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Revision as of 22:28, 18 May 2013

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-offs 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.

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 films, amateur stage shows or audios.

Actors in the official television continuity

Actor
(role)		 Tenure First regular appearance Last regular appearance
William Hartnell
(First Doctor)		 23 November 1963 – 29 October 1966 An Unearthly Child
Episode 1		 The Tenth Planet
Episode 4

William Hartnell also 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:

Patrick Troughton
(Second Doctor)		 29 October 1966 – 21 June 1969 The Tenth Planet
Episode 4		 The War Games
Episode 10

Other appearances:

Jon Pertwee
(Third Doctor)		 3 January 1970 – 8 June 1974 Spearhead from Space
Episode 1		 Planet of the Spiders
Part Six

Other appearances:

Tom Baker
(Fourth Doctor)		 8 June 1974 – 21 March 1981 Planet of the Spiders
Part Six		 Logopolis
Part Four

Other appearances:

Peter Davison
(Fifth Doctor)		 21 March 1981 – 16 March 1984 Logopolis
Part Four		 The Caves of Androzani
Part Four

Other appearances:

Richard Hurndall
(First Doctor)		 23 November 1983 The Five Doctors

Hurndall replaced William Hartnell, who had died in 1975, as the First Doctor for the show's 20th anniversary special.

Colin Baker
(Sixth Doctor)		 16 March 1984 – 6 December 1986 The Caves of Androzani
Part Four		 The Ultimate Foe
Part Two

Other appearances:

Sylvester McCoy
(Seventh Doctor)		 7 September 1987 – 6 December 1989
27 May 1996		 Time and the Rani
Part One		 Doctor Who

Sylvester McCoy also briefly played the Sixth Doctor in Time and the Rani, during the regeneration scene, wearing a curly blond wig.

Other appearances:

Paul McGann
(Eighth Doctor)		 27 May 1996 Doctor Who

Other appearances:

Christopher Eccleston
(Ninth Doctor)		 26 March – 18 June 2005 Rose The Parting of the Ways

Other appearances:

David Tennant
(Tenth Doctor)		 18 June 2005 – 1 January 2010 The Parting of the Ways The End of Time
Part Two

David Tennant also played the half-human Doctor in "Journey's End" – 5 July 2008

Other appearances:

Matt Smith
(Eleventh Doctor)		 1 January 2010 – present The End of Time
Part Two		 Present

Other appearances:

Note: John Hurt is set to play "The Doctor" in the 50th Anniversary. It is unconfirmed which incarnation he is portraying.

Other actors who played the Doctor

Actor Medium Title Dates Role
Brian Proudfoot Television The Reign of Terror (Episode 2, titled "Guests of Madame Guillotine") 15 August 1964 Played the First Doctor, in the first outdoor filmed sequence of the Doctor walking towards Paris. He was uncredited. [12]
Edmund Warwick Television The Dalek Invasion of Earth (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 Film Dr. Who and the Daleks 23 August 1965 Dr. Who
Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD 5 August 1966
Albert Ward[disambiguation needed] Television The Celestial Toymaker (Episode 3, titled "The Dancing Floor") 16 April 1966 William Hartnell was on holiday during episodes two and three. Pre-recordings of his voice were heard in episode two and Albert Ward was a hand double for scenes where the mostly invisible Doctor played the Trilogic Game throughout the story. He was uncredited.
Gordon Craig[disambiguation needed] Television The Tenth Planet (Episode 3) 22 October 1966 Played the First Doctor. He was uncredited. William Hartnell did not appear in the third episode. On the Monday before the programme was due to be recorded, he sent a telegram to the production team informing them that he was too ill to work.
Chris Jeffries Television The Wheel in Space (Episode 2) 4 May 1968 Played the Second Doctor. Patrick Troughton did not appear in episode 2 as he was on holiday. Chris Jeffries body doubled to substitute for the unconscious Doctor.
Tommy Laird Television The Seeds of Death (Episode 4) 15 February 1969 Played the Second Doctor. Patrick Troughton does not appear in Episode 4 as he was on holiday when it was being recorded. Tommy Laird stands in for him in some shots where the Doctor is seen unconscious on the floor.
Trevor Martin Stage The Seven Keys to Doomsday 16 December 1974 – January 1975 Alternative Fourth Doctor (shown on stage to be regenerated from the Third Doctor)[13]
Audio 23 October 2008
Adrian Gibbs Television Logopolis 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 24 November – 8 December 1984 The Doctor (alternate version, possibly Fourth)[14]
Michael Jayston Television The Trial of a Time Lord 6 September – 6 December 1986 The Valeyard (said to be an evil version of the Doctor, existing somewhere between his twelfth and final incarnations).
Audio He Jests at Scars... September 2003 The Valeyard (alternate reality version)
Geoffrey Hughes Television The Ultimate Foe 29 November – 6 December 1986 Mr Popplewick (a disguise used by The Valeyard)
David Banks Stage Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure 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[15][16]
The Web of Fear June 2000 The Second Doctor[17]
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[18]
Rowan Atkinson Television The Curse of Fatal Death 12 March 1999 Alternative Ninth Doctor
Richard E. Grant Television The Curse of Fatal Death 12 March 1999 Alternative Tenth Doctor
Webcast Scream of the Shalka 13 November – 18 December 2003 Alternative Ninth Doctor
Jim Broadbent Television The Curse of Fatal Death 12 March 1999 Alternative Eleventh Doctor[19]
Hugh Grant Television The Curse of Fatal Death 12 March 1999 Alternative Twelfth Doctor
Joanna Lumley Television The Curse of Fatal Death 12 March 1999 Alternative Thirteenth Doctor[20]
Mark Gatiss Television The Web of Caves 13 November 1999 The Doctor (spoof version)
Geoffrey Bayldon Audio Auld Mortality May 2003 Alternative Doctor (possibly first)
A Storm of Angels January 2005
David Warner Audio Sympathy for the Devil June 2003 Alternative Doctor (possibly third)
Masters of War December 2008
David Collings Audio Full Fathom Five August 2003 Alternative Doctor
Ian Brooker Audio Full Fathom Five August 2003 Alternative Doctor (uncredited)
Arabella Weir Audio Exile September 2003 Alternative Doctor (possibly third)
Nicholas Briggs Audio Exile September 2003 The previous incarnation of Arabella Weir's Doctor (possibly second).[21]
Stage The Dalek Masterplan 24–27 October 2007 The Doctor (regenerated from Nick Scovell's Doctor)
Audio The Seven Keys to Doomsday 23 October 2008 The Third Doctor
Jon Culshaw Audio The Kingmaker April 2006 The Fourth Doctor[22]
Toby Jones Television Amy's Choice 15 May 2010 The Dream Lord
Daniel Anthony Television Death of the Doctor 26 October 2010 The Eleventh Doctor in Clyde Langer's body.
David Troughton Audio Serpent Crest: The Hexford Invasion/Survivors in Space December 2011 The Second Doctor
Terry Molloy Audio The Curse of Davros January 2012 The Sixth Doctor in the body of Davros
John Hurt Television The Name of the Doctor 18 May 2013 "Forgotten Doctor"

Actors who played characters thought to be the Doctor

Actor Medium Title Dates Role
Edmund Warwick Television The Chase, 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 Audio Minuet in Hell 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 Audio The One Doctor 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 Audio Deadline September 2003 Martin Bannister, a possibly delusional television script writer who believes he is the Doctor
Catherine Tate Television "Journey's End" 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, 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 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

References

  1. ^ 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), and if their mummy and daddy were scared to "just get them to hold your hand".
  2. ^ The Fourth Dimension: Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS, http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s8pn6/features/journey-to-the-fourth-dimension, retrieved 28 April, 2013.
  3. ^ “” (19 December 2008). "Tom Baker Doctor Who 1979 New season advert". YouTube. Retrieved 23 June 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Baker declined to appear in this reunion special, so unbroadcast footage from a never-completed serial, Shada, was incorporated into the storyline.
  5. ^ Howe's Transcendental Toybox: The Unauthorised Guide to "Doctor Who" Collectibles by David J. Howe, Telos Publishing, 2003
  6. ^ The Fourth Dimension: Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS, http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s8pn6/features/journey-to-the-fourth-dimension, retrieved 28 April, 2013.
  7. ^ "The Doctor Who News Page: First "Proper" Trailer Airs, plus Screen Grabs". Gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com. 15 March 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2010. [dead link]
  8. ^ The Fourth Dimension: Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS, http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s8pn6/features/journey-to-the-fourth-dimension, retrieved 28 April, 2013.
  9. ^ "The Doctor Who News Page: New Trailer Debuts". Gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com. 3 April 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2010. [dead link]
  10. ^ "Tennant & Piper are back for the 50th". Blogtor Who. 30 March 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  11. ^ P.S. What Happened to Brian and the Ponds?, http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/What-Happened-to-Brian-and-the-Ponds, Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  12. ^ 17.14.59 T/R DR. WHO - EPISODE 2: 'GUEST OF MADAME GUILLOTINE' (23/1/4/3160), Television Service- BBC1: Saturday: 15.8.1964, p. 2, http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/tv/isite-downloads/doctorwho/classic/pasb/reignofterror.pdf, page 4/12, retrieved 11 March 2013.
  13. ^ At the beginning of the play Martin acted as Jon Pertwee with his face covered and then regenerated.
  14. ^ 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) and did not include a regeneration sequence – http://nzdwfc.tetrap.com/archive/tsv61/sevenkeys.html. Retrieved 21 July 2010
  15. ^ The Evil of the Daleks Stage Show: The Plays before Evil, http://www.evilofthedaleks.co.uk/the-evil-of-the-daleks-stage-show.html. Retrieved 26 July 2010
  16. ^ Scovell also played the Doctor in the Bedlam Theatre fan video production, The Millennium Trap in 1997.
  17. ^ Dalek Links: Evil of the Daleks, http://www.daleklinks.co.uk/articles/evil-of-the-daleks. Retrieved 26 July 2010
  18. ^ Dalek Links: The Dalek Masterplan, http://www.daleklinks.co.uk/articles/the-dalek-masterplan. Retrieved 26 July 2010
  19. ^ Broadbent previously played the Doctor in a Victoria Wood As Seen On TV sketch.
  20. ^ Lumley is the first woman to play the Doctor on screen in an officially licensed production.
  21. ^ Briggs had previously played the Doctor in a series of fan-made audio stories for Audio Visuals, including the original version of Minuet In Hell. He appeared in all but the pilot, in which the Doctor was voiced by Stephen Payne. Brigg's Audio Visuals Doctor was the inspiration for a future incarnation of the Doctor that appeared with the Seventh Doctor and Ace, in the Doctor Who Magazine comic adventure “Party Animals” in issue 173. Brigg’s future Doctor made a reappearance in the fourth part of the DWM comic “The Final Chapter” (issue 265), when the Eighth Doctor regenerates into him. This “Ninth Doctor” was revealed to be Shayde acting undercover for the Eighth Doctor in the next story “Wormwood” (DWM issues 266–271).
  22. ^ Culshaw also impersonated the Fourth Doctor, and currently does Tenth Doctor impressions, in the radio and television series Dead Ringers.
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