List of actors who have played the Doctor
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Since the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who began in 1963, many 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.
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[edit] Actors who have played a regular television Doctor
[edit] Other Doctors
| Actor | Medium | Title | Dates | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmund Warwick | Image:Warwick2.jpg | Television | The Chase episodes 4 and 5 | June 12 1965 and June 19 1965 | Robot First Doctor 1 |
| Peter Cushing | Image:Cushing Daleks.jpg | Film | Dr. Who and the Daleks | June 25 1965 | Dr. Who |
| Image:Cushing Invasionearth.jpg | Film | Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD | July 22 1966 | Dr. Who | |
| Trevor Martin | Stage | Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday | December 16 1974 to January 1975 | The Fourth Doctor (shown on stage to be regenerated from the Jon Pertwee Third Doctor) | |
| Adrian Gibbs | Image:Gibbs1.jpg | Television | Logopolis | February 28 1981 to March 21 1981 | The Watcher (said to be a manifestation of the Doctor bridging his fourth and fifth incarnations; he merges with the Fourth Doctor as he regenerates into the Fifth Doctor) |
| Richard Hurndall |  | Television | The Five Doctors | November 23 1983 | The First Doctor |
| Michael Jayston |  | Television | The Trial of a Time Lord | September 6 to December 6 1986 | The Valeyard (said to be a future evil incarnation of the Doctor, existing between his twelfth and final incarnation) |
| Audio | He Jests at Scars... | September 2003 | The Valeyard | ||
| David Banks |  | Stage | Doctor Who - The Ultimate Adventure | April 29 1989 | The Doctor (understudy for Jon Pertwee; performed as the Doctor for two performances when Pertwee fell ill) |
| Rowan Atkinson |  | Television | Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death | March 12 1999 | The Ninth Doctor |
| Richard E. Grant | Television | Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death | March 12 1999 | The Tenth Doctor | |
 | Webcast | Scream of the Shalka | November 13 to December 18 2003 | The unofficial Ninth Doctor | |
| Jim Broadbent | Television | Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death | March 12 1999 | The Eleventh Doctor 2 | |
| Hugh Grant | Image:Grant1.jpg | Television | Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death | March 12 1999 | The Twelfth Doctor |
| Joanna Lumley | Image:Jlumleydoc.jpg | Television | Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death | March 12 1999 | The Thirteenth Doctor |
| Mark Gatiss | Television | The Web of Caves | November 13 1999 | The Doctor | |
| Geoffrey Bayldon |  | Audio | Auld Mortality | May 2003 | Alternative Doctor (possibly first) |
| Image:Doc Badylon2.jpg | Audio | A Storm of Angels | January 2005 | Alternative Doctor (possibly first) | |
| David Warner |  | Audio | Sympathy for the Devil | June 2003 | Alternative Doctor (possibly third) |
| Audio | The Dark Palace | 2006 | Alternative Doctor (possibly third) | ||
| David Collings | Audio | Full Fathom Five | August 2003 | Alternative Doctor | |
| Derek Jacobi | Image:Sir Derek Jacobi.jpg | Audio | Deadline | September 2003 | A possibly delusional writer who believes he is the Doctor |
| Nicholas Briggs | Audio | Exile | September 2003 | The previous incarnation of Arabella Weir's Doctor (possibly second) 3 | |
| Arabella Weir | Audio | Exile | September 2003 | Alternative Doctor (possibly third) | |
| Jon Culshaw | Audio | The Kingmaker | April 2006 | The Fourth Doctor. 4 | |
[edit] Footnotes
- 1 Warwick was also William Hartnell's stand-in and stunt man.
- 2 Broadbent previously played the Doctor in a Victoria Wood sketch.
- 3 Briggs had previously played the Doctor in a series of fan-made audio stories for Audio Visuals.
- 4 Culshaw also does his Tom Baker impression in the radio and television series Dead Ringers.
