has facilitated the ability of new actors to take over the role – in both official and unofficial productions – while in most cases maintaining continuity with the television series. However, as noted below, some actors have played versions of the Doctor that depart from the canon
Canon (fiction)
In the context of a work of fiction, the term canon denotes the material accepted as "official" in a fictional universe's fan base. It is often contrasted with, or used as the basis for, works of fan fiction, which are not considered canonical...
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This list does not include stand-ins, stunt men, most actors featured in sketch comedies and send-ups
Doctor Who spoofs
The long running science fiction television series Doctor Who has over the years been the subject of many comedy sketches and specially made comedy programmes, from Spike Milligan's "Pakistani Dalek" to the Comic Relief episode Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death...
or Doctors who have appeared in fan film
Fan film
A fan film is a film or video inspired by a film, television program, comic book or a similar source, created by fans rather than by the source's copyright holders or creators. Fan filmmakers have traditionally been amateurs, but some of the more notable films have actually been produced by...
s, amateur stage shows or audios.
Actors in the official television continuity
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| William Hartnell William Hartnell William Henry Hartnell was an English actor. During 1963-66, he was the first actor to play the Doctor in the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Early life:... (First Doctor First Doctor The First Doctor is the initial incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by the actor William Hartnell from 1963 to 1966. Hartnell reprised the role in the tenth anniversary story The Three Doctors in 1973 - albeit in a... ) |
23 November 1963 – 29 October 1966 | An Unearthly Child An Unearthly Child The serial that became An Unearthly Child was originally commissioned from writer Anthony Coburn in June 1963, when it was intended to run as the second Doctor Who serial. At this stage, it was planned that the series would open with a serial entitled The Giants, to be written by BBC staff... Episode 1 |
The Tenth Planet The Tenth Planet The Tenth Planet is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 8 October to 29 October 1966. It was William Hartnell's last regular appearance as the First Doctor, and the first story to feature the Cybermen... Episode 4 |
William Hartnell played the Doctor in "An Unearthly Child" also known as 'The Pilot Episode'. This was the first attempt at the first episode of the original series filmed in September 1963, and first released on The Hartnell Years VHS in 1990. Other appearances:
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| Patrick Troughton Patrick Troughton Patrick George Troughton was an English actor most widely known for his roles in fantasy, science fiction and horror films, particularly in his role as the second incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which he played from 1966 to 1969,... (Second Doctor Second Doctor The Second Doctor is the second incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by character actor Patrick Troughton.... ) |
29 October 1966 – 21 June 1969 | The Tenth Planet The Tenth Planet The Tenth Planet is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 8 October to 29 October 1966. It was William Hartnell's last regular appearance as the First Doctor, and the first story to feature the Cybermen... Episode 4 |
The War Games The War Games The War Games is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in ten weekly parts from 19 April to 21 June 1969. It was the last regular appearance of Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, and of Wendy Padbury and Frazer Hines as companions Zoe... Episode 10 |
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| Jon Pertwee Jon Pertwee John Devon Roland Pertwee , was an English actor. Pertwee is best known for his role in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, in which he played the third incarnation of the Doctor from 1970 to 1974, and as the title character in the series Worzel Gummidge... (Third Doctor Third Doctor The Third Doctor is the third incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by actor Jon Pertwee.... ) |
3 January 1970 – 8 June 1974 | Spearhead from Space Spearhead from Space Spearhead from Space is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 3 January to 24 January 1970. The serial opened Series 7 of the show and was the first to be produced in colour. The serial introduced Jon Pertwee as the... Episode 1 |
Planet of the Spiders Planet of the Spiders Planet of the Spiders is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from May 4 to June 8, 1974. It was Jon Pertwee's last serial as the Doctor and marks the first, uncredited appearance of Tom Baker in the role. It also marks... Part Six |
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| Tom Baker Tom Baker Thomas Stewart "Tom" Baker is a British actor. He is best known for playing the fourth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction television series Doctor Who, a role he played from 1974 to 1981.-Early life:... (Fourth Doctor Fourth Doctor The Fourth Doctor is the fourth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC British television science-fiction series Doctor Who.... ) |
8 June 1974 – 21 March 1981 | Planet of the Spiders Planet of the Spiders Planet of the Spiders is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from May 4 to June 8, 1974. It was Jon Pertwee's last serial as the Doctor and marks the first, uncredited appearance of Tom Baker in the role. It also marks... Part Six |
Logopolis Logopolis Logopolis is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 28 February to 21 March 1981. It was Tom Baker's last story as the Doctor and marks the first appearance of Peter Davison in the role... Part Four |
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| Peter Davison Peter Davison Peter Davison is a British actor, best known for his roles as Tristan Farnon in the television version of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small and the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, which he played from 1982 to 1984.-Early life:Davison was born Peter Moffett in Streatham,... (Fifth Doctor Fifth Doctor The Fifth Doctor is the fifth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He is portrayed by Peter Davison.... ) |
21 March 1981 – 16 March 1984 | Logopolis Logopolis Logopolis is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 28 February to 21 March 1981. It was Tom Baker's last story as the Doctor and marks the first appearance of Peter Davison in the role... Part Four |
The Caves of Androzani The Caves of Androzani The Caves of Androzani is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from 8–16 March 1984. It was Peter Davison's last regular appearance as the Doctor, and marks the first appearance of Colin Baker in the role... Part Four |
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| Richard Hurndall Richard Hurndall Richard Gibbon Hurndall was an English actor.-BBC radio:Hurndall was born in Darlington and he attended Claremont Preparatory School, Darlington and Scarborough College, before training as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He then appeared in several plays at Stratford-upon-Avon... (First Doctor First Doctor The First Doctor is the initial incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by the actor William Hartnell from 1963 to 1966. Hartnell reprised the role in the tenth anniversary story The Three Doctors in 1973 - albeit in a... ) |
23 November 1983 | The Five Doctors The Five Doctors The Five Doctors is a special feature-length episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced in celebration of the programme's twentieth anniversary. It had its world premiere in the United States, on the Chicago PBS station WTTW and various other PBS member stations... |
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| Colin Baker Colin Baker Colin Baker is a British actor who is known for playing Paul Merroney in The Brothers from 1974 to 1976 and as the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, from 1984 to 1986.- Background:Colin Baker was born in London, but moved north to... (Sixth Doctor Sixth Doctor The Sixth Doctor is the sixth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by Colin Baker... ) |
16 March 1984 – 6 December 1986 | The Caves of Androzani The Caves of Androzani The Caves of Androzani is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from 8–16 March 1984. It was Peter Davison's last regular appearance as the Doctor, and marks the first appearance of Colin Baker in the role... Part Four |
The Ultimate Foe The Ultimate Foe The Ultimate Foe is the generally accepted title for a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts from 29 November to 6 December 1986. It is part of the larger narrative known as The Trial of a Time Lord, encompassing the whole... Part Two |
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| Sylvester McCoy Sylvester McCoy Sylvester McCoy is a Scottish actor. As a comic act and busker he appeared regularly on stage and on BBC Children's television in the 1970s and 80s, but is best known for playing the seventh incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1987 to... (Seventh Doctor Seventh Doctor The Seventh Doctor is the seventh incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by the actor Sylvester McCoy.... ) |
7 September 1987 – 6 December 1989 27 May 1996 |
Time and the Rani Time and the Rani Time and the Rani is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 7 September to 28 September 1987. This story was the first to feature Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor. It also features the last appearance of the Sixth... Part One |
Doctor Who Doctor Who (1996) Doctor Who is a television movie based on the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Developed as a co-production amongst Universal Television, BBC Television, BBC Worldwide, and the American network FOX, the 1996 television film premiered on 12 May 1996 on CITV in Edmonton,... |
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Sylvester McCoy also briefly played the Sixth Doctor Sixth Doctor The Sixth Doctor is the sixth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by Colin Baker... in Time and the Rani Time and the Rani Time and the Rani is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 7 September to 28 September 1987. This story was the first to feature Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor. It also features the last appearance of the Sixth... , during the regeneration scene, wearing a curly blonde wig. Other appearances:
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| Paul McGann Paul McGann Paul McGann is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial The Monocled Mutineer, in which he played the lead role... (Eighth Doctor Eighth Doctor The Eighth Doctor is the eighth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by Paul McGann... ) |
27 May 1996 | Doctor Who Doctor Who (1996) Doctor Who is a television movie based on the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Developed as a co-production amongst Universal Television, BBC Television, BBC Worldwide, and the American network FOX, the 1996 television film premiered on 12 May 1996 on CITV in Edmonton,... |
Doctor Who Doctor Who (1996) Doctor Who is a television movie based on the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Developed as a co-production amongst Universal Television, BBC Television, BBC Worldwide, and the American network FOX, the 1996 television film premiered on 12 May 1996 on CITV in Edmonton,... |
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| Christopher Eccleston Christopher Eccleston Christopher Eccleston is an English stage, film and television actor. His films include Let Him Have It, Shallow Grave, Elizabeth, 28 Days Later, Gone in 60 Seconds, The Others, and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra... (Ninth Doctor Ninth Doctor The Ninth Doctor is the ninth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He is played by Christopher Eccleston.... ) |
26 March – 18 June 2005 | "Rose Rose (Doctor Who) "Rose" is the first episode of Series One of the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who. Written by show runner Russell T Davies and directed by Keith Boak, the episode was first broadcast on 26 March 2005.... " |
"The Parting of the Ways The Parting of the Ways "The Parting of the Ways" is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on 18 June 2005. It was the second episode of the two-part story that featured Christopher Eccleston making his last appearance as the Ninth Doctor... " |
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| David Tennant David Tennant David Tennant is a Scottish actor. In addition to his work in theatre, including a widely praised Hamlet, Tennant is best known for his role as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, along with the title role in the 2005 TV serial Casanova and as Barty Crouch, Jr... (Tenth Doctor Tenth Doctor The Tenth Doctor is the tenth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He is played by David Tennant, who appears in three series, as well as eight specials... ) |
18 June 2005 – 1 January 2010 | "The Parting of the Ways The Parting of the Ways "The Parting of the Ways" is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on 18 June 2005. It was the second episode of the two-part story that featured Christopher Eccleston making his last appearance as the Ninth Doctor... " |
The End of Time The End of Time The End of Time: The Next Revolution in Our Understanding of the Universe, also sold with the alternate subtitle The Next Revolution in Physics, is a 1999 science book in which the author Julian Barbour argues that time exists merely as an illusion.-Auto-biography:The book begins by describing how... Part Two |
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David Tennant also played the half-human Doctor in "Journey's End Journey's End (Doctor Who) "Journey's End" is the thirteenth episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Doctor Who first broadcast on BBC One on 5 July 2008. It is the second episode of a two-part crossover story featuring the characters of spin-off shows Torchwood and The Sarah Jane... " – 5 July 2008 Other appearances:
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| Matt Smith (Eleventh Doctor Eleventh Doctor The Eleventh Doctor is the eleventh incarnation of the protagonist of the BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. Matt Smith plays this incarnation, replacing David Tennant's Tenth Doctor in the 2010 episode "The End of Time, Part Two"... ) |
1 January 2010 – present | The End of Time The End of Time The End of Time: The Next Revolution in Our Understanding of the Universe, also sold with the alternate subtitle The Next Revolution in Physics, is a 1999 science book in which the author Julian Barbour argues that time exists merely as an illusion.-Auto-biography:The book begins by describing how... Part Two |
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Other actors who played the Doctor
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| Edmund Warwick Edmund Warwick Edmund Warwick was a British actor who appeared in various television programmes.Some of his credits included The Adventures of Robin Hood, Z-Cars and Doctor Who.... |
Television | The Dalek Invasion of Earth The Dalek Invasion of Earth The Dalek Invasion of Earth is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in six weekly parts from November 21 to December 26, 1964.... (Episode 4, titled "The End of Tomorrow") |
12 December 1964 | Played the First Doctor, filling in for an injured William Hartnell. He was uncredited. |
| Peter Cushing Peter Cushing Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE was an English actor, known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played the handsome but sinister scientist Baron Frankenstein and the vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing, amongst many other roles, often appearing opposite Christopher Lee, and occasionally... |
Film | Dr. Who and the Daleks Dr. Who and the Daleks Dr. Who and the Daleks was the first of two Doctor Who films made in the 1960s. It was followed by Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.... |
23 August 1965 | Dr. Who Dr. Who (Dalek films) Dr. Who is a character based on the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. Although based upon the character of the Doctor from the television series, the character is fundamentally different, most notably in being human.... |
| Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. is the second of two films based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who. It was the sequel to Dr. Who and the Daleks , and starred Peter Cushing in his return to the role of the eccentric inventor and time traveller "Dr. Who". It also... |
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| Trevor Martin Trevor Martin Trevor Martin is a British actor.He is perhaps known for playing the Doctor on stage at the Adelphi Theatre, London in Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday based on the popular television series Doctor Who... |
Stage | The Seven Keys to Doomsday Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday was a stage play based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The play ran at the Adelphi Theatre in London, England for four weeks, beginning on 16 December 1974... |
16 December 1974 – January 1975 | Alternative Fourth Doctor (shown on stage to be regenerated from the Third Doctor) |
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| Adrian Gibbs | Television | Logopolis Logopolis Logopolis is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 28 February to 21 March 1981. It was Tom Baker's last story as the Doctor and marks the first appearance of Peter Davison in the role... |
28 February – 21 March 1981 | The Watcher (Nyssa comments, "He was the Doctor all the time.") |
| Castrovalva (Reprised) | 4 January 1982 | |||
| Michael Sagar | Stage | The Seven Keys to Doomsday Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday was a stage play based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The play ran at the Adelphi Theatre in London, England for four weeks, beginning on 16 December 1974... |
24 November – 8 December 1984 | The Doctor (alternate version, possibly Fourth) |
| Michael Jayston Michael Jayston Michael Jayston is a Nottingham-born English actor.- Early life :He attended the Becket Grammar School in West Bridgford, then worked briefly as a trainee accountant at the offices of the National Coal Board before obtaining a scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama to train as an... |
Television | The Trial of a Time Lord The Trial of a Time Lord The Trial of a Time Lord is a fourteen-part British science fiction serial of the long running BBC series Doctor Who. The serial, produced as the twenty-third season of the Doctor Who television series, aired in weekly episodes from 6 September to 6 December 1986... |
6 September – 6 December 1986 | The Valeyard Valeyard The Valeyard is a fictional character from the long-running British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. He is described as an aspect of the Doctor from between his twelfth and final incarnations as depicted in the TV show or regenerations in the novelization of the story... (said to be an evil version of the Doctor, existing somewhere between his twelfth and final incarnations). |
| Audio | He Jests at Scars... He Jests at Scars... He Jests at Scars... is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Doctor Who Unbound dramas pose a series of "What if...?" questions.-Plot:What if..... |
September 2003 | The Valeyard (alternate reality version) | |
| Geoffrey Hughes Geoffrey Hughes Geoffrey Hughes, DL is an English actor.As well as a wide range of TV and film appearances, Hughes is best known for a series of supporting roles in popular UK television dramas... |
Television | The Ultimate Foe The Ultimate Foe The Ultimate Foe is the generally accepted title for a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts from 29 November to 6 December 1986. It is part of the larger narrative known as The Trial of a Time Lord, encompassing the whole... |
29 November – 6 December 1986 | Mr Popplewick (a disguise used by The Valeyard) |
| Davis Banks | Stage | Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure Doctor Who – The Ultimate Adventure was a 1989 stage play, written by Terrance Dicks based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.... |
29 April 1989 | The Doctor (understudy for Jon Pertwee; performed as the Doctor for two performances when Pertwee fell ill) |
| Nick Scovell | Stage | The Planet of Storms | October 1996 | The Doctor |
| The Web of Fear | June 2000 | The Second Doctor | ||
| Fury From the Deep | 27–30 March 2002 | |||
| Evil of the Daleks | 25–28 October 2006 | |||
| The Dalek Masterplan | 24–27 October 2007 | The First Doctor | ||
| Rowan Atkinson Rowan Atkinson Rowan Sebastian Atkinson is a British actor, comedian, and screenwriter. He is most famous for his work on the satirical sketch comedy show Not The Nine O'Clock News, and the sitcoms Blackadder, Mr. Bean and The Thin Blue Line... |
Television | The Curse of Fatal Death Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death is a four-episode special of Doctor Who made for the Red Nose Day charity telethon in the United Kingdom, and broadcast on BBC One on 12 March 1999... |
12 March 1999 | Alternative Ninth Doctor |
| Richard E. Grant Richard E. Grant Richard E. Grant is a Swaziland-born British actor, screenwriter and director. His most notable role came in the film Withnail and I. He holds dual British and Swazi citizenship.-Early life:... |
Television | The Curse of Fatal Death Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death is a four-episode special of Doctor Who made for the Red Nose Day charity telethon in the United Kingdom, and broadcast on BBC One on 12 March 1999... |
12 March 1999 | Alternative Tenth Doctor |
| Webcast | Scream of the Shalka Scream of the Shalka Scream of the Shalka is a flash-animated series based on the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was produced to coincide with the 40th Anniversary of the series and was originally posted in six weekly parts from 13 November to 18 December 2003 on bbc.co.uk's Doctor Who... |
13 November – 18 December 2003 | Alternative Ninth Doctor | |
| Jim Broadbent Jim Broadbent James "Jim" Broadbent is an English theatre, film, and television actor. He is known for his roles in Iris, Moulin Rouge!, Topsy-Turvy, Hot Fuzz, and Bridget Jones' Diary... |
Television | The Curse of Fatal Death Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death is a four-episode special of Doctor Who made for the Red Nose Day charity telethon in the United Kingdom, and broadcast on BBC One on 12 March 1999... |
12 March 1999 | Alternative Eleventh Doctor |
| Hugh Grant Hugh Grant Hugh John Mungo Grant is an English actor and film producer. He has received a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA, and an Honorary César. His films have earned more than $2.4 billion from 25 theatrical releases worldwide. Grant achieved international stardom after appearing in Richard Curtis's... |
Television | The Curse of Fatal Death Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death is a four-episode special of Doctor Who made for the Red Nose Day charity telethon in the United Kingdom, and broadcast on BBC One on 12 March 1999... |
12 March 1999 | Alternative Twelfth Doctor |
| Joanna Lumley Joanna Lumley Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE, FRGS is a British actress, voice-over artist, former-model and author, best known for her roles in British television series Absolutely Fabulous portraying Edina Monsoon's best friend, Patsy Stone, as well as parts in The New Avengers, Sapphire & Steel, and Sensitive... |
Television | The Curse of Fatal Death Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death is a four-episode special of Doctor Who made for the Red Nose Day charity telethon in the United Kingdom, and broadcast on BBC One on 12 March 1999... |
12 March 1999 | Alternative Thirteenth Doctor |
| Mark Gatiss Mark Gatiss Mark Gatiss is an English actor, screenwriter and novelist. He is best known as a member of the comedy team The League of Gentlemen, and has both written for and acted in the TV series Doctor Who and Sherlock.... |
Television | The Web of Caves | 13 November 1999 | The Doctor (spoof version) |
| Geoffrey Bayldon Geoffrey Bayldon Geoffrey Bayldon is a British actor. After playing roles in many dramas including Shakespeare, he became known for portraying the title role of the children's series Catweazle , after turning down the opportunity to play both the First and Second Doctors in the long-running BBC science fiction... |
Audio | Auld Mortality Auld Mortality Auld Mortality is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Doctor Who Unbound dramas pose a series of "What if...?" questions.-Plot:What if..... |
May 2003 | Alternative Doctor (possibly first) |
| A Storm of Angels A Storm of Angels A Storm of Angels is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Doctor Who Unbound dramas pose a series of "What if...?" questions. A Storm of Angels is the sequel to the earlier Unbound play Auld Mortality.-Plot:What if..... |
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| David Warner David Warner (actor) David Warner is an English actor who is known for playing both romantic leads and sinister or villainous characters, both in film and animation... |
Audio | Sympathy for the Devil Sympathy for the Devil (Doctor Who audio) Sympathy for the Devil is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Doctor Who Unbound dramas pose a series of "What if...?" questions.-Plot:What if..... |
June 2003 | Alternative Doctor (possibly third) |
| Masters of War Masters of War (Doctor Who audio) Masters of War is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Doctor Who Unbound dramas pose a series of "What if...?" questions.-Cast:*The Doctor — David Warner... |
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| David Collings David Collings David Collings is a British actor. He has played many different roles on various television programmes, including the leading dramatic role in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment in 1964.... |
Audio | Full Fathom Five Full Fathom Five (Doctor Who audio) Full Fathom Five is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Doctor Who Unbound dramas pose a series of "What if...?" questions.-Plot:What if..... |
August 2003 | Alternative Doctor |
| Ian Brooker Ian Brooker (actor) Ian Anthony Brooker better known as Ian Brooker is a versatile character actor, with experience of theatre, television and film. However, it is in the medium of radio and audio drama that he is best known.... |
Audio | Full Fathom Five Full Fathom Five (Doctor Who audio) Full Fathom Five is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Doctor Who Unbound dramas pose a series of "What if...?" questions.-Plot:What if..... |
August 2003 | Alternative Doctor (uncredited) |
| Arabella Weir Arabella Weir Arabella Weir is a British comedian, actress and writer.The daughter of former British ambassador Sir Michael Weir, she is best known for her roles in The Fast Show and for writing several books including the international best seller Does My Bum Look Big In This? Arabella Weir (born 6 December... |
Audio | Exile Exile (Doctor Who audio) Exile is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Doctor Who Unbound dramas pose a series of "What if...?" questions.-Plot:... |
September 2003 | Alternative Doctor (possibly third) |
| Nicholas Briggs Nicholas Briggs Nicholas Briggs is a British actor and writer, predominantly associated with the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and its various spin-offs, particularly as the voice of the Daleks. Briggs sometimes uses the pseudonym Arthur Wallis... |
Audio | Exile Exile (Doctor Who audio) Exile is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Doctor Who Unbound dramas pose a series of "What if...?" questions.-Plot:... |
September 2003 | The previous incarnation of Arabella Weir's Doctor (possibly second). |
| Stage | The Dalek Masterplan | 24–27 October 2007 | The Doctor (regenerated from Nick Scovell's Doctor) | |
| Audio | The Seven Keys to Doomsday Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday was a stage play based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The play ran at the Adelphi Theatre in London, England for four weeks, beginning on 16 December 1974... |
23 October 2008 | The Third Doctor | |
| Jon Culshaw Jon Culshaw Jonathan Peter Culshaw is an English impressionist and comedian. He was educated at St Bede's RC High School, Ormskirk and St John Rigby College, in Orrell, Wigan.... |
Audio | The Kingmaker The Kingmaker The Kingmaker is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The drama was written by Nev Fountain who is better known for his work on the radio and television series Dead Ringers, and also stars Jon Culshaw who in the same... |
April 2006 | The Fourth Doctor |
| Toby Jones Toby Jones Toby Edward Heslewood Jones is an English actor.-Early life:Jones was born in Hammersmith, London, the son of actors Jennifer and Freddie Jones... |
Television | Amy's Choice Amy's Choice (Doctor Who) "Amy's Choice" is the seventh episode in the fifth series of British science fiction television series Doctor Who, first broadcast on BBC One on 15 May 2010... |
15 May 2010 | The Dream Lord |
| David Troughton David Troughton David Troughton is an English actor, best known for his Shakespearean roles on the British stage.- Biography :David Troughton was born in Hampstead, North London. He comes from a theatrical family: he is the son of Doctor Who actor Patrick Troughton, elder brother of Michael Troughton, and father... |
Audio | Serpent Crest Serpent Crest Serpent Crest is an audio play in five episodes based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is written by Paul Magrs, and stars Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Richard Franklin as Captain Mike Yates... : The Hexford Invasion/Survivors in Space |
December 2011 | The Second Doctor |
Actors who played characters thought to be the Doctor
| Actor | Medium | Title | Dates | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmund Warwick Edmund Warwick Edmund Warwick was a British actor who appeared in various television programmes.Some of his credits included The Adventures of Robin Hood, Z-Cars and Doctor Who.... |
Television | The Chase The Chase (Doctor Who) The Chase is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 22 May to 26 June 1965. The story is set on multiple locations including the Mary Celeste, the Empire State Building, and the planet Aridius... , episodes 4 & 5 |
12–19 June 1965 | Robot Dr. Who, an android replica of the First Doctor created by the Daleks to infiltrate and kill the Doctor and his companions. William Hartnell provided the voice and filmed close-up sequence for this character. |
| Nicholas Briggs Nicholas Briggs Nicholas Briggs is a British actor and writer, predominantly associated with the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and its various spin-offs, particularly as the voice of the Daleks. Briggs sometimes uses the pseudonym Arthur Wallis... |
Audio | 'Minuet in Hell Minuet in Hell Minuet in Hell is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Unlike the other Eighth Doctor audio plays from this "season", Minuet in Hell was not broadcast on BBC 7 in 2005, primarily due to story references that were... ' |
April 2001 | Gideon Crane – While making an emergency materialisation in an alleyway in Malebolgia, the Eighth Doctor's mind is merged with that of Gideon Crane, a British journalist from the London Torch. The Doctor and Gideon briefly swap identities. |
| Christopher Biggins Christopher Biggins Christopher Kenneth Biggins is an English actor and media personality.-Career:Biggins was born in Oldham, Lancashire, England and brought up in Salisbury, Wiltshire, where he took elocution lessons and participated in local drama groups... |
Audio | 'The One Doctor The One Doctor The One Doctor is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.- Plot :The Sixth Doctor and Mel come up against an impostor Doctor and his companion Sally-Anne.... ' |
17 December 2001 | Banto Zame, a con-man claiming to be the Doctor, operating in the Generios System in the “vulgar end of time”, with companion Sally-Ann and his Stardis (a teleport device in the shape of a portaloo), until the Sixth Doctor and Mel intervened |
| Derek Jacobi Derek Jacobi Sir Derek George Jacobi, CBE is an English actor and film director.A "forceful, commanding stage presence", Jacobi has enjoyed a highly successful stage career, appearing in such stage productions as Hamlet, Uncle Vanya, and Oedipus the King. He received a Tony Award for his performance in... |
Audio | 'Deadline Deadline (Doctor Who audio) Deadline is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Doctor Who Unbound dramas pose a series of "What if...?" questions.-Plot:... ' |
September 2003 | Martin Bannister, a possibly delusional television script writer who believes he is the Doctor |
| Catherine Tate Catherine Tate Catherine Tate is an English actress, writer, and comedian. She has won numerous awards for her work on the sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show as well as being nominated for an International Emmy Award and four BAFTA Awards... |
Television | 'Journey's End Journey's End (Doctor Who) "Journey's End" is the thirteenth episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Doctor Who first broadcast on BBC One on 5 July 2008. It is the second episode of a two-part crossover story featuring the characters of spin-off shows Torchwood and The Sarah Jane... ' |
5 July 2008 | Donna Noble a.k.a. Doctor-Donna, gains the Doctor's memories and intelligence when she initiates a two-way biological metacrisis regeneration (causing the Doctor's severed hand (imbued with regeneration energy from the Doctor) to grow into a half-human Doctor, with elements of Donna's personality), and fulfilling Dalek Caan's prophecy of the Doctor being the "Three-fold Man". The 10th Doctor is forced to suppress these memories in order to avoid her death, as Donna's human brain was not designed to hold Time Lord knowledge. |
| David Morrissey David Morrissey David Mark Morrissey is an English actor and director. Morrissey grew up in the Kensington and Knotty Ash areas of Liverpool, and learned to act at the city's Everyman Youth Theatre. At the age of 18, he was cast in the television series One Summer , which won him recognition throughout the country... |
Television | 'The Next Doctor' | 25 December 2008 | Jackson Lake, a human recently moved to London in 1851, who believes he is the Doctor, when the Cybermen's infostamp containing information about the Doctor is transferred into his mind. The 10th Doctor briefly believes Jackson is a future incarnation of himself, until he discovers the truth and helps restore Lake's memories and personality |
See also
- List of actors considered for the part of the Doctor
- Doctor Who spoofsDoctor Who spoofsThe long running science fiction television series Doctor Who has over the years been the subject of many comedy sketches and specially made comedy programmes, from Spike Milligan's "Pakistani Dalek" to the Comic Relief episode Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death...
- The "Morbius Doctors"