TMC
04-09-2024, 03:57 AM
https://whatculture.com/tv/doctor-who-every-version-of-the-doctor-explained?rf=homepage
The Doctor has lived many lives – many more than you might've realized.
BY MARK DONALDSON
MARCH 4TH, 2024
Doctor Who is often likened to James Bond. They're both major institutions that are threaded into the fabric of British identity. Both also change their lead actor quite frequently.
However, while there have only been six actors to play James Bond between 1962 and 2024, there have been 14 actors to play the 15 officially numbered incarnations of the Doctor in almost that exact same window of time.
And that's not all either. Alongside the Doctor, there have also been Timeless Children, Fugitives, Warriors, Dream Lords, Valeyards, and Curators. Adding those into the mix more than doubles the number of Doctors seen onscreen.
This list will be focusing on every incarnation seen in the TV show. There'll be no theatre Doctors like Trevor Martin or David Banks. No Comic Relief Doctors like Rowan Atkinson or Joanna Lumley. Nor will there be chancers like David Burton, the jobbing actor who claimed to be the Eighth Doctor before Paul McGann was cast.
Before going any further, a quick honorable mention for David Warner's Unbound Doctor from Big Finish, the best Doctor we never saw on television.
The Doctor has lived many lives – many more than you might've realized.
BY MARK DONALDSON
MARCH 4TH, 2024
Doctor Who is often likened to James Bond. They're both major institutions that are threaded into the fabric of British identity. Both also change their lead actor quite frequently.
However, while there have only been six actors to play James Bond between 1962 and 2024, there have been 14 actors to play the 15 officially numbered incarnations of the Doctor in almost that exact same window of time.
And that's not all either. Alongside the Doctor, there have also been Timeless Children, Fugitives, Warriors, Dream Lords, Valeyards, and Curators. Adding those into the mix more than doubles the number of Doctors seen onscreen.
This list will be focusing on every incarnation seen in the TV show. There'll be no theatre Doctors like Trevor Martin or David Banks. No Comic Relief Doctors like Rowan Atkinson or Joanna Lumley. Nor will there be chancers like David Burton, the jobbing actor who claimed to be the Eighth Doctor before Paul McGann was cast.
Before going any further, a quick honorable mention for David Warner's Unbound Doctor from Big Finish, the best Doctor we never saw on television.