# List of actors who have played the Doctor

Fourteen actors have portrayed The Doctor in a leading role in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The series' protagonist, the Doctor is an alien from a species called Time Lords. The transition to each succeeding actor is explained within the narrative through the plot device of regeneration, which allows Time Lords a change of cellular structure when they near death, changing their appearance and personality. The first actor to portray the Doctor was William Hartnell beginning with An Unearthly Child (1963) through The Tenth Planet (1966). In the final moments of the serial, the First Doctor regenerated into Patrick Troughton's Second Doctor.
The incumbent Fifteenth Doctor is played by Ncuti Gatwa, who took over the role from David Tennant following the conclusion of "The Giggle" (2023).
Outside of television many actors have played the Doctor on in various BBC-licensed spin-offs on television, stage, radio, film, audio plays, and webcasts. The character's ability to periodically regenerate appearance and personality has facilitated the ability of new actors to take over the role – in official and unofficial productions – while in most cases maintaining continuity with the television series.

## Television
### Series leads

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| Actor (role) | Tenure | First regular appearance | Last regular appearance |
| William Hartnell (First Doctor) | 23 November 1963 – 29 October 1966 (2 years, 11 months and 6 days) | An Unearthly Child "An Unearthly Child" | The Tenth Planet Episode 4 |
| Other First Doctor appearances William Hartnell also played the Doctor in an initial version of An Unearthly Child. This was the first attempt at the first episode of the original series, filmed in September 1963 and first released on The Hartnell Years VHS in 1990. Television: The Three Doctors – 30 December 1972 – 20 January 1973 (last appearance in-character) |||
| Patrick Troughton (Second Doctor) | 29 October 1966 – 21 June 1969 (2 years, 7 months, 3 weeks and 2 days) | The Power of the Daleks Episode One | The War Games Episode Ten |
| Other Second Doctor appearances Television: The Three Doctors – 30 December 1972 – 20 January 1973 Television: "The Five Doctors" – 23 November 1983 Television: The Two Doctors – 16 February – 2 March 1985 (last appearance in-character) |||
| Jon Pertwee (Third Doctor) | 3 January 1970 – 8 June 1974 (4 years, 5 months and 5 days) | Spearhead from Space Episode One | Planet of the Spiders Part Six |
| Other Third Doctor appearances Stage: Glorious Goodwood – 18 May 1974 (audio recording) Stage: Doctor Who – The Ultimate Adventure – 23 March 1989 – 3 June 1989 Radio: The Paradise of Death – 27 August – 24 September 1993Television: Dimensions in Time – 26–27 November 1993 Fan film: Devious – post-regeneration sequence filmed in 1995 (this recording of Pertwee was also used in the Big Finish audio drama Zagreus) Radio: The Ghosts of N-Space – 20 January – 24 February 1996 Television: Surprise Surprise – episode 13×04 – 21 April 1996 (last appearance in-character) |||
| Tom Baker (Fourth Doctor) | 8 June 1974 – 21 March 1981 (6 years, 9 months, 1 week and 6 days) | Robot Part One | Logopolis Part Four |
| Tom Baker also appeared as the Curator in "The Day of the Doctor" (2013). It was implied that he was a future incarnation of the Doctor revisiting "a few of the old favourites" of his past faces, and who had retired from adventuring and was now the curator of the National Gallery in London. Other Fourth Doctor appearances Television: Disney Time – 25 August 1975LP: The Pescatons – July 1976Radio: Exploration Earth, Episode 3: "The Time Machine" – 4 October 1976Television: Shada – July 1992Television: Dimensions in Time – 26–27 November 1993Computer game: Destiny of the Doctors – 5 December 1997Television: Doctor Who Night – 13 November 1999 (in character as a Doctor, after Paul McGann)Audio: Hornet's Nest – 3 September 2009 – 3 December 2009Audio: Demon Quest – 2 September 2010 – 2 December 2010Audio: Serpent Crest – 8 September 2011 – 8 December 2011Audio: Big Finish Productions – 9 January 2012 onwards (first story Destination Nerva)Television: Shada – 24 November 2017 |||
| Peter Davison (Fifth Doctor) | 21 March 1981 – 16 March 1984 (2 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 3 days) | Castrovalva Part One | The Caves of Androzani Part Four |
| Other Fifth Doctor appearances Television: Blue Peter – 21 November 1983 Television: Dimensions in Time – 26–27 November 1993Computer game: Destiny of the Doctors – 5 December 1997 Audio: Big Finish Productions – 19 July 1999 onwards (first story The Sirens of Time) Television: Children in Need special episode, "Time Crash" – 16 November 2007 Immersive experience: Time Fracture – 26 May 2021 (pre-recorded audio)Television: "The Power of the Doctor" – 23 October 2022 Television: Tales of the TARDIS: Earthshock – 1 November 2023 |||
| Colin Baker (Sixth Doctor) | 16 March 1984 – 6 December 1986 (2 years, 8 months, 2 weeks and 6 days) | The Twin Dilemma Part One | The Ultimate Foe Part Two |
| Colin Baker previously appeared on Doctor Who playing a different character in the Fifth Doctor story Arc of Infinity. Other Sixth Doctor appearances Television: Jim'll Fix It – "A Fix with Sontarans" – 23 February 1985 Radio: Slipback – 25 July – 22 August 1985Stage: Doctor Who – The Ultimate Adventure – 5 June – 19 August 1989 Television: Dimensions in Time – 26–27 November 1993Computer game: Destiny of the Doctors – 5 December 1997Audio: Out of the Darkness – November 1998 Audio: Big Finish Productions – 19 July 1999 onwards (first story The Sirens of Time) Web: Real Time – 2 August – 6 September 2002Immersive experience: Time Fracture – 26 May 2021 (pre-recorded audio)Television: "The Power of the Doctor" – 23 October 2022 Television: Tales of the TARDIS: Vengeance on Varos – 1 November 2023 |||
| Sylvester McCoy (Seventh Doctor) | 7 September 1987 – 6 December 1989 (2 years, 2 months, 4 weeks and 1 day) | Time and the Rani Part One | Survival Part Three |
| Sylvester McCoy also briefly played the Sixth Doctor in Time and the Rani, during the regeneration scene, wearing a wig. Other Seventh Doctor appearances Television: Search Out Science – "Search Out Space" – 21 November 1990 Television: Dimensions in Time – 26–27 November 1993 Television: Doctor Who (TV movie) – 27 May 1996 Computer game: Destiny of the Doctors – 5 December 1997 Audio: Big Finish Productions – 19 July 1999 onwards (first story The Sirens of Time) Web: Death Comes to Time – 12 July 2001 – 30 May 2002Immersive experience: Time Fracture – 26 May 2021 (pre-recorded audio) Television: "The Power of the Doctor" – 23 October 2022Television: Tales of the TARDIS: The Curse of Fenric – 1 November 2023 |||
| Paul McGann (Eighth Doctor) | 27 May 1996 | Doctor Who (TV movie) | Doctor Who (TV movie) |
| Other Eighth Doctor appearances Audio: Earth and Beyond – September 1998Audio: Big Finish Productions – 22 January 2001 onwards (first story Storm Warning)Web: Shada – 2 May – 6 June 2003 Radio: BBC7 plays – 31 December 2006 – 18 February 2007 (first story Blood of the Daleks Part 1, last story Human Resources Part 2) Web and Television: "The Night of the Doctor" (mini-episode prequel to "The Day of the Doctor") – 14 November 2013 (via BBC red button service 16 November 2013 – 23 November 2013) Television: "The Power of the Doctor" – 23 October 2022 |||
| Christopher Eccleston (Ninth Doctor) | 26 March 2005 – 18 June 2005 (2 months, 3 weeks and 2 days) | "Rose" | "The Parting of the Ways" |
| Other Ninth Doctor appearances Video: "Dr. Who Proposal" – 21 April 2014 Video: "Video message from Christopher Eccleston to #drwhodaniel" – 14 December 2015 Video: "Christopher Eccleston reprises Doctor Who role to wish Blaine & Liam well on their wedding day." – 9 September 2018 Audio: Big Finish Productions – May 2021 onwards (first story Ravagers) |||
| David Tennant (Tenth Doctor) | 18 June 2005 – 1 January 2010 (4 years, 6 months and 2 weeks) | "The Christmas Invasion" | "The End of Time" Part Two |
| Other Tenth Doctor appearances Television: Children in Need special – 18 November 2005Interactive game: "Attack of the Graske" – 25 December 2005Television: The Infinite Quest – 2 April – 30 June 2007Television: Children in Need special episode, "Time Crash" – 16 November 2007Stage/Radio: "Music of the Spheres" – 27 July 2008Television: The Sarah Jane Adventures serial, The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith – 29 and 30 October 2009Red Button Service/Television: Dreamland – 21–26 November 2009Television: "The Day of the Doctor" – 23 November 2013Audio: Big Finish Productions – 16 May 2016 onwards (first story Technophobia)Television: Family Guy episode "Inside Family Guy" – 23 October 2016Web: Video message for Gary Russell – 28 January 2018, filmed in 2014Video game: The Edge of Reality – 14 October 2021 |||
| Matt Smith (Eleventh Doctor) | 1 January 2010 – 25 December 2013 (3 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 3 days) | "The Eleventh Hour" | "The Time of the Doctor" |
| Other Eleventh Doctor appearances Video games: "Doctor Who: The Adventure Games" – 5 June 2010 – 31 October 2011 (first story City of the Daleks, last story The Gunpowder Plot)Stage/Radio: Doctor Who Prom – 24–25 July 2010Stage/Arena: Doctor Who Live (filmed sequences) – 8 October – 7 November 2010Television: The Sarah Jane Adventures serial Death of the Doctor – 25 and 26 October 2010DVD Extras: Meanwhile, in the TARDIS (Complete Fifth Series box set) – 8 November 2010Video game: Nintendo DS Evacuation Earth – 12 November 2010Video game: Nintendo Wii Return to Earth – 19 November 2010Video game: iPod The Mazes of Time – 16 December 2010Exhibition/3D Video: Doctor Who Experience (filmed 3D sequences) – 20 February 2011Television: Comic Relief special episodes "Space" and "Time" – 18 March 2011Stage: The Crash of the Elysium (filmed sequences) – 1–17 July 2011 (appeared live in character on 16 July 2011)Web: "Let's Kill Hitler" Prequel – 15 August 2011Television: Doctor Who Confidential: "Death Is the Only Answer" – 1 October 2011Children in Need auction promotional video – 18 November 2011DVD Extras: Night and the Doctor, five mini-episodes included in the Complete Sixth Series box set – 21 November 2011Web: "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe" prequel – 6 December 2011Web: Promotion for Blue Peter-sponsored Script to Screen competition – 12 January 2012Video game: PlayStation Network The Eternity Clock – May 2012Television: Blue Peter special mini-episode, "Good as Gold" – 24 May 2012Web: Pond Life five-part prequel – 27–31 August 2012Web: "Asylum of the Daleks" prequel – 2 September 2012Television: Children in Need The Great Detective – 16 November 2012Television: Red Nose Day 2013: Call the Midwife: One Born Every Minute – 15 March 2013Television: BAFTA Doctor Who 50th anniversary tribute message – 12 May 2013Stage/Radio: Doctor Who Prom – 13–14 July 2013Television commercial: 50 years trailer – 19 October 2013DVD Extras: The Inforarium and Rain Gods, two of three special scenes included in the Complete Seventh Series Box Set – 28 October 2013Television: The Science of Doctor Who – 14 November 2013Television: Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide – 18 November 2013Television: An Adventure in Space and Time (cameo) – 21 November 2013Television: "Deep Breath" – 23 August 2014 |||
| Peter Capaldi (Twelfth Doctor) | 25 December 2013 – 25 December 2017 (4 years) | "Deep Breath" | "Twice Upon a Time" |
| Peter Capaldi previously appeared on Doctor Who playing a different character in the Tenth Doctor's episode "The Fires of Pompeii" and on the spin-off Torchwood as John Frobisher. Other Twelfth Doctor appearances Television: "The Day of the Doctor" (cameo; uncredited) – 23 November 2013Exhibition/3D Video: Doctor Who Experience (filmed 3D sequences) – 24 October 2014Video: "From The Doctor to my son Thomas" – 6 November 2014Web: "The Magician's Apprentice" prologue – 11 September 2015Web: "Home Invasion" – 30 November 2015Video game: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One: Lego Dimensions – 27 September 2015Television: "Friend from the Future" – 23 April 2016Television: Class episode "For Tonight We Might Die" – 22 October 2016Television: Children in Need Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sketch – 18 November 2016 |||
| Jodie Whittaker (Thirteenth Doctor) | 25 December 2017 – 23 October 2022 (4 years, 9 months and 4 weeks) | "The Woman Who Fell to Earth" | "The Power of the Doctor" |
| Other Thirteenth Doctor appearances Video game: The Runaway – 16 May 2019Video game: The Edge of Time – 12 November 2019Web: Message from the Doctor – 25 March 2020Web: United we stand, 2m apart – 8 April 2020Video game: The Lonely Assassins – 19 March 2021Immersive experience: Time Fracture – 26 May 2021 (pre-recorded video)Video game: The Edge of Reality – 14 October 2021Podcast: Redacted – 17 April 2022 – 19 June 2022 |||
| David Tennant (Fourteenth Doctor) | 23 October 2022 – 9 December 2023 (1 year, 1 month, 2 weeks and 2 days) | "The Star Beast" | "The Giggle" |
| Other Fourteenth Doctor appearances Television: Red Nose Day 2023: "Lenny Henry regenerates into David Tennant" – 17 March 2023Television: Children in Need special episode, "Destination Skaro" – 17 November 2023Television: CBeebies bedtime story – 24 November 2023 |||
| Ncuti Gatwa (Fifteenth Doctor) | 9 December 2023 – present (1 year, 3 months and 5 days) | "The Church on Ruby Road" | Incumbent |
| Other Fifteenth Doctor appearances Television: An Adventure in Space and Time (cameo) – 23 November 2023Television: Tales of the TARDIS: Pyramids of Mars – 20 June 2024 |||

### Other

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| Actor | Title | Dates | Role |
| Christopher Barry | The Brain of Morbius | 24 January 1976 | Faces seen during the Fourth Doctor's mind-bending battle against Morbius, retroactively revealed as past versions of the Doctor. |
| Robert Banks Stewart | The Brain of Morbius | 24 January 1976 | Faces seen during the Fourth Doctor's mind-bending battle against Morbius, retroactively revealed as past versions of the Doctor. |
| Christopher Baker | The Brain of Morbius | 24 January 1976 | Faces seen during the Fourth Doctor's mind-bending battle against Morbius, retroactively revealed as past versions of the Doctor. |
| Philip Hinchcliffe | The Brain of Morbius | 24 January 1976 | Faces seen during the Fourth Doctor's mind-bending battle against Morbius, retroactively revealed as past versions of the Doctor. |
| Douglas Camfield | The Brain of Morbius | 24 January 1976 | Faces seen during the Fourth Doctor's mind-bending battle against Morbius, retroactively revealed as past versions of the Doctor. |
| Graeme Harper | The Brain of Morbius | 24 January 1976 | Faces seen during the Fourth Doctor's mind-bending battle against Morbius, retroactively revealed as past versions of the Doctor. |
| Robert Holmes | The Brain of Morbius | 24 January 1976 | Faces seen during the Fourth Doctor's mind-bending battle against Morbius, retroactively revealed as past versions of the Doctor. |
| George Gallaccio | The Brain of Morbius | 24 January 1976 | Faces seen during the Fourth Doctor's mind-bending battle against Morbius, retroactively revealed as past versions of the Doctor. |
| Adrian Gibbs | Logopolis | 28 February – 21 March 1981 | The Watcher, who manifests as a harbinger of the Fourth Doctor's regeneration before merging into the Doctor's dying body. |
| Richard Hurndall | "The Five Doctors" | 23 November 1983 | Hurndall replaced Hartnell, who had died in 1975, as the First Doctor for the programme's 20th anniversary special. He also appeared in character on Blue Peter alongside Peter Davison on 21 November 1983. |
| Michael Jayston | The Trial of a Time Lord | 6 September – 6 December 1986 | The Valeyard, an evil version of the Doctor, an amalgamation of the Doctor's darker sides from between his twelfth and final incarnations. |
| Geoffrey Hughes | The Trial of a Time Lord | 29 November – 6 December 1986 | Mr Popplewick, a matrix projection of the Valeyard. |
| Toby Jones | "Amy's Choice" | 15 May 2010 | The Dream Lord, a darker, psychic manifestation of the Doctor. |
| John Guilor | Planet of Giants DVD | 20 August 2012 | Re-dubbed voice work in the reconstruction of the original third and fourth episodes of this First Doctor serial. |
| John Guilor | "The Day of the Doctor" | 23 November 2013 | Vocal cameo. |
| John Hurt | "The Name of the Doctor" | 18 May 2013 | The Doctor's incarnation known as the War Doctor, whose actions in the Time War were so drastic that he deemed himself unworthy of the name "Doctor". |
| John Hurt | "The Night of the Doctor" | 14 November 2013 | The Doctor's incarnation known as the War Doctor, whose actions in the Time War were so drastic that he deemed himself unworthy of the name "Doctor". |
| John Hurt | "The Day of the Doctor" | 23 November 2013 | The Doctor's incarnation known as the War Doctor, whose actions in the Time War were so drastic that he deemed himself unworthy of the name "Doctor". |
| Michael Jones | "Listen" | 13 September 2014 | The First Doctor as a child; uncredited. |
| David Bradley | "The Doctor Falls" | 1 July 2017 | Similarly to Hurndall, Bradley replaced Hartnell as the First Doctor. Bradley also portrayed Hartnell in the docudrama An Adventure in Space and Time (2013). |
| David Bradley | "Twice Upon a Time" | 25 December 2017 | Similarly to Hurndall, Bradley replaced Hartnell as the First Doctor. Bradley also portrayed Hartnell in the docudrama An Adventure in Space and Time (2013). |
| David Bradley | "The Power of the Doctor" | 23 October 2022 | Similarly to Hurndall, Bradley replaced Hartnell as the First Doctor. Bradley also portrayed Hartnell in the docudrama An Adventure in Space and Time (2013). |
| Jo Martin | "Fugitive of the Judoon" | 26 January 2020 | Previously unseen incarnation known as the Fugitive Doctor. |
| Jo Martin | "The Timeless Children" | 1 March 2020 | Previously unseen incarnation known as the Fugitive Doctor. |
| Jo Martin | "Once, Upon Time" | 14 November 2021 | Previously unseen incarnation known as the Fugitive Doctor. |
| Jo Martin | "The Power of the Doctor" | 23 October 2022 | Previously unseen incarnation known as the Fugitive Doctor. |
| Grace Nettle | "The Timeless Children" | 1 March 2020 | Incarnations of the Timeless Child, who is revealed to be the Doctor. |
| Leo Tang | "The Timeless Children" | 1 March 2020 | Incarnations of the Timeless Child, who is revealed to be the Doctor. |
| Jesse Deyi | "The Timeless Children" | 1 March 2020 | Incarnations of the Timeless Child, who is revealed to be the Doctor. |
| Sacha Dhawan | "The Power of the Doctor" | 23 October 2022 | The Master forces the Doctor to regenerate into him. |
| Richard E. Grant | "Rogue" | 8 June 2024 | An "unknown" Doctor who appears amongst the Doctor's previous faces. |

## Audio

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| Actor | Title | Dates | Role |
| Geoffrey Bayldon | Auld Mortality | May 2003 | Alternative First Doctor |
| Geoffrey Bayldon | A Storm of Angels | January 2005 | Alternative First Doctor |
| David Warner | "Sympathy for the Devil" | June 2003 | Alternative Third Doctor |
| David Warner | "Masters of War" | December 2008 | Alternative Third Doctor |
| David Warner | The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield. Volumes 3–7 | 24 August 2016 – 20 September 2022 | Alternative Third Doctor |
| David Warner | Bernice Summerfield: The Story So Far: Volume Two | 25 September 2018 | Alternative Third Doctor |
| David Warner | "Time Lord Immemorial" | 5 October 2023 | Alternative Third Doctor |
| David Warner | "The War Master Part 1" | 2 July 2024 | Alternative Third Doctor |
| David Collings | "Full Fathom Five" | August 2003 | Alternative Doctor |
| Ian Brooker | "Full Fathom Five" | August 2003 | New incarnation of Collings' Doctor |
| Michael Jayston | "He Jests at Scars..." | September 2003 | Alternate reality version of the Valeyard |
| Michael Jayston | "Trial of the Valeyard" | 17 December 2013 | The Valeyard |
| Michael Jayston | The Sixth Doctor: The Last Adventure | 17 August 2015 | The Valeyard |
| Michael Jayston | Bernice Summerfield: The Story So Far: Volume Two | 25 September 2018 | The Valeyard |
| Michael Jayston | The Eighth Doctor: The Time War: Volume Three | 13 August 2019 | The Valeyard |
| Arabella Weir | "Exile" | September 2003 | Alternative Third Doctor |
| Nicholas Briggs | "Exile" | September 2003 | The previous incarnation of Arabella Weir's Doctor |
| Nicholas Briggs | "Seven Keys to Doomsday" | 23 October 2008 | The Third Doctor |
| Nicholas Briggs | The Ninth Doctor Chronicles | May 2017 | The Ninth Doctor |
| Jon Culshaw | "The Kingmaker" | April 2006 | The Fourth Doctor |
| Jon Culshaw | "The Threshold" | 15 February 2022 | The Third Doctor |
| Trevor Martin | "Seven Keys to Doomsday" | 23 October 2008 | Alternative Fourth Doctor |
| William Russell | The Lost Stories | November 2010 – September 2013 | The First Doctor |
| William Russell | The Light at the End | 23 October 2013 | The First Doctor |
| William Russell | The Early Adventures | October 2014 – October 2016 | The First Doctor |
| Frazer Hines | The Lost Stories | December 2010 – November 2013 | The Second Doctor |
| Frazer Hines | The Light at the End | 23 October 2013 | The Second Doctor |
| Frazer Hines | The Early Adventures | September 2015 – present | The Second Doctor |
| Tim Treloar | The Light at the End | 23 October 2013 | The Third Doctor |
| Tim Treloar | The Third Doctor Adventures | September 2015 – present | The Third Doctor |
| Tim Treloar | The Legacy of Time | 17 July 2019 | The Third Doctor |
| Tim Treloar | The Diary of River Song: Series 6 | 27 August 2019 | The Third Doctor (cameo) |
| Tim Treloar | Once and Future | May 2023 – October 2023 | The Third Doctor |
| Tim Treloar | "Deathworld" | 16 August 2024 | The Third Doctor |
| John Banks | "Trial of the Valeyard" | December 2013 | The Hermit / The Thirteenth Doctor (a disguise used by the Valeyard) |
| Peter Purves | The Early Adventures | December 2014 – present | The First Doctor |
| Anthony Howell | "The End of the Line" | August 2015 | Tim Hope (a disguise used by the Valeyard) |
| Liz White | "The Brink of Death" | August 2015 | Genesta (a disguise used by the Valeyard) |
| John Hurt | The War Doctor series | December 2015 – February 2017 | The War Doctor |
| David Bradley | The First Doctor Adventures | December 2017 – April 2021 | The First Doctor |
| David Bradley | The Legacy of Time | 17 July 2019 | The First Doctor (cameo) |
| David Bradley | The Diary of River Song: Series 6 | 27 August 2019 | The First Doctor (cameo) |
| Jacob Dudman | The Doctor Chronicles | April 2018 – present | The Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors |
| Jacob Dudman | Big Finish Short Trips | May 2020 – February 2022 | The Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors |
| Jacob Dudman | "The Union" | October 2023 | The Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors |
| Tom Baker | The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Stranded 1 | June 2020 | The Curator (implied to be a future version of the Doctor) |
| Tom Baker | The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Stranded 2 | March 2021 | The Curator (implied to be a future version of the Doctor) |
| Tom Baker | UNIT: Nemesis: Between Two Worlds | November 2021 | The Curator (implied to be a future version of the Doctor) |
| Colin Baker | The Eighth Doctor Adventures: Stranded 4 | April 2022 | The Curator (implied to be a future version of the Doctor) |
| Colin Baker | "The Artist at the End of Time" | June 2023 | The Curator (implied to be a future version of the Doctor) |
| Colin Baker | Doctor of War | 13 April 2022 – 27 September 2022 | The Doctor of War (Alternative Fifth Doctor) |
| Jonathon Carley | The War Doctor Begins | June 2021 – December 2023 | The War Doctor |
| Jonathon Carley | The War Doctor Rises | August 2024 – present | The War Doctor |
| Jonathon Carley | Susan's War: Family Ties | 28 August 2024 | The War Doctor |
| Michael Troughton | The Third Doctor Adventures: The Annihilators | February 2022 | The Second Doctor |
| Michael Troughton | The Second Doctor Adventures | July 2022 – present | The Second Doctor |
| Michael Troughton | Once and Future | May 2023 – October 2023 | The Second Doctor |
| Michael Troughton | "Deathworld" | 16 August 2024 | The Second Doctor |
| Stephen Noonan | The First Doctor Adventures | 12 April 2022 – present | The First Doctor |
| Stephen Noonan | Once and Future | May 2023 – October 2023 | The First Doctor |
| Stephen Noonan | "Deathworld" | 16 August 2024 | The First Doctor |
| Jo Martin | "Coda – The Final Act" | November 2024 | The Fugitive Doctor |
| Jo Martin | The Fugitive Doctor series | January 2025 – present | The Fugitive Doctor |

### The Doctor in others' bodies

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| Actor | Title | Dates | Role |
| India Fisher | "Solitaire" | June 2010 | The Eighth Doctor speaking through Charley Pollard |
| Terry Molloy | "The Curse of Davros" | January 2012 | The Sixth Doctor in the body of Davros |
| Frazer Hines | "The Jigsaw War" | May 2012 | The Second Doctor in Jamie's body |
| Melvyn Hayes | "The Scorchies" | 7 March 2013 | The Third Doctor in Professor Baffle's body |
| Damian Lynch | "Ghost in the Machine" | October 2013 | The Third Doctor in Benjamin Chikoto's voice |
| Katy Manning | "Ghost in the Machine" | October 2013 | The Third Doctor in Jo's body |
| Nicola Bryant | "The Widow's Assassin" | 30 October 2014 | The Sixth Doctor in Peri's body |
| Anneke Wills | "The Crumbling Magician" | 18 September 2019 | The First Doctor in Polly's body |
| Derek Jacobi | The War Master: Hearts of Darkness | October 2020 | The Eighth Doctor in The Master's body |

## Other media

Other media :
| Actor | Title | Dates | Role | Medium |
| Peter Cushing | Dr. Who and the Daleks | 23 August 1965 | Dr. Who | Film |
| Peter Cushing | Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. | 5 August 1966 | Dr. Who | Film |
| Trevor Martin | Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday | 16 December 1974 – 7 January 1975 | Alternative Fourth Doctor | Stage play |
| Michael Sagar | Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday | 24 November – 8 December 1984 | The Doctor | Stage play |
| Lenny Henry | The Lenny Henry Show (S2-E5) | 3 October 1985 | The Seventh Doctor | Parody |
| David Banks | Doctor Who – The Ultimate Adventure | 29 April 1989 | The Doctor (one performance) | Stage play |
| Rowan Atkinson | The Curse of Fatal Death | 12 March 1999 | The Doctor | Official parody |
| Richard E. Grant | The Curse of Fatal Death | 12 March 1999 | The Quite Handsome Doctor | Official parody |
| Jim Broadbent | The Curse of Fatal Death | 12 March 1999 | The Shy Doctor | Official parody |
| Hugh Grant | The Curse of Fatal Death | 12 March 1999 | The Handsome Doctor | Official parody |
| Joanna Lumley | The Curse of Fatal Death | 12 March 1999 | The Female Doctor | Official parody |
| Mark Gatiss | The Web of Caves | 13 November 1999 | The Doctor | Official parody |
| Richard E. Grant | Scream of the Shalka | 13 November – 18 December 2003 | A previously official Ninth Doctor prior to the programme's 2005 revival | Webcast |
| David Bradley | Doctors Assemble! | 23 May 2020 | The First Doctor | Webcast |
| Chris Walker-Thompson | Doctors Assemble! | 23 May 2020 | The Second Doctor | Webcast |
| Jon Culshaw | Doctors Assemble! | 23 May 2020 | The Third, Fourth and Fifth Doctors | Webcast |
| Angus Villiers-Stuart | Doctors Assemble! | 23 May 2020 | The Sixth and Eighth Doctors | Webcast |
| Wink Taylor | Doctors Assemble! | 23 May 2020 | The Seventh Doctor | Webcast |
| Jonathon Carley | Doctors Assemble! | 23 May 2020 | The War and Twelfth Doctors | Webcast |
| Pete Walsh | Doctors Assemble! | 23 May 2020 | The Ninth Doctor | Webcast |
| Jacob Dudman | Doctors Assemble! | 23 May 2020 | The Eleventh Doctor | Webcast |
| Debra Stephenson | Doctors Assemble! | 23 May 2020 | The Thirteenth Doctor | Webcast |
| Elliott Crossley | Doctors Assemble! | 23 May 2020 | The Tenth Doctor | Webcast |