- William Hartnell
1963 - 1966 - Patrick Troughton
1966 - 1969 - Jon Pertwee
1970 - 1974 - Tom Baker
1974 - 1981 - Peter Davison
1982 - 1984 - Colin Baker
1984 - 1986 - Sylvester McCoy
1987 - 1989 - Paul McGann
1996 - Christopher Eccleston
2005 - David Tennant
2005 - 2010 - Matt Smith
2010 - 2013 - Peter Capaldi
2014 - 2017 - Alternative Doctors
- Travelling
Companions - Characters
- Alien Species
- Alien
Worlds
Doctor Who In Detail is a guide to the long running BBC Television programme Doctor Who. The first episode was broadcast in 1963, and the programme celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2013, making Doctor Who the longest running science fiction television programme.
Twelve actors have portrayed the role of the Doctor in the televsion series (excluding stand-ins) with Jodie Whittaker due to take on the role as the Thirteenth Doctor, the first time the Doctor has been portrayed by a woman.
Tegan: And who might you be?
First Doctor: I might be any number of things, young lady. As it happens I am the Doctor. The original, you might say.
Tegan and the First Doctor (played by Richard Hurndall)
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