List of actors who have played the Doctor

William Hartnell

Patrick Troughton

Jon Pertwee

Tom Baker

Peter Davison

Colin Baker

Sylvester McCoy

Paul McGann

Christopher Eccleston

David Tennant

Matt Smith

Peter Capaldi

Jodie Whittaker

Ncuti Gatwa

Fourteen actors have portrayed the Doctor in a leading role in Doctor Who.

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 serial, 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.

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) Television: The Three Doctors – 30 December 1972 – 20 January 1973 (last appearance in-character)[4]
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 Television: Viewer advisory announcement for The Web of Fear – 27 January 1968[Note 1] Television: The Three Doctors – 30 December 1972 – 20 January 1973[4] Television: "The Five Doctors" – 23 November 1983[4] Television: The Two Doctors – 16 February – 2 March 1985 (last appearance in-character)[7]
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 Television: Trailer for The Ambassadors of Death – 1970 Stage: Glorious Goodwood – 18 May 1974 (audio recording) Stage: Seven Keys to Doomsday (filmed regeneration sequence)^[citation needed] – 16 December 1974 – 7 January 1975 Commercial: Zanussi: The Appliance of Science – c. 1981 Television: "The Five Doctors" – 23 November 1983[4] Stage: Doctor Who – The Ultimate Adventure – 23 March – 3 June 1989 Radio: The Paradise of Death – 27 August – 24 September 1993 Television: Dimensions in Time – 26–27 November 1993 Fan film: Devious – post-regeneration sequence filmed in 1995 (this recording of Pertwee was also used in the Big Finish audio drama Zagreus) Radio: The Ghosts of N-Space – 20 January – 24 February 1996 Surprise Surprise: episode 13×04 – 21 April 1996 (last appearance in-character)
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 Television: Disney Time – 25 August 1975 LP: The Pescatons – July 1976 Radio: Exploration Earth, Episode 3: "The Time Machine" – 4 October 1976 Television: Shada – July 1992 Television: Dimensions in Time – 26–27 November 1993 Television commercials: New Zealand Superannuation Services – 10 February 1997 Computer game: Destiny of the Doctors – 5 December 1997 Television: Doctor Who Night – 13 November 1999 (in character as a Doctor, after Paul McGann) Audio: Hornet's Nest – 3 September 2009 – 3 December 2009 Audio: Demon Quest – 2 September 2010 – 2 December 2010 Audio: Serpent Crest – 8 September 2011 – 8 December 2011 Audio: Big Finish Productions – 9 January 2012 onwards (first story Destination Nerva) Television: Shada – 24 November 2017 Immersive experience: Time Fracture - 26 May 2021 (pre-recorded audio)
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 Television: Blue Peter – 21 November 1983[10] Television: Dimensions in Time – 26–27 November 1993 Computer game: Destiny of the Doctors – 5 December 1997 Audio: Big Finish Productions – 19 July 1999 onwards (first story The Sirens of Time)[11] Television: Children in Need special episode, "Time Crash" – 16 November 2007[12] Immersive experience: Time Fracture - 26 May 2021 (pre-recorded audio) Television: "The Power of the Doctor" – 23 October 2022 Television: Tales of the TARDIS: Earthshock – 1 November 2023
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.[13] Other Sixth Doctor appearances Television: Jim'll Fix It – "A Fix with Sontarans" – 23 February 1985 Radio: Slipback – 25 July – 22 August 1985 Stage: Doctor Who – The Ultimate Adventure – 5 June – 19 August 1989 Television: Dimensions in Time – 26–27 November 1993 Computer game: Destiny of the Doctors – 5 December 1997 Audio: Out of the Darkness – November 1998 Audio: Big Finish Productions – 19 July 1999 onwards (first story The Sirens of Time)[11] Web: Real Time – 2 August – 6 September 2002 Immersive experience: Time Fracture - 26 May 2021 (pre-recorded audio) Television: "The Power of the Doctor" – 23 October 2022 Television: Tales of the TARDIS: Vengeance on Varos – 1 November 2023
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[14]	Survival Part Three[11]
	Sylvester McCoy also briefly played the Sixth Doctor in Time and the Rani, during the regeneration scene, wearing a curly blond wig.[14][15] Other Seventh Doctor appearances Television: Search Out Science – "Search Out Space" – 21 November 1990 Television: Dimensions in Time – 26–27 November 1993 Television: Doctor Who (TV movie) – 27 May 1996 Computer game: Destiny of the Doctors – 5 December 1997 Audio: Big Finish Productions – 19 July 1999 onwards (first story The Sirens of Time)[11] Web: Death Comes to Time – 12 July 2001 – 30 May 2002 Immersive experience: Time Fracture - 26 May 2021 (pre-recorded audio) Television: "The Power of the Doctor" – 23 October 2022 Television: Tales of the TARDIS: The Curse of Fenric – 1 November 2023
Paul McGann (Eighth Doctor)	27 May 1996	Doctor Who (TV movie)[16]
	Other Eighth Doctor appearances Audio: Earth and Beyond – September 1998 Audio: Big Finish Productions – 22 January 2001 onwards (first story Storm Warning) Web: Shada – 2 May – 6 June 2003 Radio: BBC7 plays – 31 December 2006 – 18 February 2007 (first story Blood of the Daleks Part 1, last story Human Resources Part 2) Web and Television: "The Night of the Doctor" (mini-episode prequel to "The Day of the Doctor") – 14 November 2013 (via BBC red button service 16 November 2013 – 23 November 2013)[17] Television: "The Power of the Doctor" – 23 October 2022
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 Video: "Dr. Who Proposal" – 21 April 2014[18] Video: "Video message from Christopher Eccleston to #drwhodaniel" – 14 December 2015[19] Video: "Christopher Eccleston reprises Doctor Who role to wish Blaine & Liam well on their wedding day." – 9 September 2018[20] Audio: Big Finish Productions – May 2021 onwards (first story Ravagers)
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 Television: Children in Need special – 18 November 2005 Interactive game: "Attack of the Graske" – 25 December 2005 Television commercial: Doctor Who (series 2) Trailer – 1 April 2006[21] Television: The Infinite Quest – 2 April – 30 June 2007 Television: Children in Need special episode, "Time Crash" – 16 November 2007 Stage/Radio: "Music of the Spheres" – 27 July 2008 Television: The Sarah Jane Adventures serial, The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith – 29 and 30 October 2009 Red Button Service/Television: Dreamland – 21–26 November 2009 Film: "The Day of the Doctor" cinema introduction – 23 November 2013 Television: "The Day of the Doctor" – 23 November 2013 Audio: Big Finish Productions – 16 May 2016 onwards (first story Technophobia) Television: Family Guy episode "Inside Family Guy" – 23 October 2016 Web: Video message for Gary Russell – 28 January 2018, filmed in 2014 Video game: The Edge of Reality – 14 October 2021
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 Video games: "Doctor Who: The Adventure Games" – 5 June 2010 – 31 October 2011 (first story City of the Daleks, last story The Gunpowder Plot) Stage/Radio: Doctor Who Prom – 24–25 July 2010 Stage/Arena: Doctor Who Live (filmed sequences) – 8 October – 7 November 2010 Television: The Sarah Jane Adventures serial Death of the Doctor – 25 and 26 October 2010 DVD Extras: Meanwhile, in the TARDIS (two scenes set between The Eleventh Hour & The Beast Below and "Flesh and Stone" & "The Vampires of Venice" included in the Complete Fifth Series box set) – 8 November 2010 Video game: Nintendo DS Evacuation Earth – 12 November 2010 Video game: Nintendo Wii Return to Earth – 19 November 2010 Video game: iPod The Mazes of Time – 16 December 2010 Exhibition/3D Video: Doctor Who Experience (filmed 3D sequences) – 20 February 2011 Television: Comic Relief special episodes "Space" and "Time" – 18 March 2011 Stage: The Crash of the Elysium (filmed sequences) – 1–17 July 2011 (appeared live in character on 16 July 2011) Web: "Let's Kill Hitler" Prequel – 15 August 2011 Television: Doctor Who Confidential: "Death Is the Only Answer" – 1 October 2011 Children in Need auction promotional video – 18 November 2011 DVD Extras: Night and the Doctor, five mini-episodes included in the Complete Sixth Series box set – 21 November 2011 Web: "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe" prequel – 6 December 2011 Web: Promotion for Blue Peter-sponsored Script to Screen competition – 12 January 2012 Video game: PlayStation Network The Eternity Clock – May 2012 Television: Blue Peter special mini-episode, "Good as Gold" – 24 May 2012 Web: Pond Life five-part prequel – 27–31 August 2012 Web: "Asylum of the Daleks" prequel – 2 September 2012 Television: Children in Need The Great Detective – 16 November 2012 Television: Red Nose Day 2013: Call the Midwife: One Born Every Minute – 15 March 2013 Web and Television: "The Bells of Saint John": A Prequel – 22 March 2013 Television: BAFTA Doctor Who 50th anniversary tribute message – 12 May 2013[22] Web and Television: She Said, He Said: A Prequel – 11 May 2013 Stage/Radio: Doctor Who Prom – 13–14 July 2013 Television commercial: 50 years trailer – 19 October 2013[23] DVD Extras: The Inforarium and Rain Gods, two of three special scenes included in the Complete Seventh Series Box Set – 28 October 2013 Television commercial: "The Day of the Doctor" BBC One ident interruption: The Clock's Ticking – 10 November 2013[24] Television commercial: "The Day of the Doctor" BBC One ident interruption: It's all been leading... – 11 November 2013[25] Television: The Science of Doctor Who – 14 November 2013[26] Television: Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide – 18 November 2013[27] Television: An Adventure in Space and Time (cameo) – 21 November 2013[28] Film: "The Day of the Doctor" cinema introduction – 23 November 2013 Television: "Deep Breath" – 23 August 2014[29]
Peter Capaldi (Twelfth Doctor)	25 December 2013 – 25 December 2017 (4 years)	"Deep Breath"[29]	"Twice Upon a Time"[30]
	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.[31] Other Twelfth Doctor appearances Television: "The Day of the Doctor" (cameo; uncredited) – 23 November 2013[32] Exhibition/3D Video: Doctor Who Experience (filmed 3D sequences) – 24 October 2014 Video: "From The Doctor to my son Thomas" – 6 November 2014 Web: "The Magician's Apprentice" prologue – 11 September 2015 Web: "Home Invasion" – 30 November 2015 Cinema: "The Doctor’s Meditation" – 15 September 2015 Video game: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One: Lego Dimensions – 27 September 2015 Television: "Friend from the Future" – 23 April 2016 Television: Class episode "For Tonight We Might Die" – 22 October 2016 Television: Children in Need Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sketch – 18 November 2016
Jodie Whittaker (Thirteenth Doctor)	25 December 2017 – 23 October 2022 (4 years, 9 months and 4 weeks)	"The Woman Who Fell to Earth"[33]	"The Power of the Doctor"
	Other Thirteenth Doctor appearances Video game: The Runaway – 16 May 2019 Video game: The Edge of Time – 12 November 2019 Web: Message from the Doctor – 25 March 2020 Web: United we stand, 2m apart – 8 April 2020 Video game: The Lonely Assassins – 19 March 2021 Immersive experience: Time Fracture – 26 May 2021 (pre-recorded video) Video game: The Edge of Reality – 14 October 2021 Podcast: Redacted – 17 April 2022 – 19 June 2022
David Tennant (Fourteenth Doctor)	23 October 2022 – 9 December 2023 (1 year, 1 month, 2 weeks and 2 days)	"The Star Beast"[34]	"The Giggle"[35]
	Other Fourteenth Doctor appearances Television: Red Nose Day 2023: "Lenny Henry regenerates into David Tennant" – 17 March 2023[36] Television: Children in Need special episode, "Destination Skaro" – 17 November 2023[37] Television: CBeebies bedtime story – 24 November 2023[38]
Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor)	9 December 2023 – present (1 year, 1 week and 1 day)	"The Church on Ruby Road"[35]	Incumbent
	Other Fifteenth Doctor appearances Television: An Adventure in Space and Time (cameo) – 23 November 2023[28] Television: Tales of the TARDIS: Pyramids of Mars – 20 June 2024

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.	[39]
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.	[40]
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.	[10]
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.	[41]
Geoffrey Hughes		29 November – 6 December 1986	Mr Popplewick, a matrix projection of the Valeyard.	[42]
Toby Jones	"Amy's Choice"	15 May 2010	The Dream Lord, a darker, psychic manifestation of the Doctor	[43]
John Guilor	Planet of Giants DVD	20 August 2012	Re-dubbed voice work in the reconstruction of the original third and fourth episodes	[44]
	"The Day of the Doctor"	23 November 2013	Vocal cameo	[45]
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"	[46]
	"The Night of the Doctor"	14 November 2013		[47]
	"The Day of the Doctor"	23 November 2013		[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
Grace Nettle	"The Timeless Children"	1 March 2020	Incarnations of the Timeless Child	[52]
Leo Tang
Jesse Deyi
Sacha Dhawan	"The Power of the Doctor"	23 October 2022	The Master forces the Doctor to regenerate into him.	[53]
Richard E. Grant	"Rogue"	8 June 2024	An "unknown" Doctor who appears amongst the Doctor's previous faces.	[54]

Audio

Actor	Title	Dates	Role	Ref
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	[55]
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	[56]
Trevor Martin	"Seven Keys to Doomsday"	23 October 2008	Alternative Fourth Doctor	[57]
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)
	"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		[58]
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		[59]
	"The Artist at the End of Time"	June 2023		[60]
	Doctor of War	13 April 2022 – 27 September 2022	The Doctor of War (Alternative Fifth Doctor)	[61][62]
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	[63]
	The War Doctor Rises	August 2024 – present		[64]
	Susan's War: Family Ties	28 August 2024		[65]
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

Actor	Title	Dates	Role	Medium	Ref
Peter Cushing	Dr. Who and the Daleks	23 August 1965	Dr. Who	Film	[66]
	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	Stage play	[57]
Michael Sagar		24 November – 8 December 1984	The Doctor[Note 2]		[67]
Lenny Henry	The Lenny Henry Show (S2-E5)	3 October 1985	The Seventh Doctor	Parody	[68]
David Banks	Doctor Who – The Ultimate Adventure	29 April 1989 (2 performances)	The Doctor (understudy for Jon Pertwee)	Stage play	[69]
Rowan Atkinson	The Curse of Fatal Death	12 March 1999	The Doctor	Official parody	[70]
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		[71]
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	[72]
David Bradley	Doctors Assemble!	23 May 2020	The First Doctor		[73]
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

• Doctor Who spoofs
• List of actors considered for the part of the Doctor

Notes

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).
2. 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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