Who played the second Doctor Who on TV?
The Box of Delights (TV series)
Patrick Troughton was a familiar face on BBC TV from playing the Second Doctor in "Doctor Who"; a contemporary "Blue Peter" feature on the drama makes the connection that in the role of Cole Hawlings, the kindly Punch and Judy Man, Troughton was playing another mysterious, scruffy time traveller. Renny Rye noted that Troughton "who was my favourite Doctor Who...had a quality that is unsurpassed, I think, as someone to pull you into a tale."
Jamie McCrimmon
James Robert McCrimmon, usually simply called Jamie, is a fictional character played by Frazer Hines in the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". A piper of the Clan McLaren who lived in 18th-century Scotland, he was a companion of the Second Doctor and a regular in the programme from 1966 to 1969. The spelling of his surname varies from one script to another; it is alternately rendered as Macrimmon and McCrimmond.
Doctor Who (season 26)
The twenty-sixth season of British science fiction television series "Doctor Who" began on 9 September 1989 with the serial "Battlefield", after a regular series of four serials was broadcast finishing with "Survival" which was the final episode of "Doctor Who" to air before a 16-year absence from episodic television following its cancellation.Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred both continue their roles as the Seventh Doctor and Ace for their final season.Nicholas Courtney returned to play Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in "Battlefield". He first appeared with the Second Doctor in 1968 in "The Web of Fear" before becoming a recurring character throughout the Second Doctor to the Fifth Doctor and last appearing in "The Five Doctors" (1983).
Michael Scott (Irish author)
On 5 February 2013 Michael Scott was announced as the author of "The Nameless City" a short story commissioned by the BBC to celebrate the 50th Anniversary year of the hit TV series Doctor Who. The story features the second Doctor, played by Patrick Troughton and his companion Jamie McCrimmon. It was released on 23 February 2013 as an ebook initially, and featured a special celebratory printed anthology which was released alongside the final e-story on 23 November 2013 by Puffin Books
Stephen Wyatt
Wyatt's first work for television was "Claws", filmed by the BBC in 1987, starring Simon Jones and Brenda Blethyn. He was then commissioned by Andrew Cartmel to write two scripts for the science-fiction series "Doctor Who", which were called "Paradise Towers" and "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy", both starring Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor. His other television credits include scripts for "The House of Eliott" and "Casualty".
List of Doctor Who episodes (2005–present)
In 2005, the BBC relaunched "Doctor Who" after a 16-year absence from episodic television, with Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner and Mal Young as executive producers, Phil Collinson as producer, and Christopher Eccleston taking the lead role of the Ninth Doctor.
Doctor Who spin-offs
The 2006 and 2007 series were companioned with a CBBC show entitled "Totally Doctor Who". Series 1 was presented by "CBBC" and "Smile" presenter Barney Harwood and "Blue Peter" presenter Liz Barker. For the shows second series Barker was replaced by "SMart" presenter Kirsten O'Brien. During the second series, an animated serial, "The Infinite Quest", was featured. David Tennant and Freema Agyeman reprised their roles from the live-action television series while Anthony Head, a guest star during the 2006 season, returned in a different role.
Eleventh Doctor
The Eleventh Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television programme "Doctor Who". He is played by Matt Smith, in three series as well as five specials, over an almost four-year-long period. As with previous incarnations of the Doctor, the character has also appeared in other "Doctor Who" multimedia.
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David Tennant had been offered the role of the Doctor when he was watching a pre-transmission copy of "Casanova" with Davies and Gardner. Tennant initially believed the offer was a joke, but after he realised they were serious, he accepted the role and first appeared in the series finale "The Parting of the Ways". Tennant was announced as Eccleston's replacement on 16 April 2005. Other recurring characters for the series included Camille Coduri as Rose's mother Jackie Tyler, and Noel Clarke as Rose's boyfriend Mickey Smith. Other actors and television presenters who appeared in the series included Mark Benton, Zoë Wanamaker, Simon Callow, Eve Myles, Penelope Wilton, Annette Badland, Matt Baker, Andrew Marr, Corey Johnson, Simon Pegg, Anna Maxwell-Martin, Tamsin Greig, Shaun Dingwall, Florence Hoath, Richard Wilson, Jo Joyner, Davina McCall, Paterson Joseph, Anne Robinson, Trinny Woodall, and Susannah Constantine.
Doctor Who (series 1)
The series premiere was watched by 10.81 million viewers, and four days after the premiere episode was broadcast, "Doctor Who" was renewed for a Christmas special as well as a second series. The series was well received by both critics and fans, winning for the first time in "Doctor Who"s history a prestigious BAFTA Award. Most surprising was the approval from Michael Grade, who had previously forced an 18-month hiatus on the show in 1985, and had postponed "Doctor Who" out of personal dislike on several occasions. The show's popularity ultimately led to a resurgence in family-oriented Saturday night drama.
Unlike the classic era of the series that ended in 1989, the plan with the new series was to have each episode as a standalone story, with no serials. Of the thirteen episodes in the series, seven of them followed this format; the remaining six were grouped together into three two-part stories. Also, for the first time since "The Gunfighters" in the third season, each episode was given an individual title, which was the case with the standalone and two-part stories.
The production team was tasked with finding a suitable actor for the role of the Doctor. Most notably, they approached film stars Hugh Grant and Rowan Atkinson for the role. By the time Mal Young had suggested actor Christopher Eccleston to Davies, Eccleston was one of only three left in the running for the role: the other two candidates are rumoured in the industry to have been Alan Davies and Bill Nighy. His involvement in the programme was announced on 20 March 2004 following months of speculation. In the April 2004 issue of "Doctor Who Magazine", Davies announced that Eccleston's Doctor would indeed be the Ninth Doctor, relegating Richard E. Grant's Shalka Doctor to non-official status. Russell T Davies revealed that Eccleston asked for the role in an e-mail.
After the announcement that the show would be returning, Davies revealed that the new companion would "probably" be called Rose Tyler in an edition of "Doctor Who Magazine" published in November 2003. This name was confirmed in March 2004, and it was announced at the same time that former pop star Billie Piper was being considered for the role. Piper was announced as portraying Rose Tyler on 24 May, a character which fulfilled the role of permanent companion during the series, and was welcomed by fans of the show. Actress Georgia Moffett, daughter of Fifth Doctor actor Peter Davison and who would later appear as the title role in the fourth series episode "The Doctor's Daughter", also auditioned for the role. The original conception of Tyler was slightly different. Paul Abbott was scheduled to write an episode for the series which would have revealed that Rose's entire life had been manipulated by the Doctor in order to mould her into an ideal companion. Davies eventually wrote "Boom Town" to replace it when Abbott, after months of development, realised he was too busy to work on the script.
The first series was Christopher Eccleston's only series in the role of the Doctor. Eccleston's contract was for a single year because at the time it was uncertain whether the show would continue beyond a single revival series. Eccleston's intent to leave was revealed on 30 March 2005, shortly after the broadcast of the first episode. The BBC released a statement, attributed to Eccleston, saying that he had decided to leave because he feared becoming typecast. On 4 April, the BBC revealed that Eccleston's "statement" was falsely attributed and released without his consent. The BBC admitted that they had broken an agreement made in January not to disclose publicly that he only intended to do one season. In a 2010 interview, Eccleston revealed that he left the show because he "didn't enjoy the environment and the culture that [they], the cast and crew, had to work in", but that he was proud of having played the role.
Frazer Hines
Up until 2007, Hines was the only surviving Second Doctor companion actor not to have acted in a Big Finish Productions "Doctor Who" audio play. (The others have played characters other than their television roles.) In November 2007, he starred as Jamie in "Helicon Prime", the second installment in Season 2 of Big Finish's Companion Chronicles. Since then he has appeared in many more Companion Chronicles, where his uncanny ability to mimic Patrick Troughton's Second Doctor has been welcomed by fans of the show. Hines has also recorded linking narration for many Second Doctor serials which no longer exist in video form; the soundtracks, along with Hines' narration, have been released on CD by BBC Audio. He also appeared in an audio trilogy with Colin Baker's Sixth Doctor as an older Jamie. In 2013, Hines portrayed both Jamie and the Second Doctor in the Big Finish audio play "The Light at the End", produced to celebrate the 50th anniversary of "Doctor Who".
Noel Clarke
He has had recurring television roles as Wyman Norris in the revived series of "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" (2002–2004) and as Mickey Smith in the first two series of the revival of the BBC science-fiction series "Doctor Who" (2005–2006). He became the series' first black companion in the episode "School Reunion", and reprised his role as Mickey in the episode "Journey's End" in 2008 and in 2010 in "The End of Time" Part 2, and also starred in the "Doctor Who" audio series "", which was released from September to December 2007. His other television work includes appearances in "Casualty" and "Metrosexuality". He has also acted on the stage, and won the Laurence Olivier Award for "Most Promising Newcomer" in 2003 for his performance in the play "Where Do We Live" at the Royal Court Theatre. Clarke starred in the film "Doghouse", directed by Jake West and produced by Carnaby Films International. The film was shot primarily in Midhurst, a small town in West Sussex, on the grounds of the old King Edward VII Hospital. He also participated in Neil Marshall's film "Centurion", about which Clarke said, "it's about the Roman Legion and I'm one of the soldiers".
William Thomas (actor)
William Thomas (also known as William Huw-Thomas) is a Welsh actor, who has appeared in many TV episodes and films. He made his first appearance on TV in 1974, and his work, as an actor, is still ongoing. He is known for his roles in two "Doctor Who" episodes, along with roles in other major TV programmes, including "Only Fools and Horses" and "Midsomer Murders" in 2007.
Peter Purves
At twenty-six years old, Purves first became known to television audiences in 1965 as Steven Taylor, one of the early time-travelling companions in the programme "Doctor Who", when the Doctor was played by William Hartnell. He has provided DVD commentaries for many of the surviving "Doctor Who" episodes he appeared in and documents the making of each of his "Doctor Who" stories in his autobiography, "Here's One I Wrote Earlier". He was also a good friend of the actor Jon Pertwee, who played the Third Doctor.
Ninth Doctor
The Ninth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television programme "Doctor Who". He is portrayed by Christopher Eccleston during the first series of the show's revival in 2005. Within the programme's narrative, the Doctor is a time travelling, humanoid alien from a race known as the Time Lords. At the end of life, the Doctor can regenerate his body, but in doing so gains a new physical appearance and with it, a distinct new personality.
Paul McGann
Paul McGann played the eighth incarnation of the Doctor in the "Doctor Who" 1996 television film. The television film also starred Eric Roberts, Daphne Ashbrook and featured the outgoing Seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy. McGann's brother, Mark McGann, also auditioned for the title role.
Doctor Who (series 9)
The ninth series is the second starring Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor, and the third and final starring Jenna Coleman as the Doctor's companion Clara Oswald.
Tom Spilsbury
Spilsbury is a regular contributor to BBC Worldwide/2 entertain Ltd's "Doctor Who" DVD range, appearing as a talking head on documentaries for the Region 2 DVD releases of "The Androids of Tara" and "The Armageddon Factor" in 2007, "The Rescue", "The Deadly Assassin", "The War Games" and "Enlightenment" in 2009, "Doctor Who" (Doctor Who: The Movie) in 2010, and "Inferno" in 2013 – on which he appeared talking about the 'Other Eighth Doctor', David Burton, who allegedly made a new series of "Doctor Who" in the early 1990s, despite there being no photographic evidence of the production ever having been made. Spilsbury wryly noted that Burton's main claim to fame seemed to be that he possessed a car with the words 'the new Doctor Who' written on the side – but pointed out that "anyone" could have put that on the side of their car!
Seventh Doctor
The Seventh Doctor and Ace appeared twice on television between the time "Doctor Who" was cancelled and the 1996 television movie. The first was in 1990, in a special episode of the BBC2 educational programme "Search Out Science". In this episode, the Doctor acted as a quiz show host, asking questions about astronomy; Ace, K-9 and "Cedric, from the planet Glurk" were the contestants. The Seventh Doctor then appeared in the 1993 charity special "Dimensions in Time". A picture of the Seventh Doctor appears briefly in the Tenth Doctor story "Human Nature" (2007), in John Smith's "A Journal of Impossible Things", and visions of him appear briefly in "The Next Doctor" (2008), "The Eleventh Hour" (2010), "Nightmare in Silver" and "The Name of the Doctor" (both 2013). He also appears in the 50th anniversary special "The Day of the Doctor" (2013) helping his past and future incarnations save Gallifrey from the Time War.
List of companions in Doctor Who spin-offs
Tom mistook Dr. Who's time machine, Tardis, for a real police telephone box while attempting to foil a jewel robbery. He accompanied Dr. Who, together with the Doctor's niece Louise and granddaughter Susan, to the year 2150, where they discovered that the Daleks had invaded Earth. After helping to defeat the Daleks, Dr. Who returned him to London a few minutes before the robbery was due to take place, enabling him to catch the thieves. The temporal paradox created by this action is not addressed in the film. Cribbins later played Wilfred Mott from 2007 to 2010 in the revived "Doctor Who" television series.
List of actors considered for the part of the Doctor
Actors who auditioned for the role in the 1996 film included Rowan Atkinson (who played a spoof version of the Doctor in "Curse of Fatal Death"), Liam Cunningham (who appeared in the 2013 "Doctor Who" episode "Cold War"), Mark McGann (whose brother Paul McGann eventually got the role), Robert Lindsay, Eric Idle, Tim McInnerny (who appeared in the 2008 "Doctor Who" episode "Planet of the Ood"), Nathaniel Parker, Peter Woodward, John Sessions (who later played Tannis in the audio drama "Death Comes to Time", and voiced Gus in the 2014 "Doctor Who" episode "Mummy on the Orient Express"), Anthony Head (who appeared in the 2006 "Doctor Who" episode "School Reunion", narrated episodes of the "Doctor Who Confidential" behind-the-scenes series, and provided voice-acting work for both the televised "The Infinite Quest" and the "Excelis" story arc from Big Finish Productions), Rik Mayall and Tony Slattery. Billy Connolly has stated that he was also considered for the part. Peter Capaldi was invited to audition, but declined, as he "didn't think [he] would get it, and... didn't want to just be part of a big cull of actors." Capaldi was eventually cast as the Twelfth Doctor.
List of Doctor Who episodes (1963–1989)
"The Smugglers" and "The Tenth Planet" were the last serials to star the First Doctor, his regeneration to the Second occurring in the latter. It is also notable as the season with the most missing episodes, with not one serial existing in its entirety.
The Second Doctor was portrayed by Patrick Troughton, whose serials were more action-oriented than those of his predecessor. Additionally, after "The Highlanders", stories moved away from the purely historical ones that featured during William Hartnell's tenure; instead, any historical tales also included a science fiction element. Patrick Troughton retained the role until the last episode of "The War Games" when members of the Doctor's race, the Time Lords, put him on trial for breaking the laws of time and forced him to regenerate and to be stuck, exiled on Earth.
Philip Madoc
Madoc appeared in the second "Doctor Who" film, "Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D." (1966) and later in the BBC series itself. He appeared in two Second Doctor serials — "The Krotons" where he played Eelek, a high-ranking member of Gond Society, and "The War Games", where he played the villainous alien War Lord. In the 1970s he appeared in two Fourth Doctor serials — "The Brain of Morbius" and "The Power of Kroll". He recorded DVD commentaries for "The Krotons", "The War Games" and "The Brain of Morbius" and was interviewed about his roles in "Doctor Who" in the short film "Philip Madoc - a Villain for All Seasons", which appeared as an extra on the DVD for "The Power of Kroll". In 2003, he guest-starred in the "Big Finish" "Doctor Who" audio adventure, "Master", and returned to Big Finish in the 2008 Sixth Doctor story "Return of the Krotons". He voiced the War King in the "Faction Paradox" audio series.
Doctor Who (film)
The film was the first attempt to revive "Doctor Who" following its suspension in 1989. It was intended as a backdoor pilot for a new American-produced "Doctor Who" TV series. It introduced Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor in his only televised appearance as the character until "The Night of the Doctor" in 2013 (though McGann has portrayed the Doctor also in various audio productions). It also marks the final appearance of Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, the only appearance of Daphne Ashbrook as companion Grace Holloway, and the only appearance of Eric Roberts's version of The Master. Although a ratings success in the United Kingdom, the film did not fare well on American television and no series was commissioned. The series was later relaunched on the BBC in 2005. The only "Doctor Who" episodes between the film and the new series were a 1999 spoof, "Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death", and a 2003 animation, "Scream of the Shalka".
List of Doctor Who home video releases
Starring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor. All surviving Second Doctor serials and episodes were released on DVD from 2002 to 2016.
Peter Capaldi
Capaldi was cast in 2013 as the Doctor in the BBC science-fiction series "Doctor Who". His casting was announced on 4 August 2013 in a special BBC programme hosted by Zoë Ball. Capaldi first appeared as the Doctor in a cameo in the 50th anniversary special, "The Day of the Doctor", before appearing in the 2013 Christmas special, "The Time of the Doctor". A lifelong fan of the series, Capaldi had previously played Lobus Caecilius in the 2008 episode "The Fires of Pompeii" with the Tenth Doctor and his companion Donna Noble, as well as playing civil servant John Frobisher in the 2009 spin-off "".
Doctor Who and the Daleks in the Seven Keys to Doomsday
Originally, the part of the Doctor was to be played by Jon Pertwee, but the role went instead to character actor Trevor Martin. Martin had previously appeared in "Doctor Who" as a Time Lord in the 1969 serial, "The War Games". In the play, it is stated that Martin's version of the Doctor is regenerated from Pertwee's; this makes him an alternate version of the Fourth Doctor. (The play premiered about two weeks before Tom Baker began his television tenure as the Fourth Doctor).
Zoe Heriot
Zoe Heriot (sometimes spelled Zoe Herriot) is a fictional character played by Wendy Padbury in the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". A young astrophysicist who lived on a space wheel in the 21st century, she was a companion of the Second Doctor and a regular in the programme from 1968 to 1969.
Adam Mitchell (Doctor Who)
Adam Mitchell is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who", played by Bruno Langley. Adam is introduced in the first series of the programme's revival as the second television companion of the Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston). However, unlike the Ninth Doctor's primary companion, Rose Tyler (Billie Piper), who provided an effective human contrast to the Doctor's centuries-old alien, Adam was created to provide an example of an inept time traveller.
Colin Baker
Colin Baker (born 8 June 1943) is an English actor. He became known for playing Paul Merroney in the BBC drama series "The Brothers" from 1974 to 1976. He later played the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series "Doctor Who" from 1984 to 1986. Baker's tenure as the Doctor proved to be a controversial era for the series, which included a hiatus in production and his subsequent replacement on the orders of BBC executive Michael Grade.
Fourth Doctor
The Fourth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series "Doctor Who". He was portrayed by Tom Baker for seven consecutive seasons, which remains the longest tenure of any actor to portray the lead, counting both the classic and modern series. He was considered to be the most recognisable and iconic incarnation of the Doctor both in the United Kingdom and internationally.
Jodie Whittaker
On 16 July 2017, the BBC announced that Whittaker would become the thirteenth and first female incarnation of The Doctor in the British TV series "Doctor Who". She formally assumed the role from Peter Capaldi in the 2017 Christmas special episode "Twice Upon a Time" when Capaldi's Twelfth Doctor regenerated into Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor. Whittaker appears in her first full series as the Doctor in the eleventh series, which premiered in October 2018. She is set to continue in the role in the twelfth series in 2020.
Sylvester McCoy
Sylvester McCoy (born Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith; 20 August 1943) is a Scottish actor, best known for playing the seventh incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series "Doctor Who" from 1987 to 1989—the final Doctor of the original run—and briefly returning in a television film in 1996.
The Awakening (Doctor Who)
The Awakening is the second serial of the 21st season of the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who", which was originally broadcast on BBC1 on 19 and 20 January 1984.
Jacqueline Pearce
As well as appearing in the BBC children's programmes "Dark Season" (alongside Kate Winslet) and "Moondial", Pearce appeared in the "Doctor Who" serial "The Two Doctors" as Chessene, a bloodthirsty alien. She was associated with "Doctor Who" through her appearance in "The Fearmonger" as Sherilyn Harper, an audio drama by Big Finish Productions, and as Admiral Mettna in the webcast story "Death Comes to Time". Pearce returned once again to "Doctor Who" from 2015, this time opposite John Hurt, as a regular in the Big Finish audio series based on the adventures of the War Doctor, portraying Cardinal Ollistra, a leader of the Time Lords in the Time War who often clashes with the Eighth Doctor and the War Doctor over how far the Time Lords should be willing to go to achieve victory.
Tooth and Claw (Doctor Who)
Pauline Collins appeared previously in the series as Samantha Briggs in the Second Doctor serial "The Faceless Ones" (1967). This makes her the third actor from the classic series to appear in the new series, following William Thomas ("Remembrance of the Daleks" and "Boom Town") and Nisha Nayar ("Paradise Towers" and "Bad Wolf"/"The Parting of the Ways"). Collins had been offered a role as a companion in 1967, but had turned this down. According to the accompanying episode commentary, actor Tom Smith, who played the Host, attended drama school with David Tennant.
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Other guest stars included Adam Garcia, Daniel Evans, Zoë Wanamaker, Anna Hope, Pauline Collins, Anthony Head, Sophia Myles, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Andrew Hayden-Smith, Don Warrington, Maureen Lipman, Danny Webb, Shaun Parkes, Claire Rushbrook, Will Thorp, Marc Warren, Peter Kay, Shirley Henderson, Simon Greenall, Moya Brady, Kathryn Drysdale, Nina Sosanya, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Raji James, Barbara Windsor, Derek Acorah, Alistair Appleton, Trisha Goddard and Freema Agyeman, who returned to co-star as Martha Jones the next year.
Terry Molloy
On television, Molloy is known for becoming the third actor to play the mad scientist Davros, the creator of the Daleks, in the long-running science fiction series "Doctor Who". He appeared in the stories "Resurrection of the Daleks", "Revelation of the Daleks" and "Remembrance of the Daleks", becoming the first actor to play the role in different stories. Molloy was initially cast in the role by director Matthew Robinson, who had worked with him before and thought his talent for voices would be ideal to recreate the part first played by Michael Wisher. Molloy also appeared in the "Doctor Who" story "Attack of the Cybermen" as an undercover policeman named Russell, again cast by Robinson. In recent years, Molloy has reprised the role of Davros in the Big Finish Productions audio dramas "Davros", "The Juggernauts", "Terror Firma", "Masters of War", "The Davros Mission" and the four-part miniseries "I, Davros". He also played Davros in a 2005 stage production, "The Trial of Davros". Molloy also took over the role of Stan Harvey in the ITV soap opera "Crossroads" from Edward Clayton when Stan made a brief visit to the motel in 1987.
Second Doctor
Due to what would appear to be continuity errors in Troughton's later appearances (particularly in "The Two Doctors"), some fans have speculated that the Time Lords used the Second Doctor as an agent after the events of "The War Games" (1969), and that he did not in fact immediately regenerate and enter his exile on Earth. This theory of continuity is described as "Season 6B". Additionally, while "The War Games" never depicted the Doctor's regeneration itself, it was later depicted in "TV Comic", which treated the exiled Doctor's exploits on Earth, before, in a comic entitled "The Nightwalkers", showing the Doctor dragged in to the TARDIS by animated scarecrows, allowing his change of appearance to take place. The Second Doctor's regeneration was also depicted in "Devious", a fan-produced film starring Jon Pertwee in his last appearance as the Third Doctor.
The Daleks
The Daleks (also known as The Mutants and The Dead Planet) is the second serial in the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who", which was first broadcast on BBC TV in seven weekly parts from 21 December 1963 to 1 February 1964. Written by Terry Nation and directed by Christopher Barry and Richard Martin, this story marks the first appearance of the show's most popular villains, the Daleks, and the recurring Skaro people, the Thals. In the serial, the First Doctor (William Hartnell), his granddaughter Susan Foreman (Carole Ann Ford), and her teachers Ian Chesterton (William Russell) and Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill) land in an alien jungle and are captured by the Daleks, a race of mutated creatures who survive off the radiation that remains in the atmosphere after a nuclear war they waged with their enemies. As the group attempt to escape the Daleks, they discover more about the planet and the ensuing war and attempt to broker peace.
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Camille Coduri continued to guest in the series as recurring character Jackie Tyler. Shaun Dingwall returned for several episodes as Pete Tyler and Penelope Wilton reprised her role as Harriet Jones.
Doctor Who (series 2)
The second series premiered on 15 April 2006 with "New Earth", and concluded after 13 episodes on 8 July 2006 with "Doomsday". "Doctor Who Confidential" also aired alongside each episode of the series, continuing on from the previous series.
Doctor Who – Main Range
The Doctor Who – Main Range series consists of full-cast audiobook adventures based on the British science fiction television programme "Doctor Who", produced by Nicholas Briggs and Big Finish Productions and starring one of the original actors to play The Doctor on television in the classic era of the programme. The main audio series currently feature the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors, and have since developed the pattern of thirteen releases per year, one every month with two in September or December.
Victoria Waterfield
Victoria Waterfield is a fictional character played by Deborah Watling in the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". A native of Victorian England, she was a companion of the Second Doctor and a regular in the programme from 1967 to 1968. Only two complete serials to feature her exist in the BBC archives ("The Tomb of the Cybermen" and "The Enemy of the World"). DVDs of her adventures "The Ice Warriors" and "The Web of Fear" were also released, where official BBC reconstructions complete the missing episodes of those serials.
Doctor Who (film)
Among the actors who were invited to audition for the role of the Doctor but declined the opportunity were Christopher Eccleston and Peter Capaldi. Eccleston and Capaldi would go on to play the Ninth and Twelfth incarnations of the Doctor, respectively, in the revived series of "Doctor Who" which began in 2005. Eccleston turned down the offer to audition for the TV Movie because at the time he felt he was not yet an established enough actor and did not want to be associated with a "brand name" so early in his career. Capaldi declined because he felt it was unlikely that he would be given the part.
Doctor Who (series 10)
In June 2016, it was announced that Stephanie Hyam would be joining the tenth series. In July 2016, actors Mina Anwar, Ralf Little, and Kaizer Akhtar had been added to the cast and portrayed Goodthing, Steadfast, and Praiseworthy respectively in the second episode. On 16 August 2016, it was announced that David Suchet, famous for his role in "Agatha Christie's Poirot", would appear as a character known as "The Landlord" in the fourth episode, "Knock Knock". Tate Pitchie-Cooper portrayed a child version of The Landlord. Fady Elsayed, who stars in the "Doctor Who" spin-off "Class", was originally set to guest star in an episode of "Doctor Who".
Liam Cunningham
In 2012, Cunningham joined the main cast for the second season of HBO's "Game of Thrones" portraying former smuggler Davos Seaworth, and in 2013 he starred in "The Numbers Station" alongside John Cusack. He was also cast in season 5 of the BBC series "Merlin" as a sorcerer. He featured in the music video for "High Hopes" by Irish alternative rock band Kodaline from their EP "The High Hopes". In April 2013, he was cast in the seventh season of the hit BBC1 series "Doctor Who" in the episode "Cold War", where he played Captain Zhukov, the commander of a Russian submarine in 1983 facing one of the Ice Warriors. He guest starred in the second season of the VH1 television series "Stay Closer", with Sandra Bullock and Jessica Chastain. In 2015, he played the father in Brady Corbet's directorial debut film, "The Childhood of a Leader".
The Two Doctors
This story marked the final appearance of Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor and the final on-screen appearance of Frazer Hines as Jamie. The Second Doctor appearing much older in this feature, with noticeable grey hair, has been addressed in novelizations and audio books as there having been a significant amount of time passing between "The War Games" (1969) and the Second Doctor's regeneration in "Spearhead from Space" (1970).
Second Doctor comic stories
When the first doctor regenerated into the second in 1966, TV Comic changed the face of the doctor in the comics to suite the change in the show's history, although kept the same companions, the doctor's grandchildren like in the TV series, John and Gillian. They were soon replaced with Jamie McCrimmon, to better match with the TV series of Doctor Who.
List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish
As well as this, Big Finish started the "" series of full-cast plays, featuring the First Doctor (recast by William Russell and Peter Purves, following William Hartnell's death in 1975) and the Second Doctor (recast by Frazer Hines, following Patrick Troughton's death in 1987), and companions Barbara Wright (recast by Maureen O'Brien and Jemma Powell, following Jacqueline Hill's death in 1993) and Ben Jackson (recast by Elliot Chapman, following Michael Craze's death in 1998), and Russell, Ford, O'Brien, Purves, Marsh, Wills, Hines, Watling and Padbury reprising their roles from the original series. They also started "" series of full-cast plays, featuring Tim Treloar recast as the Third Doctor (following Jon Pertwee's death in 1996), Manning as Jo, and Franklin as Yates.
Last Christmas (Doctor Who)
In September 2014 announcements were made for a number of the guest cast, including Michael Troughton, Nick Frost, Nathan McMullen, Natalie Gumede and Faye Marsay. Michael Troughton is the younger son of Patrick Troughton, who played the Second Doctor from 1966 to 1969, and the younger brother of David Troughton, who appeared in "The War Games", "The Curse of Peladon" and "Midnight".
The Paradise of Death
This was the second radio serial made by the BBC based on the "Doctor Who" television series. In 1986, the Sixth Doctor, played by Colin Baker, had starred in a 6-part radio serial entitled "Slipback", during a break between seasons whilst he was starring as the Doctor on television.
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On rare occasions, other actors have stood in for the lead. In "The Five Doctors", Richard Hurndall played the First Doctor due to William Hartnell's death in 1975; 34 years later David Bradley similarly replaced Hartnell in "Twice Upon a Time". In "Time and the Rani", Sylvester McCoy briefly played the Sixth Doctor during the regeneration sequence, carrying on as the Seventh. For more information, see the list of actors who have played the Doctor. In other media, the Doctor has been played by various other actors, including Peter Cushing in two films.
The Curse of Peladon
David Troughton is the son of Second Doctor actor Patrick Troughton. He had previously appeared in "Doctor Who" as Moor in "The War Games" (1969), and he would appear in the revived series episode entitled "Midnight" (2008). Geoffrey Toone previously appeared as Temmosus in the film "Dr. Who and the Daleks" (1965).
Doctor Who (series 12)
Jodie Whittaker is due to return for her second series as the Thirteenth Doctor, the most recent incarnation of the Doctor, an alien Time Lord who travels through time and space in their TARDIS, which appears to be a British police box on the outside. The series also stars Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole and Mandip Gill as the Doctor's travelling companions, Graham O'Brien, Ryan Sinclair and Yasmin Khan, respectively.
Voyage of the Damned (Doctor Who)
Clive Swift and Geoffrey Palmer have had previous roles in "Doctor Who". Swift portrayed Jobel in "Revelation of the Daleks" (1985), while Palmer played Undersecretary Masters in "Doctor Who and the Silurians" (1970), and the Administrator in "The Mutants" (1972). Jessica Martin had played Mags in "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy" (1988–89). In addition, Bernard Cribbins played Tom Campbell in "Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.", the second "Doctor Who" feature-film adaptation starring Peter Cushing as well as Arnold Korns in the audio play "Horror of Glam Rock". Colin McFarlane, who provided the voices of the Heavenly Host for the episode, went on to play General Pierce in "" (2009), before later reappearing in "Doctor Who" as Moran in "Under the Lake". Jimmy Vee had previously played aliens in "The End of the World" and "Aliens of London" (2005), and would later play other aliens in "The End of Time" (2009–10) and "The Caretaker" (2014).
Geoffrey Beevers
Beevers has made two appearances in the BBC science fiction series "Doctor Who", including as the third actor to play the Master in the serial "The Keeper of Traken", a role he has since reprised in some of Big Finish Productions' "Doctor Who" audio dramas ("Dust Breeding", "Master", "Trail of the White Worm", "The Oseidon Adventure", "Mastermind", "And You Will Obey Me", "The Two Masters", "The Light at the End", "The Evil One", "Requiem for the Rocket Men" and "Death Match"). Beevers narrated the unabridged audio edition of "Doctor Who: Harvest of Time", by Alastair Reynolds, released in June 2013. He also read the AudioGO (and later Audible) audiobooks of "Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons", "Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon", "Doctor Who and the Sea Devils", "Doctor Who and the Space War", "Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin", "Doctor Who and the State of Decay", and "The Ambassadors of Death"
Lalla Ward
After "Doctor Who", she appeared in the TV movie "Schoolgirl Chums" (1982), and "The Jeweller's Shop" and "The Rehearsal" on stage. Ward decided to end her acting career after marrying Richard Dawkins. However, she has since reprised the character of Romana in the 1993 charity special "Dimensions in Time," the 2003 webcast version of "Shada", and in several "Doctor Who" and "Gallifrey" audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions. She also played the 'Mistress' opposite John Leeson's 'K-9' in two audio plays from BBV. In addition, she has appeared at a number of "Doctor Who" conventions and related special events. In November 2013 she appeared in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage "The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot".
Tooth and Claw (Doctor Who)
"Tooth and Claw" is the second episode in the second series of the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who", which was first broadcast on BBC One on 22 April 2006.
Jim Troughton
Troughton was born into a well-known British acting family. He is the son of the stage and television actor David Troughton, who is a leading member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the nephew of Michael Troughton. His grandfather, Patrick Troughton, was best known for playing the Second Doctor in "Doctor Who". He is also the younger brother of "Robin Hood" actor Sam Troughton and the cousin of Harry Melling, who appeared in the Harry Potter films.
Totally Doctor Who
The second series of "Totally Doctor Who" ran concurrently with the 2007 series of "Doctor Who". It aired every Friday after the broadcast of that weeks' "Doctor Who," at 5:00 p.m. on BBC One. Again, no "Totally Doctor Who" episode was run in conjunction with the 2007 Christmas special. In this series Kirsten O'Brien replaced Liz Barker, who left television presenting to become a full-time mother.
Romana (Doctor Who)
As a Time Lord, Romana is able to regenerate, having had two on-screen incarnations with somewhat different personalities (dubbed Romana I and Romana II by fans). Romana I was played by Mary Tamm from 1978 to 1979. When Tamm chose not to sign on for a second season, the part was recast. Romana II was played by Lalla Ward from 1979 to 1981. A third incarnation of Romana has been depicted in some of the spin-off novels, and a fourth (performed by Juliet Landau) has been featured in several audio dramas released by Big Finish Productions in 2013 and 2014, and appeared again in early 2015.
The Doctor's Tale
The Doctor's Tale is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who" and the second to be released in the series. The story was written by Marc Platt and starred William Russell and Maureen O'Brien.Other parts played by members of the cast.The Doctor's Tale trailer
Jon Pertwee
In 1969, Pertwee was selected by outgoing producer Peter Bryant and the series' next producer, Derrick Sherwin, to take over as the Doctor from Patrick Troughton in the television series "Doctor Who". Pertwee had asked his agent to apply for the role for him and was surprised to find he was already on the shortlist. He was the second choice for the role of the Third Doctor; Ron Moody was the first but was unavailable.
History of Doctor Who
It was announced on 4 August 2013 on a live BBC special entitled "Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor" that Peter Capaldi would portray the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in 'Doctor Who'. During his appearance in the special, he said that he had been a fan of the series; a letter that he had written to the Radio Times at the age of 15 about the show was read aloud. Capaldi had already appeared in the series 4 episode "The Fires of Pompeii" as Caecilius, the father of the family that the Doctor saves from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. He had also appeared in "" as the civil servant John Frobisher.
Ghost Light (Doctor Who)
Ghost Light is the second serial of the 26th season of the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who", which was first broadcast in three weekly parts on BBC1 from 4 to 18 October 1989.
Second Doctor comic stories
When the War Games aired on the BBC and there was an absence in Doctor Who episodes broadcast, TV Comic continued to print comics featuring the second doctor and tied this into the series with the story line of when the second doctor was captured by the Time Lords in the end of the War Games and was put on trial for meddling in the affairs of other races and was forced to regenerate, he escaped with the help of the CIA (Celestial Intervention Agency) and worked with them for a while, until he was forced to return to Earth, where furthermore he hid from the Time Lords, fighting monsters until they sent what appeared to be scarecrows working for the Time Lords to force the second doctor to regenerate into the third. This story line became known as the Doctor Who Season 6B.
David Bradley (English actor)
In 2017, in the final episode of the tenth series of "Doctor Who", "The Doctor Falls", Bradley returned to portray the First Doctor, having previously been portrayed by Hartnell, who originally played the character. He reprised this role in the 2017 Christmas special, "Twice Upon a Time". This makes him the third actor to play the role in the television programme, after William Hartnell and Richard Hurndall since the premiere of "Doctor Who" in 1963, and at the age of 75, he is the also the oldest actor to play the role of the Doctor.
Jack Watling
His reputation as an effective and reliable television actor took root in the early 1960s. Between 1964–69 he was Don Henderson, the troubled conscience to tough businessman John Wilder (Patrick Wymark) in "The Plane Makers" and its sequel "The Power Game". Watling also appeared as Doc Saxon in the 1970s series "Pathfinders". He played Professor Edward Travers in the BBC science-fiction television series "Doctor Who" in the serials "The Abominable Snowmen" (1967) and "The Web of Fear" (1968), both of which also featuring his daughter Deborah Watling as the Second Doctor's companion Victoria Waterfield. He reprised the role decades later in the independent "Doctor Who" spin-off video "Downtime" (1995).
Into the Dalek
"Into the Dalek" is the second episode of the eighth series of the British science fiction television programme "Doctor Who", written by Phil Ford and Steven Moffat, directed by Ben Wheatley, and first broadcast on 30 August 2014. Ford has previously written for the show, co-writing 2009's "The Waters of Mars", and was a lead writer for spin-off series "The Sarah Jane Adventures". Starring Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman the episode also introduces Samuel Anderson as Danny Pink. It was watched by 5.2 million viewers in the UK on its initial transmission, according to unofficial overnight figures, taking a 24.7 per cent share of the entire TV audience and making it the second-highest rated programme of the evening, with the final numbers giving a total of 7.29 million viewers.
Amicus Productions
In the mid-1960s Amicus also produced two films based on the television series "Doctor Who" which had debuted on television in 1963. The films, "Dr. Who and the Daleks" (1965) and "Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D." (1966), are the only theatrical film adaptations of the series. In these films Peter Cushing played "Dr. Who", a human scientist rather than an alien, with "Who" as his actual surname, ignoring the backstory of the TV series.
David Troughton
On television, his roles have included guest appearances in "Survivors", "The Life and Times of David Lloyd George", "Rab C. Nesbitt" and "Doctor Who", first as an extra in "The Enemy of the World" (1967–1968), then as a soldier in "The War Games" (1969), both times alongside his father who played the Second Doctor, and in a considerably larger role as King Peladon in "The Curse of Peladon" (1972); as Sergeant Pritchard in the BBC television sitcom "Hi-de-Hi!" series 2 episode 12 and as Brinsley in the episode Sons and Lovers in "Sorry!". In the television adaptation of Alan Ayckbourn's trilogy "The Norman Conquests" (1977), Troughton appeared as Tom, the veterinarian; later he was the physician Bob Buzzard in the two series of "A Very Peculiar Practice" (1986 and 1988). Also in 1986, he appeared as himself in the ITV children's TV show "Rainbow", appearing as the guest storyteller in the episode "What's Wrong With Bungle". He was Uncle Sid in "Cider with Rosie" (1998) and also appeared in the role of Sir Arthur Wellesley (the Duke of Wellington) in the first two episodes of "Sharpe". He appeared as an alien hunter in the comedy/drama mini-series "Ted and Alice" in 2002, and in 2005 he also played Sgt. Clive Harvey, side-kick to the title character of the ITV detective show "Jericho". He appeared in an episode of "Agatha Christie's Poirot" in 1993 ("The Yellow Iris"), and in two separate episodes of "Midsomer Murders", in 1998 and 2007, playing two separate characters. He appeared in the first episode of the TV adaptation of "The Last Detective" in which his "A Very Peculiar Practice" co-star Peter Davison (also ex-"Doctor Who") starred.
Eighth Doctor
The Eighth Doctor made his first television appearance in the 1996 "Doctor Who" television film, the first time the Doctor had returned to television screens since the end of the original series in 1989. Intended as a backdoor pilot for a new television series on the Fox Network, the film drew 5.5% of the US audience, according to Nielsen Ratings. In the United Kingdom, it was received well, attracting over 9 million viewers and generally positive reviews. It was also generally well received in Australia.
Jacqueline Hill
Grace Jacqueline Hill (17 December 1929 – 18 February 1993) was a British actress known for her role as Barbara Wright in the BBC science-fiction television series "Doctor Who". As the history teacher of Susan Foreman, the Doctor's granddaughter, Barbara was the first "Doctor Who" companion to appear on-screen in 1963, with Hill speaking the series' first words. She played the role for nearly two years, leaving the series in 1965 at the same time as fellow actor William Russell (who played the companion Ian Chesterton).
Doctor Who
Thirteen actors have headlined the series as the Doctor. The transition from one actor to another is written into the plot of the show with the concept of regeneration into a new incarnation, a plot device in which a Time Lord "transforms" into a new body when the current one is too badly harmed to heal normally. Each actor's portrayal is unique, but all represent stages in the life of the same character. Together, they form a single lifetime with a single narrative. The time-travelling feature of the plot means that different incarnations of the Doctor occasionally meet. The Doctor is currently portrayed by Jodie Whittaker, who took on the role after Peter Capaldi's exit in the 2017 Christmas special "Twice Upon a Time".
Billie Piper
In the autumn of 2003, it was announced that "Doctor Who" would be resurrected in 2005 after a sixteen-year absence from TV; the casting of Piper as Rose Tyler, a travelling companion to the ninth incarnation of The Doctor (to be played by Christopher Eccleston), was announced in May 2004. Piper won the Most Popular Actress category at the 2005 and 2006 National Television Awards for her work on "Doctor Who". BBC News named her one of its "Faces of the Year" for 2005, primarily due to her success in "Doctor Who". At "The South Bank Show" Awards in January 2006, she was awarded "The Times" Breakthrough Award for her successful transition from singing to acting. In March, the Television and Radio Industries Club named her as the best new TV talent at their annual awards ceremony. In September, she was named Best Actress at the TV Quick and TV Choice Awards.
Sylvester McCoy
McCoy became the Seventh Doctor after taking over the lead role in "Doctor Who" in 1987 from Colin Baker. He remained on the series until it ended in 1989, ending with "Survival" (see List of Doctor Who episodes (1963–1989)). As Baker declined the invitation to film the regeneration scene, McCoy briefly wore a wig and appeared, face-down until the last moment before the regeneration commenced, as the sixth Doctor. He played the Doctor in the 1993 charity special "Dimensions in Time", and again in 1996, appearing in the beginning of the "Doctor Who" television movie starring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor.
Susan Foreman
Susan Foreman is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". The granddaughter and original companion of the First Doctor, she was played by actress Carole Ann Ford from 1963 to 1964, in the show's first season and the first two stories of the second season. Ford reprised the role for the feature-length 20th anniversary episode "The Five Doctors" (1983) and the 30th anniversary charity special "Dimensions in Time" (1993).
Eighth Doctor
The character was introduced in the 1996 TV film "Doctor Who", a back-door pilot produced in an unsuccessful attempt to relaunch the series following its 1989 cancellation. While the Eighth Doctor initially had only one on-screen appearance, his adventures were portrayed extensively in subsequent spin-off media, including more than 70 audio dramas starring McGann. In 2013, the actor reprised the role in the mini-episode "The Night of the Doctor", which depicts the Eighth Doctor's final adventure and his regeneration into the War Doctor (played by John Hurt).
Doctor Who
Paul McGann starred in the only television film as the eighth incarnation of the Doctor. After the film, he continued the role in audio books and was confirmed as the eighth incarnation through flashback footage and a mini episode in the 2005 revival, effectively linking the two series and the television movie.
List of non-televised Second Doctor stories
In addition to the televised episodes of "Doctor Who" starring Patrick Troughton, the Second Doctor has appeared in a number of spin-off media.
Grace Holloway
Dr. Grace Holloway is a fictional character played by Daphne Ashbrook in the 1996 television movie "Doctor Who", a continuation of the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". A cardiologist from San Francisco in 1999, she assists the Eighth Doctor in defeating the renegade Time Lord, the Master.
Doctor Who (series 2)
This is the first series to feature David Tennant as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor, an alien Time Lord who travels through time and space in his TARDIS, which appears to be a British police box on the outside. He continues to travel with his companion Rose Tyler (Billie Piper), with whom he has grown increasingly attached. They also briefly travel with Rose's boyfriend Mickey Smith (Noel Clarke), and Camille Coduri reprises her role as Rose's mother Jackie. The series is connected by a loose story arc consisting of the recurring word "Torchwood". This is also the first series to be preceded by a Christmas special, which was commissioned to see how well the show could do at Christmas. The success of "The Christmas Invasion" led to the Christmas special becoming an annual tradition.
Two mini-episodes were also recorded: "Doctor Who: Children in Need" was produced for the 2005 Children in Need appeal, and interactive episode "Attack of the Graske" was recorded for digital television following the broadcast of "The Christmas Invasion". 13 "TARDISODEs" were also produced to serve as prequels to each episode. All episodes were filmed as part of the second series' production cycle.
Series two was David Tennant's first in the role of the Doctor after he was cast on 28 April 2005. Following his brief appearance in the closing moments of "The Parting of the Ways" he was next seen in the , broadcast on 18 November 2005. "The Christmas Invasion", broadcast one month later, marked his first full episode.
Doctor Who (season 22)
Patrick Troughton and Frazer Hines return to play the Second Doctor and his companion Jamie McCrimmon in "The Two Doctors". Their last on-screen appearance was (briefly) "The Five Doctors" in 1983.Anthony Ainley returns in "The Mark of the Rani" as The Master.
Jami Reid-Quarrell
Jami Reid-Quarrell (born 20 January 1978), is a Scottish actor who is best known for his role as the villain Colony Sarff in series 9 of the BBC television series "Doctor Who", for which he was voted Best Male Guest Actor of the 2015 season on the Doctor Who TV fansite. He is also a singer, physical performer and choreographer who has appeared in numerous theatre, film & TV productions, operas and musicals. In 2010 he created the role of Dr Gangle for Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to "Phantom of the Opera", "Love Never Dies". His stage appearances include ""Equus"" with Daniel Radcliffe, Trevor Nunn's "The Tempest" with Ralph Fiennes and with renowned physical theatre companies such as Punchdrunk and Frantic Assembly. He has also appeared around the world with such companies as the Royal Opera House, Archaos and the Royal Shakespeare Company where he underwent in-depth Shakespearean training tutored by Cicely Berry. He also choreographs and movement directs for theatre and screen, including shows for Trevor Nunn and pop videos for Depeche Mode ("Fragile Tension"), Casiokids ("Finn Bikkjen") and Boy Kill Boy ("No Conversation").
Doctor Who: The First Doctor Adventures
The First Doctor Adventures is a Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the British television programme "Doctor Who". It sees the return of David Bradley as the First Doctor, a role originated by William Hartnell from 1963 to 1966, as well as by Bradley on television in the episodes "The Doctor Falls" and "Twice Upon a Time". David Bradley also portrayed William Hartnell in the BBC bio-drama, "An Adventure in Space and Time".
David Tennant
Tennant featured as the Doctor in an animated version of "Doctor Who" for "Totally Doctor Who", "The Infinite Quest", which aired on CBBC. He also starred as the Doctor in another animated six-part "Doctor Who" series, "Dreamland". Tennant guest starred as the Doctor in a two-part story in "Doctor Who" spin-off "The Sarah Jane Adventures", broadcast in October 2009. He continued to play the Tenth Doctor into the revived programme's fourth series in 2008. However, on 29 October 2008, he announced that he would be stepping down from the role after three full series. He played the Doctor in four special episodes in 2009, before his final episode aired on 1 January 2010, where he was replaced by the eleventh doctor, portrayed by Matt Smith. The "Daily Mirror" reported that Tennant was forbidden from attending "Doctor Who" fan conventions while playing the role, to avoid the chance that he could accidentally let slip any plot points during filming of the series. However, Tennant claimed this was false and that he had never been banned or discouraged from attending conventions.
List of actors considered for the part of the Doctor
Brian Blessed was offered the role, but declined because of scheduling conflicts; he would go on to play King Yrcanos in the Sixth Doctor serial "The Trial of a Time Lord". Rupert Davies, Valentine Dyall and Sir Michael Hordern were all approached for the role but none wanted to commit to a long-running series. Dyall would later play the Black Guardian in the television stories "The Armageddon Factor" (1979), "Mawdryn Undead" (1983), "Terminus" (1983) and "Enlightenment" (1983) and Slarn in the audio drama "Slipback" (1985). Peter Cushing was also offered the role, but declined and later regretted his decision. He appeared in the big-screen versions of Doctor Who in Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) and (1966).
The role of the Second Doctor went to Patrick Troughton.
The Reign of Terror (Doctor Who)
Outdoor filming for the second episode—a first for the show—took place on 15 June 1964. Led by cameraman Peter Hamilton, a crew shot inserts of the Doctor, played by Brian Proudfoot in William Hartnell's absence, walking to Paris; Denham, Buckinghamshire was selected as the location by Combe due to the "French-looking" lanes, particularly the avenues lined with tall trees. Inserts of Russell for the second and third episodes were recorded at Ealing Studios Stage 3A from 16–17 June, in preparation for Russell's holiday. Further inserts were recorded on 18 June at Ealing Studios Stage 3.
Leslie French
He also made the occasional foray into film and television, appearing in two Luchino Visconti films, "The Leopard" (1963) and "Death in Venice" (1971), as well as many popular British television programmes. These include "Dixon of Dock Green", "Armchair Theatre", "Z-Cars", "The Avengers" (the episode "You Have Just Been Murdered"), "Jason King" and "The Singing Detective". His role as Mr. Woodhouse in a BBC serial of Jane Austen's "Emma" (1960) is considered one of his most memorable screen performances. French was also considered for the role of the First Doctor in the science fiction series "Doctor Who", a part that eventually went to William Hartnell. He finally appeared in the programme in its 1988 serial, "Silver Nemesis", playing the Mathematician.
Midnight (Doctor Who)
David Troughton, cast here as Professor Hobbes, was a late replacement for Sam Kelly, who broke his leg and had to withdraw from the production. Troughton joined the rest of the cast in Cardiff with just two days notice. Now known for his stage work with the RSC as well as television, he is the son of Patrick Troughton, who portrayed the Second Doctor. He has had long association with the series since the 1960s, appearing as an uncredited extra in the Second Doctor serial "The Enemy of the World", as Private Moor in the Second Doctor serial "The War Games", and as King Peladon in the Third Doctor serial "The Curse of Peladon". He has appeared in the "Doctor Who" audio dramas "Cuddlesome", "The Judgement of Isskar", "The Destroyer of Delights", and "The Chaos Pool". He is unrelated to the director of the episode, Alice Troughton.
Michael Gough
Gough guest-starred in "Doctor Who", as the titular villain in "The Celestial Toymaker" (1966) and also as Councillor Hedin in "Arc of Infinity" (1983). He also played the automation-obsessed, wheelchair-bound Dr. Armstrong in "The Cybernauts", one of the best remembered episodes of "The Avengers" (1965), returning the following season as the Russian spymaster Nutski in "The Correct Way to Kill". He was introduced in the first-season episode "Maximum Security" of "Colditz" as Major "Willi" Schaeffer, the alcoholic second-in-command of the Kommandant (Bernard Hepton). In the Ian Curteis television play "Suez 1956" (1979), he portrayed Prime Minister Anthony Eden. In 1981, he was reunited with Laurence Olivier in Granada Television's "Brideshead Revisited", portraying the doctor to Olivier's dying Lord Marchmain. Gough also appeared in "The Citadel" (1983) as Sir Jenner Halliday, in 1985's "Out of Africa" as Lord Delamere and as the fictional deposed KGB spymaster Andrei Zorin in "Sleepers".
Eighth Doctor
The TV film did not lead to the commissioning of a revived television series, and while Eighth Doctor stories continued in other media, "Doctor Who" did not air again on television until 2005. After this, footage and stills from the TV film would be used in later episodes "The Next Doctor" (2008), "The Eleventh Hour", "The Lodger" (both 2010) and "Nightmare in Silver" (2013). Edited archive footage in "The Name of the Doctor" very briefly shows the Eighth Doctor sharing an adventure with the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton).
Doctor Who
There have been instances of actors returning at later dates to reprise the role of their specific Doctor. In 1973's "The Three Doctors", William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton returned alongside Jon Pertwee. For 1983's "The Five Doctors", Troughton and Pertwee returned to star with Peter Davison, and Tom Baker appeared in previously unseen footage from the uncompleted "Shada" episode. For this episode, Richard Hurndall replaced William Hartnell. Patrick Troughton again returned in 1985's "The Two Doctors" with Colin Baker. In 2007, Peter Davison returned in the Children in Need short "Time Crash" alongside David Tennant, and in 2013's 50th anniversary special episode, "The Day of the Doctor", David Tennant's Tenth Doctor appeared alongside Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and John Hurt as the War Doctor, as well as brief footage from all of the previous actors. In 2017, the First Doctor (this time portrayed by David Bradley) returned alongside Peter Capaldi in "The Doctor Falls" and "Twice Upon a Time" (both 2017). In "The Name of the Doctor" (2013), the Eleventh Doctor meets a previously unseen incarnation of himself, subsequently revealed to be the War Doctor. Additionally, multiple incarnations of the Doctor have met in various audio dramas and novels based on the television show.
Dreamland (Doctor Who)
Dreamland is the third animated "Doctor Who" serial (based on the British science fiction television live action series) to air on television, and the second to air after the revival of the live-action series in 2005. It stars David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and aired in six parts (one 12-minute episode, followed by five 6-minute episodes) broadcast daily from 21 November 2009 on the BBC's Red Button service, the official "Doctor Who" website and the BBC iPlayer. It was broadcast in its entirety on BBC Two and BBC HD on 5 December 2009.
History of Doctor Who
After actors Hugh David (later a director on the series) and Geoffrey Bayldon had both turned down approaches to star in the series, Verity Lambert and the first serial's director Waris Hussein managed to persuade 55-year-old character actor William Hartnell to take the part of the Doctor. Hartnell was known mostly for playing army sergeants and other tough characters in a variety of films, but Lambert had been impressed with his sensitive performance as a rugby league talent scout in the film version of "This Sporting Life", which inspired her to offer him the role.
David Langton
In 1968 director Douglas Camfield chose Langton to portray Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart in the "Doctor Who" serial "The Web of Fear", but Langton dropped out to perform in a TV play before production began, so Camfield gave the part to Nicholas Courtney, who had originally been cast in different role. As played by Courtney, the character of Lethbridge-Stewart (better known as the Brigadier) returned to "Doctor Who" the next year and became one of its most recognisable supporting characters, appearing in "Doctor Who" irregularly until 1989 and making a final appearance in spin-off "The Sarah Jane Adventures" in 2008.
Second Doctor
The Second Doctor would return to the series on three occasions: in 1973 for the 10th anniversary serial "The Three Doctors" (which also saw the return of William Hartnell as the First Doctor), in 1983 for the 20th anniversary special, "The Five Doctors", and once more in 1985 in "The Two Doctors".
Doctor Who (film)
Doctor Who, also referred to as Doctor Who: The Movie to distinguish it from the television series of the same name, is a 1996 television film continuing the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It was developed as a co-production between BBC Worldwide, Universal Studios, 20th Century Fox, and the American network Fox. It premiered on 12 May 1996 on CITV in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (which was owned by WIC at the time before being acquired by Canwest Global in 2000), 15 days before its first showing in the United Kingdom on BBC One and two days before being broadcast in the United States on Fox. It was also shown in some countries for a limited time in cinemas.
Doctor Who (season 1)
William Hartnell portrayed the first incarnation of the Doctor (referred to as "Dr. Who") in this season. The role was originally offered to Hugh David, Leslie French, Cyril Cusack, Alan Webb and Geoffrey Bayldon; David, Cusack and Webb turned down the role as they were reluctant to work on a series, while Bayldon wished to avoid another "old man" role. Lambert and director Waris Hussein invited William Hartnell to play the role; Hartnell accepted the role after several discussions, viewing it as an opportunity to take his career in a new direction. Hartnell had always wished to play an older character in his work, but failed to do so, becoming typecast as a "tough" actor due to his roles in "Carry On Sergeant" (1958) and "The Army Game" (1957–61). Although portrayed as grumpy and antagonistic in early episodes, the Doctor warms to his companions as the show progresses.
Doctor Who (series 2)
The second series of British science fiction programme "Doctor Who" began on 25 December 2005 with the Christmas special "The Christmas Invasion". Following the special, a regular series of thirteen episodes was broadcast, starting with "New Earth" on 15 April 2006. In addition, two short special episodes were produced; and an interactive episode, as well as 13 "TARDISODEs".