List of actors who have played the Doctor
Fourteen actors have portrayed the Doctor in a leading role in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The series' protagonist, the Doctor is an extraterrestrial Time Lord. The transition to each succeeding actor is explained within the narrative through the plot device of regeneration, which allows Time Lords a change of cellular structure and appearance. The first actor to portray the Doctor was William Hartnell beginning with An Unearthly Child (1963) through The Tenth Planet (1966). In the final moments of The Tenth Planet, the First Doctor regenerated into Patrick Troughton's Second Doctor.
The incumbent Fifteenth Doctor is played by Ncuti Gatwa, who took over the role from David Tennant following the conclusion of "The Giggle" (2023).
Outside of television many actors have played the Doctor on in various BBC-licensed spin-offs on television, stage, radio, film, audio plays, and webcasts. The character's ability to periodically regenerate appearance and personality has facilitated the ability of new actors to take over the role – in official and unofficial productions – while in most cases maintaining continuity with the television series. Several other actors have also been considered for the role.
Television
[edit]Series leads
[edit]Actor (role) |
Tenure | First regular appearance | Last regular appearance | |
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William Hartnell (First Doctor) |
23 November 1963 – 29 October 1966 (2 years, 11 months and 6 days) |
An Unearthly Child "An Unearthly Child"[1] |
The Tenth Planet Episode 4[2] | |
William Hartnell also played the Doctor in an initial version of An Unearthly Child. 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.[3]
Other First Doctor appearances (click the "Show" tab on the right)
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Patrick Troughton (Second Doctor) |
29 October 1966 – 21 June 1969 (2 years, 7 months, 3 weeks and 2 days) |
The Power of the Daleks Episode One[5] |
The War Games Episode Ten[6] | |
Other Second Doctor appearances
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Jon Pertwee (Third Doctor) |
3 January 1970 – 8 June 1974 (4 years, 5 months and 5 days) |
Spearhead from Space Episode One |
Planet of the Spiders Part Six | |
Other Third Doctor appearances
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Tom Baker (Fourth Doctor) |
8 June 1974 – 21 March 1981 (6 years, 9 months, 1 week and 6 days) |
Robot Part One |
Logopolis Part Four | |
Tom Baker appeared as the Curator in "The Day of the Doctor" (2013). It was implied that he was a future incarnation of the Doctor revisiting "a few of the old favourites" of his past faces, and who had retired from adventuring and was now the curator of the National Gallery in London.[8][9] Other Fourth Doctor appearances
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Peter Davison (Fifth Doctor) |
21 March 1981 – 16 March 1984 (2 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 3 days) |
Castrovalva Part One |
The Caves of Androzani Part Four | |
Other Fifth Doctor appearances
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Colin Baker (Sixth Doctor) |
16 March 1984 – 6 December 1986 (2 years, 8 months, 2 weeks and 6 days) |
The Twin Dilemma Part One |
The Ultimate Foe Part Two | |
Colin Baker previously appeared on Doctor Who playing a different character in the Fifth Doctor story Arc of Infinity.[16] Other Sixth Doctor appearances
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Sylvester McCoy (Seventh Doctor) |
7 September 1987 – 6 December 1989 (2 years, 2 months, 4 weeks and 1 day) |
Time and the Rani Part One[17] |
Survival Part Three[13] | |
Sylvester McCoy also briefly played the Sixth Doctor in Time and the Rani, during the regeneration scene, wearing a curly blond wig.[17][18] Other Seventh Doctor appearances
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Paul McGann (Eighth Doctor) |
27 May 1996 | Doctor Who (TV movie)[19] | ||
Other Eighth Doctor appearances
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Christopher Eccleston (Ninth Doctor) |
26 March 2005 – 18 June 2005 (2 months, 3 weeks and 2 days) |
"Rose" | "The Parting of the Ways" | |
Other Ninth Doctor appearances
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David Tennant (Tenth Doctor) |
18 June 2005 – 1 January 2010 (4 years, 6 months and 2 weeks) |
"The Christmas Invasion" | "The End of Time" Part Two | |
Other Tenth Doctor appearances
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Matt Smith (Eleventh Doctor) |
1 January 2010 – 25 December 2013 (3 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 3 days) |
"The Eleventh Hour" | "The Time of the Doctor" | |
Other Eleventh Doctor appearances
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Peter Capaldi (Twelfth Doctor) |
25 December 2013 – 25 December 2017 (4 years) |
"Deep Breath"[35] | "Twice Upon a Time"[36] | |
Peter Capaldi previously appeared on Doctor Who playing a different character in the Tenth Doctor's episode "The Fires of Pompeii" and in the spin-off Torchwood as John Frobisher.[37] Other Twelfth Doctor appearances
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Jodie Whittaker (Thirteenth Doctor) |
25 December 2017 – 23 October 2022 (4 years, 9 months and 4 weeks) |
"The Woman Who Fell to Earth"[40] | "The Power of the Doctor" | |
Other Thirteenth Doctor appearances
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David Tennant (Fourteenth Doctor) |
23 October 2022 – 9 December 2023 (1 year, 1 month, 2 weeks and 2 days) |
"The Star Beast"[41] | "The Giggle"[42] | |
Other Fourteenth Doctor appearances
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Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) |
9 December 2023 – present (11 months and 3 weeks) |
"The Church on Ruby Road"[42] | Incumbent | |
Other Fifteenth Doctor appearances
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Other
[edit]Actor | Title | Dates | Role | Ref |
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Christopher Barry | The Brain of Morbius | 24 January 1976 | Past Doctors seen during the Fourth Doctor's mind-bending battle against Morbius. | [46] |
Robert Banks Stewart | ||||
Christopher Baker | ||||
Philip Hinchcliffe | ||||
Douglas Camfield | ||||
Graeme Harper | ||||
Robert Holmes | ||||
George Gallaccio | ||||
Adrian Gibbs | Logopolis | 28 February – 21 March 1981 | The Watcher, who manifests as a harbinger of the Fourth Doctor's regeneration before merging into the Doctor's dying body. | [47] |
Richard Hurndall | "The Five Doctors" | 23 November 1983 | Hurndall replaced Hartnell, who had died in 1975, as the First Doctor for the programme's 20th anniversary special. He appeared in character on Blue Peter alongside Peter Davison on 21 November 1983. | [12] |
Michael Jayston | The Trial of a Time Lord | 6 September – 6 December 1986 | The Valeyard, an evil version of the Doctor, an amalgamation of the Doctor's darker sides from between his twelfth and final incarnations. | [48] |
Geoffrey Hughes | The Ultimate Foe | 29 November – 6 December 1986 | Mr Popplewick, a matrix projection of the Valeyard. | [49] |
Toby Jones | "Amy's Choice" | 15 May 2010 | The Dream Lord, a darker, psychic manifestation of the Doctor | [50] |
John Guilor | Planet of Giants DVD | 20 August 2012 | Re-dubbed voice work in the reconstruction of the original third and fourth episodes | [51] |
"The Day of the Doctor" | 23 November 2013 | Vocal cameo | [52] | |
John Hurt | "The Name of the Doctor" | 18 May 2013 | The Doctor's incarnation known as the War Doctor, whose actions in the Time War were so drastic that he deemed himself unworthy of the name "Doctor" | [53] |
"The Night of the Doctor" | 14 November 2013 | [54] | ||
"The Day of the Doctor" | 23 November 2013 | [55] | ||
Michael Jones | "Listen" | 13 September 2014 | The First Doctor as a child; uncredited | [56] |
David Bradley | "The Doctor Falls" | 1 July 2017 | Similarly to Hurndall, Bradley replaced Hartnell as the First Doctor. Bradley also portrayed Hartnell in the docudrama An Adventure in Space and Time (2013). | [57] |
"Twice Upon a Time" | 25 December 2017 | |||
"The Power of the Doctor" | 23 October 2022 | |||
Jo Martin | "Fugitive of the Judoon" | 26 January 2020 | Previously unseen incarnation known as the Fugitive Doctor | [58] |
"The Timeless Children" | 1 March 2020 | |||
"Once, Upon Time" | 14 November 2021 | |||
"The Power of the Doctor" | 23 October 2022 | |||
Evan McCabe | "Ascension of the Cybermen" / "The Timeless Children" | 23 February – 1 March 2020 | Brendan, a decoy Matrix construct used to conceal records of the Timeless Child. Brendan is also portrayed as a child and an old man by other, uncredited actors. | [59] |
Grace Nettle | "The Timeless Children" | 1 March 2020 | Incarnations of the Timeless Child | [60] |
Leo Tang | ||||
Jesse Deyi | ||||
Sacha Dhawan | "The Power of the Doctor" | 23 October 2022 | The Master forces the Doctor to regenerate into him. | [61] |
Richard E. Grant | "Rogue" | 8 June 2024 | An "unknown" Doctor who appears amongst the Doctor's previous faces. | [62] |
Audio
[edit]Actor | Title | Dates | Role | Ref |
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Geoffrey Bayldon | Auld Mortality | May 2003 | Alternative First Doctor | |
A Storm of Angels | January 2005 | |||
David Warner | "Sympathy for the Devil" | June 2003 | Alternative Third Doctor | |
"Masters of War" | December 2008 | |||
The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield. Volumes 3–7 | 24 August 2016 – 20 September 2022 | |||
Bernice Summerfield: The Story So Far: Volume Two | 25 September 2018 | |||
"Time Lord Immemorial" | 5 October 2023 | |||
Dark Gallifrey: The War Master Part 1 | 2 July 2024 | |||
David Collings | "Full Fathom Five" | August 2003 | Alternative Doctor | |
Ian Brooker | Alternative Doctor (uncredited) | |||
Michael Jayston | "He Jests at Scars..." | September 2003 | Alternate reality version of the Valeyard | |
"Trial of the Valeyard" | 17 December 2013 | The Valeyard | ||
The Sixth Doctor: The Last Adventure | 17 August 2015 | |||
Bernice Summerfield: The Story So Far: Volume Two | 25 September 2018 | |||
The Eighth Doctor: The Time War: Volume Three | 13 August 2019 | |||
Arabella Weir | "Exile" | September 2003 | Alternative Third Doctor | [63] |
Nicholas Briggs | The previous incarnation of Arabella Weir's Doctor. | |||
"Seven Keys to Doomsday" | 23 October 2008 | The Third Doctor | ||
The Ninth Doctor Chronicles | May 2017 | The Ninth Doctor | ||
Jon Culshaw | "The Kingmaker" | April 2006 | The Fourth Doctor | [64] |
Trevor Martin | "Seven Keys to Doomsday" | 23 October 2008 | Alternative Fourth Doctor | [65] |
India Fisher | "Solitaire" | June 2010 | The Eighth Doctor speaking through Charley Pollard | |
William Russell | The Lost Stories | November 2010 – September 2013 | The First Doctor | |
The Light at the End | 23 October 2013 | |||
The Early Adventures | October 2014 – October 2016 | |||
Frazer Hines | The Lost Stories | December 2010 – November 2013 | The Second Doctor The Second Doctor in Jamie's body (The Jigsaw War) |
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"The Jigsaw War" | May 2012 | |||
The Light at the End | 23 October 2013 | |||
The Early Adventures | September 2015 – present | |||
Terry Molloy | "The Curse of Davros" | January 2012 | The Sixth Doctor in the body of Davros | |
Melvyn Hayes | "The Scorchies" | 7 March 2013 | The Third Doctor in Professor Baffle's body | |
Damian Lynch | "Ghost in the Machine" | October 2013 | The Third Doctor in Benjamin Chikoto's voice | |
Katy Manning | The Third Doctor in Jo's body | |||
Tim Treloar | The Light at the End | 23 October 2013 | The Third Doctor | |
The Third Doctor Adventures | September 2015 – present | |||
The Legacy of Time | 17 July 2019 | |||
The Diary of River Song: Series 6 | 27 August 2019 | The Third Doctor (cameo) | ||
John Banks | "Trial of the Valeyard" | December 2013 | The Hermit / The Thirteenth Doctor (a disguise used by the Valeyard) | |
Nicola Bryant | "The Widow's Assassin" | 30 October 2014 | The Sixth Doctor in Peri's body | |
Peter Purves | The Early Adventures | December 2014 – present | The First Doctor | |
Anthony Howell | "The End of the Line" | August 2015 | Tim Hope (a disguise used by the Valeyard) | |
Liz White | "The Brink of Death" | August 2015 | Genesta (a disguise used by the Valeyard) | |
John Hurt | The War Doctor series | December 2015 – February 2017 | The War Doctor | |
David Bradley | The First Doctor Adventures | December 2017 – April 2021 | The First Doctor | |
The Legacy of Time | 17 July 2019 | The First Doctor (cameo) | ||
The Diary of River Song: Series 6 | 27 August 2019 | |||
Jacob Dudman | The Doctor Chronicles | April 2018 – present | The Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors | |
Big Finish Short Trips | September 2019 – February 2022 | [66] | ||
Anneke Wills | "The Crumbling Magician" | 18 September 2019 | The First Doctor in Polly's body | |
Tom Baker | The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Stranded 1 | June 2020 | The Curator | |
The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Stranded 2 | March 2021 | |||
UNIT: Nemesis: Between Two Worlds | November 2021 | |||
Colin Baker | The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Stranded 4 | April 2022 | ||
"The Artist at the End of Time" | June 2023 | |||
Doctor of War | 13 April 2022 – 27 September 2022 | The Doctor of War (Alternative Fifth Doctor) | [67][68] | |
Derek Jacobi | The War Master: Hearts of Darkness | October 2020 | The Eighth Doctor in The Master's body | |
Jonathon Carley | The War Doctor Begins | June 2021 – December 2023 | The War Doctor | [69] |
The War Doctor Rises | August 2024 – present | |||
Susan's War: Family Ties | 28 August 2024 | |||
Michael Troughton | The Third Doctor Adventures: The Annihilators | February 2022 | The Second Doctor | |
The Second Doctor Adventures | July 2022 – present | |||
Stephen Noonan | The First Doctor Adventures | 12 April 2022 – present | The First Doctor |
Other media
[edit]Actor | Title | Dates | Role | Medium | Ref |
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Peter Cushing | Dr. Who and the Daleks | 23 August 1965 | Dr. Who | Film | [70] |
Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. | 5 August 1966 | ||||
Trevor Martin | Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday | 16 December 1974 – 7 January 1975 | Alternative Fourth Doctor | Stageplay | [65] |
Michael Sagar | 24 November – 8 December 1984 | The Doctor[Note 2] | [71] | ||
Lenny Henry | The Lenny Henry Show (S2-E5) | 3 October 1985 | The Seventh Doctor | Official parody | [72] |
Rowan Atkinson | The Curse of Fatal Death | 12 March 1999 | The Doctor | [73] | |
Richard E. Grant | The Quite Handsome Doctor | ||||
Jim Broadbent | The Shy Doctor | ||||
Hugh Grant | The Handsome Doctor | ||||
Joanna Lumley | The Female Doctor | ||||
Mark Gatiss | The Web of Caves | 13 November 1999 | The Doctor | [74] | |
Richard E. Grant | Scream of the Shalka | 13 November – 18 December 2003 | A previously official Ninth Doctor prior to the programme's 2005 revival | Webcast | [75] |
David Bradley | Doctors Assemble! | 23 May 2020 | The First Doctor | [76] | |
Chris Walker-Thompson | The Second Doctor | ||||
Jon Culshaw | The Third, Fourth and Fifth Doctors | ||||
Angus Villiers-Stuart | The Sixth and Eighth Doctors | ||||
Wink Taylor | The Seventh Doctor | ||||
Jonathon Carley | The War and Twelfth Doctors | ||||
Pete Walsh | The Ninth Doctor | ||||
Elliott Crossley | The Tenth Doctor | ||||
Jacob Dudman | The Eleventh Doctor | ||||
Debra Stephenson | The Thirteenth Doctor |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ This trailer was shown at the end of The Enemy of the World Episode 6, with the Doctor advising younger viewers that the Yeti would be appearing in the next adventure and would be a little more frightening than their last encounter (The Abominable Snowmen).
- ^ Porirua Little Theatre production, directed by Brian Hudson. This New Zealand production had approval from writer Terrance Dicks, the BBC (for the use of the Doctor), and Terry Nation (for the use of the Daleks).
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