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Which actors have played The Doctor over the years?


I remember watching Doctor Who as a kid and they went through about 2-3 Doctors in that time. And nowadays I think the new TV series have had one or two.


So how many different actors have played The Doctor, and who are they?



Answer




The other answer only lists the actors who have played Dr Who for an extended period in the BBC TV series. There are dozens more who have portrayed the Doctor in movies, specials, parodies, etc. -- see here for a much more complete list.


The list (with quite a lot of typos fixed) is:


Official



  • William Hartnell - 1st Doctor

  • Patrick Troughton - 2nd Doctor

  • Jon Pertwee - 3rd Doctor

  • Tom Baker - 4th Doctor

  • Peter Davison - 5th Doctor

  • Colin Baker - 6th Doctor


  • Sylvester McCoy - 7th Doctor

  • Paul McGann - 8th Doctor

  • John Hurt - The War Doctor

  • Christopher Eccleston - 9th Doctor

  • David Tennant - 10th Doctor

  • Matt Smith - 11th Doctor

  • Peter Capaldi - 12th Doctor

  • Jodie Whittaker - 13th Doctor


Unofficial




  • Trevor Martin - (alternative 4th) Doctor in The Seven Keys to Doomsday

  • Mark Gatiss - Doctor Who night parody Doctor

  • Richard E Grant - alternative 9th "Shalka" Doctor

  • Catherine Tate - The Friday Night Project Doctor

  • Rowan Atkinson - Comic Relief 9th Doctor

  • Richard E Grant - Comic Relief 10th Doctor

  • Jim Broadbent - Comic Relief 11th Doctor

  • Hugh Grant - Comic Relief 12th Doctor

  • Joanna Lumley - Comic Relief 13th Doctor


  • Lenny Henry - Parody Lenny Henry Show

  • Geoffrey Bayldon - Unbound 1

  • David Warner - Unbound 2

  • David Collings - Unbound 3

  • Michael Jayston - The Valeyard

  • Arabella Weir - Unbound 6

  • Peter Cushing - Doctor Who films

  • David Tennant - Meta Crisis doctor

  • Catherine Tate - The Doctor Donna

  • Adrian Gibbs - the watcher


  • Christopher Baker - Morbius Doctor 1

  • Robert Holmes - Morbius Doctor 2

  • Graeme Harper - Morbius Doctor 3

  • Douglas Camfield - Morbius Doctor 4

  • Philip Hinchcliffe - Morbius Doctor 5

  • Robert Banks Stewart -Morbius Doctor 6

  • George Gallaccio - Morbius Doctor 7

  • Christopher Barry - Morbius Doctor 8

  • David Morrisey - Jackson Lake

  • Nick Briggs - The future Doctor


  • NO ACTOR - the infinity Doctors

  • Jim Broadbent - Victoria Wood parody Doctor

  • Justin Lee Colins - Friday Night Project Doctor 2

  • Paul McGann - Zagreus Doctor

  • Richard Hurdnall - 1st doctor in The Five Doctors

  • Jon Culshaw - Many Doctor Who parodies

  • NO ACTOR - The Cabinet of Light Doctor

  • David Banks - The Ultimate Adventure Doctor

  • Clive Dunn - Doctor Fotherington (spoof)

  • Ronnie Barker - The Two Ronnies spoof Doctor


  • George Layton - Spoof 4th Doctor (the French and Saunders show)

  • Steve Vizard - Fastforward (spoof) Doctor Hewson

  • Vic Reeves - Third Doctor as Roger Daltrey

  • Mark Lamarr - Fourth Doctor as Pete Townshend

  • Bob Mortimer - First Doctor as John Entwistle

  • Matt Lucas - Second Doctor as Keith Moon

  • Mark Perry - Second Doctor Dead Ringers

  • Kevin Connelly - Seventh Doctor Dead Ringers

  • Phil Cornwell - Ninth Doctor Dead Ringers

  • Todd Carty - the Charlotte Church show


  • ?unknown actor - Gina's Laughing Gear parody 10th Doctor

  • Sam and Mark - Doctor two TMI

  • Trevor Martin - 3rd Doctor on stage (Jon Pertwee's Doctor)

  • Tony Garner - Two and a half Doctor (devious)

  • NO ACTOR - Muldwych

  • NO ACTOR - The Relic

  • Lance Curtis - Dr. Poo (radio show)

  • Sam and Mark - Dr. Poo (TMI)

  • Basil Brush - Basil's Swap Shop Doctor Who

  • NO ACTOR (Dr Zoidberg) - The Spoof Doctor (Futurama comics)


  • NO ACTOR - Doctor Poo (comic book character) (Viz)

  • Edmund Warwick - Robot Dr.Who

  • Toby Jones - The Dream Lord

  • Nick Scovell - Stage Doctor

  • Sylvester McCoy - Regenerating 6th Doctor

  • David Bradley - Alternate 1st doctor

  • George Watsky - 4th Doctor and Peter Shukoff (aka Nice Peter) - 10th Doctor on Epic Rap Battles of History


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