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The ten faces of the Doctor on television (clockwise from top-left)

Since the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who began in 1963, twenty-five actors have played the title character of the Doctor on television, and in various spin-offs on television, stage, radio, film, audio plays and webcasts.

This list does not include stand-ins, stunt men, actors in sketch comedies and send-ups or fan-produced stage shows, videos and audios.
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Actors who have played a regular television Doctor

Name Tenure First appearance Last appearance Other appearances
William Hartnell November 23 1963 to October 29 1966 100,000 BC episode 1 ("An Unearthly Child") The Tenth Planet episode 4
Patrick Troughton October 29 1966 to June 21 1969 The Tenth Planet episode 4 The War Games episode 10
Jon Pertwee January 3 1970 to June 8 1974 Spearhead from Space episode 1 Planet of the Spiders episode 6
Tom Baker June 8 1974 to March 21 1981 Planet of the Spiders episode 6 Logopolis episode 4
Peter Davison March 21 1981 to March 16 1984 Logopolis episode 4 The Caves of Androzani episode 4
Colin Baker March 16 1984 to December 6 1986 The Caves of Androzani episode 4 The Trial of a Time Lord episode 14 (The Ultimate Foe episode 2) (not played by Colin Baker for regeneration)
Sylvester McCoy September 7 1987 to December 6 1989 in the series and May 12 1996 in the Doctor Who television movie Time and the Rani episode 1 Doctor Who (Enemy Within)
Paul McGann May 12 1996 in the Doctor Who television movie Doctor Who (Enemy Within) Doctor Who (Enemy Within)
Christopher Eccleston March 26 to June 18 2005 Rose The Parting of the Ways
David Tennant June 18 2005 onwards The Parting of the Ways

Other Doctors

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