Doctor Who (TV Series)

**Doctor Who** is a television series controlled by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation).

## Origins

Several individuals share credit for establishing Doctor Who in 1963, but it is generally accepted that the original impetus for the series, as well as the establishment of certain aspects, such as the concept of the TARDIS, the basic character of the Doctor and the title Doctor Who itself belong to Canadian-born Sydney Newman, who is also credited with creating another iconic series, The Avengers. Others involved in piecing together the puzzle that became the series include Head of Serials Donald Wilson, writer C. E. Webber, script editor David Whitaker and the show's first producer, Verity Lambert, the first woman to hold such a position at the BBC.

## Premise

It centres on a time traveller called "the Doctor", who comes from a race of beings known as Time Lords. They travel through space and time in a time machine they call the TARDIS. This ship — which looks like a small, London police box on the outside — has nearly infinite dimensions on the inside. It has become such an iconic shape in British culture that it is currently the intellectual property of the BBC rather than its actual makers, the Metropolitan Police Service.

In order to accommodate cast changes, the narrative allows the Doctor to regenerate into an essentially new person on occasion. The cast is rounded out by one or more "companions", often females. On average, the main cast completely changes once every three or four years — a significant factor in the longevity of the programme.

## Cast

* The First Doctor - William Hartnell
* The Second Doctor - Patrick Troughton
* The Third Doctor - Jon Pertwee
* The Fourth Doctor - Tom Baker
* The Fifth Doctor - Peter Davison
* The Sixth Doctor - Colin Baker
* The Seventh Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
* The Eighth Doctor - Paul McGann
* The War Doctor - Sir John Hurt
* The Ninth Doctor - Christopher Eccleston
* The Tenth Doctor - David Tennant
* The Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith
* The Twelfth Doctor - Peter Capaldi
* The Thirteenth Doctor - Jodie Whittaker
* The Fourteenth Doctor - David Tennant
* The Fifteenth Doctor - Ncuti Gatwa
* The Sixteenth Doctor - Adrian Lester
* The Seventeenth Doctor - Bhavna Limbachia
* The Eighteenth Doctor - Alfred Enoch

## First Doctor

The First Doctor was portrayed by William Hartnell from 1963-1966.

## Second Doctor

The Second Doctor was portrayed by Patrick Troughton from 1966-1969.

## Third Doctor

The Third Doctor was portrayed by Jon Pertwee from 1970-1974.

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## Fourth Doctor

The Fourth Doctor was portrayed by Tom Baker from 1975-1981.

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## Fifth Doctor

The Fifth Doctor was portrayed by Peter Davison from 1982-1984.

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## Sixth Doctor

The Sixth Doctor was portrayed by Colin Baker from 1984-1986.

### Season 22

The show's format changed to 45-minute episodes in this season.

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### Season 23

25-minute episodes resumed. *The Trial of a Time Lord* was produced as four separate serials (*The Mysterious Planet*, *Mindwarp*, *Terror of the Vervoids*, *The Ultimate Foe*) with 3 of them consisting of 4 episodes and the last being 2 episodes, making up 14 episodes. It is considered a single story by this wiki.

## Seventh Doctor

The Seventh Doctor was portrayed by Sylvester McCoy from 1987-1989.

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### Season 25

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### Season 26

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## Eighth Doctor

The Eighth Doctor was portrayed by Paul McGann from 1996.

## Ninth Doctor

The Ninth Doctor was portrayed by Christopher Eccleston from 2005.

## Tenth Doctor

The Tenth Doctor was portrayed by David Tennant from 2005-2010.

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## Eleventh Doctor

The Eleventh Doctor was portrayed by Matt Smith from 2010-2013.

## Twelfth Doctor

The Twelfth Doctor was portrayed by Peter Capaldi from 2013-2017.

## Thirteenth Doctor

The Thirteenth Doctor was portrayed by Jodie Whittaker from 2017-2022.

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## Fourteenth Doctor

The Fourteenth Doctor was portrayed by David Tennant from 2022-2023.

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## Fifteenth Doctor

The Fifteenth Doctor was portrayed by Ncuti Gatwa from 2022-2023.

## Sixteenth Doctor

The Sixteenth Doctor was portrayed by Adrian Lester from 2024-2029.

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## Seventeenth Doctor

The Seventeenth Doctor was portrayed by Bhavna Limbachia from 2029-2032.

## Eighteenth Doctor

The Eighteenth Doctor was portrayed by Alfred Enoch from 2032-2034.

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