List of actors who have played the Doctor

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Image:10docs.jpg Since the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who began in 1963, twenty-five actors have played the title character of the Doctor on television, and in various spin-offs on television, stage, radio, film, audio plays and webcasts.

This list does not include stand-ins, stunt men, actors in sketch comedies and send-ups or fan-produced stage shows, videos and audios.

Actors who have played a regular television Doctor

Name	Tenure	First appearance	Last appearance	Other appearances
William Hartnell </br>(The First Doctor)	November 23 1963 to October 29 1966	100,000 BC episode 1 ("An Unearthly Child")	The Tenth Planet episode 4	Television: The Three Doctors - December 30 1972 to January 20, 1973 Television: The Five Doctors (archive footage) - November 23, 1983
Patrick Troughton </br>(The Second Doctor)	October 29 1966 to June 21 1969	The Tenth Planet episode 4	The War Games episode 10	Television: The Three Doctors - December 30 1972 to January 20 1973 Television: The Five Doctors - November 23 1983 Television: The Two Doctors - February 16 to March 2, 1985
Jon Pertwee </br>(The Third Doctor)	January 3 1970 to June 8 1974	Spearhead from Space episode 1	Planet of the Spiders episode 6	Television: The Five Doctors - November 23 1983 Stage: Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure - March 23 to June 3 1989 Radio: The Paradise of Death - August 27 to September 24 1993 Television: Dimensions in Time - November 27 to November 28 1993 Radio: The Ghosts of N-Space - January 20 to February 24 1996 Computer Game: Destiny of the Doctors (archive recordings of voice) - December 5 1997 Audio: Zagreus (archive recording) - November 2003
Tom Baker </br>(The Fourth Doctor)	June 8 1974 to March 21 1981	Planet of the Spiders episode 6	Logopolis episode 4	LP: The Pescatons - July 1976 Radio: Exploration Earth, Episode 3: The Time Machine - October 4, 1976 Television commercial: Keep Australia Beautiful - 1979 Television commercials: Prime Computers - 1979 to 1980 Television: The Five Doctors (archive footage) - November 23 1983 Television: Dimensions in Time - November 27 to November 28 1993 Computer Game: Destiny of the Doctors - December 5 1997
Peter Davison </br>(The Fifth Doctor)	March 21 1981 to March 16 1984	Logopolis episode 4	The Caves of Androzani episode 4	Television: Dimensions in Time - November 27 to November 28 1993 Computer Game: Destiny of the Doctors - December 5 1997 Audio: Big Finish Productions - July 19 1999 onwards (first story The Sirens of Time)
Colin Baker </br>(The Sixth Doctor)	March 16 1984 to December 6 1986	The Caves of Androzani episode 4	The Trial of a Time Lord episode 14 (The Ultimate Foe episode 2) (not played by Colin Baker for regeneration)	Television: Jim'll Fix It - A Fix with Sontarans - February 23 1985 Radio: Slipback - July 25 to August 22 1985 Stage: Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure - June 5 to August 19 1989 Television: Dimensions in Time - November 27 to November 28 1993 Computer Game: Destiny of the Doctors - December 5 1997 Audio: Big Finish Productions - July 19 1999 onwards (first story The Sirens of Time) Webcast: Real Time - August 2 to September 6 2002
Sylvester McCoy </br>(The Seventh Doctor)	September 7 1987 to December 6 1989 in the series and May 12 1996 in the Doctor Who television movie	Time and the Rani episode 1	Doctor Who (Enemy Within)	Television: Search Out Science - Search Out Space - November 21 1990 Television: Dimensions in Time - November 27 to November 28 1993 Computer Game: Destiny of the Doctors - December 5 1997 Audio: Big Finish Productions - July 19 1999 onwards (first story The Sirens of Time) Webcast: Death Comes to Time - July 12 2001 to May 30 2002
Paul McGann </br>(The Eighth Doctor)	May 12 1996 in the Doctor Who television movie	Doctor Who (Enemy Within)	Doctor Who (Enemy Within)	Audio: Big Finish Productions - January 22 2001 onwards (first story Storm Warning) Webcast: Shada - May 2 to June 6 2003
Christopher Eccleston </br>(The Ninth Doctor)	March 26 to June 18 2005	Rose	The Parting of the Ways
David Tennant </br>(The Tenth Doctor)	June 18 2005 onwards	The Parting of the Ways		Television: Children in Need special - November 18 2005.

Other Doctors

• Peter Cushing (Movies: Dr. Who and the Daleks - June 25 1965 and Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD - July 22 1966 - as Dr. Who)

• Trevor Martin (Stage: Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday - December 16 1974 to January 1975 - as the Doctor)

• Richard Hurndall (Television: The Five Doctors - November 23, 1983 - as the First Doctor)

• Michael Jayston (Television: The Trial of a Time Lord - September 6 to December 6 1986; Audio: He Jests at Scars... - September 2003 - as "the Valeyard")

• David Banks (Stage: Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure - understudy, played the Doctor when Jon Pertwee was indisposed on April 29 1989)

• Rowan Atkinson (Television: Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death - March 12 1999 - as the Ninth Doctor)

• Richard E. Grant (Television: Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death - March 12 1999 - as the Tenth Doctor; Webcast: Scream of the Shalka - November 13 to December 18 2003 - as the unofficial Ninth Doctor)

• Jim Broadbent (Television: Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death - March 12 1999 - as the Eleventh Doctor)

• Hugh Grant (Televison: Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death - March 12 1999 - as the Twelfth Doctor)

• Joanna Lumley (Television: Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death - March 12 1999 - as the Thirteenth Doctor)

• Geoffrey Bayldon (Audio: Auld Mortality - May 2003 and A Storm of Angels - January 2005 - as an alternate Doctor probably in his first incarnation but he may have regenerated on Gallifrey.)

• David Warner (Audio: Sympathy for the Devil - June 2003 and The Dark Palace - November 2005 - as an alternate Doctor possibly in his third incarnation)

• David Collings (Audio: Full Fathom Five - August 2003 - as an alternate Doctor)

• Derek Jacobi (Audio: Deadline - September 2003 - as a possibly delusional writer who believes he is the Doctor)

• Arabella Weir (Audio: Exile - September 2003 - as an alternate Doctor probably in "her" third incarnation)

Peter Cushing	Trevor Martin	Richard Hurndall	Michael Jayston
David Banks	Rowan Atkinson	Richard E. Grant	Jim Broadbent
Hugh Grant	Joanna Lumley	Geoffrey Bayldon	David Warner
Derek Jacobi

External links

• Forty-four other actors who have played the Doctor in fan productions