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List of actors who have played the Doctor
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Since the beginning of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who 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 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.
The first Doctor was portrayed by William Hartnell and the incumbent is Ncuti Gatwa. Gatwa took over the role from David Tennant at the conclusion of the 2023 special "The Giggle".
Television
Series leads
| Actor (role) |
Tenure | First regular appearance | Last regular appearance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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] | |
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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) | ||
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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" | |
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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 | |
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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" | |
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Other Eleventh Doctor appearances
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| Peter Capaldi (Twelfth Doctor) |
25 December 2013 – 25 December 2017 (4 years) |
"Deep Breath" | "Twice Upon a Time" | |
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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. 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" | "The Power of the Doctor" | |
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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"[35] | "The Giggle"[36] | |
Other Fourteenth Doctor appearances
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| Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) |
9 December 2023 – present (6 months, 1 week and 5 days) |
"The Church on Ruby Road"[36] | Incumbent | |
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Other Fifteenth Doctor appearances
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Other
| Actor | Title | Dates | Role | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Barry | The Brain of Morbius | 24 January 1976 | Past Doctors seen during the Fourth Doctor's mind-bending battle against Morbius. | [40] |
| 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. | [41] |
| 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. | [42] |
| Geoffrey Hughes | The Ultimate Foe | 29 November – 6 December 1986 | Mr Popplewick, a matrix projection of the Valeyard. | [43] |
| Toby Jones | "Amy's Choice" | 15 May 2010 | The Dream Lord, a darker, psychic manifestation of the Doctor. | [44] |
| 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". | [45] |
| "The Night of the Doctor" | 14 November 2013 | [46] | ||
| "The Day of the Doctor" | 23 November 2013 | [47] | ||
| John Guilor | Planet of Giants DVD | 20 August 2012 | Re-dubbed voice work in the reconstruction of the original third and fourth episodes | |
| "The Day of the Doctor" | 23 November 2013 | Vocal cameo | [48] | |
| Michael Jones | "Listen" | 13 September 2014 | The First Doctor as a child; uncredited | [49] |
| 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). | [50] |
| "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 | [51] |
| "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. | [52] |
| Grace Nettle | "The Timeless Children" | 1 March 2020 | An incarnation of the Timeless Child | [53] |
| Leo Tang | An incarnation of the Timeless Child | |||
| Jesse Deyi | An incarnation of the Timeless Child, and the one who joined the Division | |||
| Sacha Dhawan | "The Power of the Doctor" | 23 October 2022 | The Master forces the Doctor to regenerate into him. | [54] |
Audio
| Actor | Title | Dates | Role | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| David Collings | Full Fathom Five | August 2003 | Alternative Doctor | |
| Ian Brooker | Alternative Doctor (uncredited) | |||
| Arabella Weir | Exile | September 2003 | Alternative Third Doctor | [55] |
| Nicholas Briggs | September 2003 | The previous incarnation of Arabella Weir's Doctor. | ||
| The Seven Keys to Doomsday | 23 October 2008 | The Third Doctor | ||
| The Ninth Doctor Chronicles | May 2017 | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=List_of_actors_who_have_played_the_Doctor
