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Doctor Who Actors

Name the actors who starred as the Doctor in the British science fiction series "Doctor Who".
Only includes the main actor who played the Doctor for each series
Quiz by Colesy
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Last updated: November 4, 2022
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First submittedFebruary 19, 2013
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Actor
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William Hartnell
2
Patrick Troughton
3
Jon Pertwee
4
Tom Baker
5
Peter Davison
6
Colin Baker
7
Sylvester McCoy
8
Paul McGann
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Actor
9
Christopher Eccleston
10
David Tennant
11
Matt Smith
12
Peter Capaldi
13
Jodie Whittaker
14
David Tennant
15
Ncuti Gatwa
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Level 8
Apr 20, 2014
Only missed one...forgot eight...and i haven't seen all the doctor who episodes...at least the classics anyway...i love eccleston...
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Level 26
Mar 1, 2020
Pall McGann was in the Doctor Who movie. Not so highly rated I might add...
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Level 45
Jul 16, 2020
Night of the Doctor is a short that is incredible and makes you feel that he was underappreciated
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Level 56
Dec 1, 2020
He's good in the radio ones, I think
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Level 66
Oct 19, 2017
Peter Cushing...
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Level 26
Mar 1, 2020
Technically not produced by BBC
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Level 31
Dec 20, 2022
Did not play “The Doctor”. He Played “Doctor Who” a human with a time machine in the movies
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Level 60
Jan 4, 2023
Lived in Whitstable
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Level 62
Nov 15, 2017
A little disappointed you didn't have War Doctor (8.5) John Hurt on the quiz either.

Having Cushing from the movies, or the other actors who have played the earlier doctors (Richard Hurndal as 1st Doctor from "The Five Doctors", David Bradley and Reece Shearsmith as 1st and 2nd Doctors in "An Adventure in Space and time") would be awesome.

maybe even the Shalka Doctor (Richard E Grant), or the Doctors from "Curse of the Fatal Death" special, but that would really be pandering to the die-hard fans. But we'd really love it ^_^

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Level 41
Dec 9, 2017
in an adventure in space and time they technically weren't playing the doctor they were playing William hartnell and Patrick troughton. ok yes David Bradley is playing the 1st doctor in the upcoming Christmas special and Richard hurndall did play the 1st doctor in the 5 doctors but I think that would just overcomplicate the quiz jus a little bit for some people unless it stated "1st doctor in the 5 doctors" etc
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Level 41
Dec 9, 2017
Cushing was never an official doctor anyway his movies are not canon. he wasn't even a time lord or called the doctor in them. he was a human scientist called doctor who and he invented the TARDIS and we all know TARDIS's were around long before the Doctor and they were grown and it took 1000s of years
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Level 86
Nov 20, 2017
Love the Baker Effect that gets you two for the price of one.
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Level 33
May 23, 2022
Shoot, I was putting in full names, got Tom Baker but forgot Colin's name.
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Level 60
Jan 3, 2023
Same with Tennant, now.
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Level 71
Dec 9, 2017
Kalleanon is right - Peter Cushing played him in a 60's movie.
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Level 41
Dec 9, 2017
the description clearly states in the SERIES and besides the Cushing movies are not canon
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Level 68
Dec 9, 2017
I'm missing John Hurt! The war doctor!
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Level 73
Dec 9, 2017
Captain Grumpy
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Level 41
Dec 9, 2017
why is the "doctor number" on here marked as series
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Level 82
Mar 27, 2018
yeah, the first column title should be changed
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Level ∞
Mar 27, 2018
Okay
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Level 82
Dec 10, 2017
I got 0. The only one I thought I remembered was "Pewtree" because he was on one of my characters played by multiple actors quizzes... but turns out that's not actually his name.
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Level 61
Dec 12, 2017
No problems with this quiz for me, got to love a bit of Doctor Who.
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Level 16
Jan 26, 2018
Needs the War Doctor added
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Level 76
Aug 12, 2021
I agree.
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Level 22
Aug 17, 2018
I'm so happy that David Tennant is the most guessed one
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Level 88
Aug 22, 2018
It doesn't accept Scarf Guy?
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Level 62
Oct 28, 2019
The description for the quiz isn't accurate. Paul McGann's 8th Doctor never got a season in the TV series.
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Level 71
Feb 21, 2021
Got all of the modern ones. I've only fully seen the first season of the modern series, but I started watching season 2 recently. I <3 Christopher Eccleston. David Tennant seems pretty good so far, but I still don't have as favorable an opinion of him as I do of 9. That could change though.
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Level 17
Apr 5, 2021
Hello I have created a Doctor Who quiz where you have to name all the episodes of New Who, why don't you give it a go
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Level 55
Jun 8, 2022
Needs an update now to add Ncuti Gatwa to this list!
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Level 55
Oct 29, 2022
An update is required to this list. David Tennant is the 14th Doctor and Ncuti Gatwa will be the 15th Doctor.
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Level 45
Sep 5, 2022
Only one I didn't get was Troughton :)
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Level 68
Oct 24, 2022
well we know 14 and 15 now...
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Level 56
Jan 4, 2023
This should be a yellow-box quiz, given the number of common surnames etc
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Level 78
Nov 6, 2023
...the number being just one common surname...?
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Level 65
Jun 17, 2023
Richard Hurndall played the First Doctor in The Five Doctors and Ncuti Gatwa hasn't actually played the Doctor yet