The Doctors
by rowenna2000 | created - 15 Dec 2011 | updated - 14 Feb 2018 | PublicEach incarnation of the Doctor, including radio and film appearances. Also their respective companions, who qualify by having travelled with the Doctor in a substantial number of episodes. An exception is the companions who aided the Third Doctor during his exile, while he was grounded.
1. Jodie Whittaker
Actress | Doctor Who
Jodie Whittaker came to prominence after her breakout performance in Venus (2006), which was met with a string of nominations, including British Independent Film Award and Satellite Award nominations for "Most Promising Newcomer" and "Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical." Whittaker ...
THE THIRTEENTH DOCTOR (2017-present)
Companions:
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2. Peter Capaldi
Actor | Doctor Who
Peter Capaldi was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to Nancy (Soutar) and Gerald John Capaldi. His parents owned an ice cream business. He is of Italian (from his paternal grandfather), Scottish, and Irish descent. Capaldi attended drama classes and was accepted into the Glasgow School of Art. After ...
THE TWELFTH DOCTOR (2013-2017).
Companions:
- Clara (see below)
- Nardole, a criminal humanoid with an uncertainpast
- Bill Potts, a dinner lady from 2010s Bristol.
3. Matt Smith
Actor | Doctor Who
Matt Smith is an English actor who shot to fame in the UK aged 26 when he was cast by producer Steven Moffat as the Eleventh Doctor in the BBC's iconic science-fiction adventure series Doctor Who (2005).
Matthew Robert Smith was born and raised in Northampton, the son of Lynne (Fidler) and David ...
THE ELEVENTH DOCTOR (2010-2013)
Companions:
- Amy Pond, a Scotswoman from 2000s England.
- Rory Williams, a nurse from 2000s England.
- Clara Oswald, a nanny from 2010s England.
4. Toby Jones
Actor | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Widely regarded as one of the greatest stage and screen actors both in his native Great Britain and internationally, Toby Edward Heslewood Jones was born on September 7, 1966 in Hammersmith, London. His parents, Freddie Jones and Jennie Heslewood, are actors as well. Toby has two brothers: Rupert, ...
2010
The Dream Lord
5. David Tennant
Actor | Doctor Who
Widely considered as one of the greatest stage and screen actors of his generation both in his native Scotland and internationally, David Tennant was born David John McDonald in West Lothian, Scotland, to Essdale Helen (McLeod) and Sandy McDonald, who was a Presbyterian minister. He is of Scottish ...
THE TENTH DOCTOR (2005-10) and y personal favourite.
Companions:
- Rose (see below)
- Jack Harkness, a con-man from another planet
- Donna Noble, a temp from 2000s London.
- Martha Jones, a trainee doctor from 2000s London.
6. Christopher Eccleston
Actor | Thor: The Dark World
Christopher Eccleston trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and first came to public attention as Derek Bentley in Let Him Have It (1991). However, it was a regular role in the television series Cracker (1993) that made him a recognizable figure in the United Kingdom. He appeared in the ...
THE NINTH DOCTOR (2005)
Companion:
- Rose, a shop assistant from 2000s London.
7. David Warner
Actor | Titanic
Distinguished character actor David Hattersley Warner was born on July 29, 1941 in Manchester, England, to Ada Doreen (Hattersley) and Herbert Simon Warner. He was born out of wedlock and raised by each of his parents, eventually settling with his itinerant father and stepmother. He only saw his ...
2003/08
Alternative (ninth?) Doctor, on radio.
8. Nicholas Briggs
Actor | The Airzone Solution
Nicholas Briggs was born on September 29, 1961 in London, England, UK. He is a producer and actor, known for The Airzone Solution (1993), 4.3.2.1. (2010) and Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures (2012).
2003/07-08
Alternative Doctor, on stage and radio.
9. John Hurt
Actor | Nineteen Eighty-Four
One of stage, screen and TV's finest transatlantic talents, slight, gravel-voiced, pasty-looking John Vincent Hurt was born on January 22, 1940, in Shirebrook, a coal mining village, in Derbyshire, England. The youngest child of Phyllis (Massey), an engineer and one-time actress, and Reverend ...
THE WAR DOCTOR (between Eight and Nine).
No companions
10. Geoffrey Bayldon
Actor | Casino Royale
Born Leeds, England and trained at Old Vic Theatre School, 1947-1949. First stage appearance in "Tough at the Top" (C.B. Cochran's last musical) in 1949, followed by seasons at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon; Glasgow Citizen's and Birmingham Repertory Theatre. First in ...
2003/2005
Alternative (first?) Doctor, on radio.
11. Arabella Weir
Actress | The Fast Show
Arabella Weir was born on December 6, 1957 in San Francisco, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for The Fast Show (1994), Posh Nosh (2003) and Colette (2018). She is married to Dr Jeremy Norton. They have two children.
2003
Alternative (third?) Doctor, on radio.
12. Richard E. Grant
Actor | Gosford Park
Richard E. Grant is an actor and presenter. He made his film debut as Withnail in the comedy Withnail and I (1987). Grant received critical acclaim for his role as Jack Hock in Marielle Heller's drama film Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018), winning various awards including the Independent Spirit ...
2003
Appeared in Doctor Who: Scream of the Schalka, as an alternative ninth Doctor.
13. Ian Brooker
Actor | Invasion Planet Earth
Ian Brooker was born on September 22, 1959. He is an actor and producer, known for Invasion Planet Earth (2019), The Casebook of Eddie Brewer (2012) and Harold Shipman (2014).
2003
Alternative Doctor, on radio (uncredited)
14. David Collings
Actor | Scrooge
British stage and screen actor whose characters typically displayed indecision or timidity, usually mild-mannered or naive types who tended to come to a sticky end somewhere along the line. Collings began acting professionally with the Liverpool Repertory Theatre in the early 60s. Though having ...
2003
Alternative Doctor, on radio.
15. Paul McGann
Actor | The Three Musketeers
Paul McGann was born on November 14, 1959 in Kensington, Liverpool, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for The Three Musketeers (1993), Withnail & I (1987) and Alien 3 (1992). He has been married to Annie Milner since 1992. They have two children.
THE EIGHTH DOCTOR (1996)
No companions.
16. Sylvester McCoy
Actor | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Sylvester McCoy was born Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith on 20 August 1943, the only child of Molly Sheridan and Percy James Kent-Smith, a couple living in Dunoon, Scotland. His mother was Irish. Percy James Kent-Smith was killed in the Second World War a couple of months before his son was born, ...
THE SEVENTH DOCTOR (1987-89), and the first Doctor I can remember watching.
Companions:
- Brigadier-General Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart (see the Second Doctor)
- Ace, a teenager from nineties London
17. Michael Jayston
Actor | Nicholas and Alexandra
Michael was born in Nottingham where he was educated at Becket Roman Catholic Grammar School, West Bridgeford in Nottingham where he was known as Jimmy - his real name is Michael James - and where he was caned some 130 times. While that might have been a record, the one that went into the record ...
1986/2003
'The Valeyard' - an alternate reality Doctor.
18. Geoffrey Hughes
Actor | Yellow Submarine
Geoffrey began his extensive stage career at the Unity Theatre in Liverpool. He then appeared in several West End productions, such as Say Goodnight to Grandma and Run for Your Wife. He appeared in numerous TV shows, including Coronation Street (1960) and Keeping Up Appearances (1990), where he ...
1986
Mr. Popplewick, The Valeyard's disguise
19. Colin Baker
Actor | Doctor Who
Colin Baker was born in 1943 in the Royal Waterloo Lying-In Hospital in London during an air raid. He spent his earliest years in London with his mother, while his father served in the armed forces. He narrowly avoided an early death during the wartime blitz when a piece of flying shrapnel just ...
THE SIXTH DOCTOR (1984-86)
Companions:
- Peri Brown (see below)
- Melanie Bush, a computer programmer from eighties Brighton.
20. Peter Davison
Actor | Doctor Who
Peter Davison was born as Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett on 13 April 1951 in Streatham, London. A decade later, he and his family - his parents, Sheila and Claude (an electrical engineer who hailed from British Guiana), and his sisters, Barbara, Pamela and Shirley, moved to Knaphill, Woking, Surrey, ...
THE FIFTH DOCTOR (1981-84)
Companions:
- Brigadier-General Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart (see the Second Doctor)
- Adric (see below)
- Nyssa (see below)
- Tegan Jovanka (see below)
- Junior Ensign Commander Vislor Turlough, a soldier from the planet Trion.
- Peri Brown, a college student from eighties America
21. Adrian Gibbs
Actor | A Bridge Too Far
Adrian Gibbs is known for A Bridge Too Far (1977), Doctor Who (1963) and A Man Called Intrepid (1980).
1981/82
'The Watcher'
22. Tom Baker
Actor | Doctor Who
One of Britain's most recognizable (and most larger-than-life) character actors, Tom Baker is best known for his record-setting seven-year stint as the Fourth Doctor in Doctor Who (1963). He was born in 1934 in Liverpool, to Mary Jane (Fleming) and John Stewart Baker. His father was of English and ...
THE FOURTH DOCTOR (1974-81)
Companions:
- Brigadier-General Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart (see the Second Doctor)
- Regimental Sergeant Major John Benton, a UNIT officer (see below)
- Sarah Jane Smith (see below)
- Lieutenant Harry Sullivan, a UNIT naval surgeon
- Leela, a warrior of a regressed human society on another planet.
- Romana, a Time Lord
- Adric, an elite from 32nd century Alzarius (a parallel universe)
- Nyssa, Daughter of Tremas, a noble from the planet Traken
- Tegan Jovanka, an air stewardess trainee from eighties Australia
23. Jon Culshaw
Actor | Dead Ringers
Jon Culshaw was born on June 2, 1968 in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Dead Ringers (2002), The Great Curator (2017) and Spitting Image (1984).
2006
The Fourth Doctor, on radio.
24. Trevor Martin
Actor | Babel
Trevor Martin was born on November 17, 1929 in Enfield, Middlesex, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Babel (2006), Three Golden Nobles (1959) and Doctor Who (1963). He was married to Hermione Gregory and Janet Moreton. He died on October 5, 2017 in Bulgaria.
1974-75, 2008
Alternative fourth doctor, on stage and radio
25. Jon Pertwee
Actor | Doctor Who
Jon Pertwee is best known for his portrayal of the Third Doctor on the BBC's science-fiction television series Doctor Who (1963) from 1970 to 1974. He was also the first to play the role following the transition of BBC One from black and white to colour. His 60-year entertainment career included ...
THE THIRD DOCTOR (1970-74)
Companions:
- Corporal Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (see below)
- Corporal John Benton, a UNIT officer in the seventies.
- Captain Mike Yates, a UNIT soldier in the seventies.
- Jo Grant (later Jones), a UNIT civilian worker from seventies England.
- Sarah Jane Smith, a journalist from seventies Dorset, England.
26. Patrick Troughton
Actor | The Omen
Patrick Troughton was born in Mill Hill, London and was educated at Mill Hill School. He trained as an actor at the Embassy School of Acting in the UK and at Leighton Rollin's Studio for for Actors at Long Island, New York in the USA. During World War II he served in the Royal Navy and after the ...
SECOND DOCTOR (1966-69)
Companions:
- Ben Jackson (see below)
- Polly Wright, later Jackson (see below)
- Jamie McCrimmon, a piper from 1740s Scotland
- Corporal Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, a founder of UNIT.
- Victoria Waterfield, a teenager from 1860s Earth
- Zoe Heriot, a teenage genius from the 2070s.
27. David Troughton
Actor | Crime and Punishment
David Troughton was born in London on 9 June 1950, the son of noted Shakespearean actor Patrick Troughton, who is now best remembered as the Second Doctor in Doctor Who (1963). He started his own acting career at the Unicorn Theatre for Children. His stage career has included repertory at Leeds, ...
2011
The Second Doctor, on radio.
28. Peter Cushing
Actor | Star Wars
Peter Wilton Cushing was born on May 26, 1913 in Kenley, Surrey, England, to Nellie Maria (King) and George Edward Cushing, a quantity surveyor. He and his older brother David were raised first in Dulwich Village, a south London suburb, and then later back in Surrey. At an early age, Cushing was ...
1965-66
Appeared in two Doctor Who films
29. Edmond Warwick
Actor | Doctor Who
Edmond Warwick was born in 1907 in the UK. He was an actor, known for Doctor Who (1963), Potts in Parovia (1956) and R3 (1964). He died in December 1989 in the UK.
1964
Filled in for the injured Hartnell.
30. Richard Hurndall
Actor | Oil Strike North
A gaunt, intense character actor of striking presence, Richard Gibbon Hurndall was educated at Scarborough College and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He acted professionally from 1930, initially in repertory theatre and later with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon,...
1983
Took Hartnell's place for a 20-year special, as the actor had died in 1975.
31. William Hartnell
Actor | Murder in Reverse?
William Hartnell was born on 8 January 1908, just south of St. Pancras railway station in London. In press materials in the 1940s he claimed that his father was a farmer and later a stockbroker; it turns out that he had actually been born out of wedlock, as his biography "Who's There?" states.
At ...
THE FIRST DOCTOR (1963-73)
Companions:
- 'Susan Foreman', the Doctor's granddaughter. Also known as Susan English and Susan Campbell, her Time Lord name was either Larn or Arkytior.
- Ian Chesterton, a science teacher from sixties London.
- Barbara Wright (later Chesterton), a history teacher from sixties London.
- Vicki Pallister, a teenager from London in 2495.
- Steven Taylor, a spaceship pilot from 24th century Earth.
- Dodo Chaplet, a teenager from sixties London.
- Ben Jackson, a naval seaman from London in the sixties.
- Polly Wright, a post office worker from sixties London.
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