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Peter Capaldi took over as the Twelfth Doctor following Smith's departure and debuted his first full episode in "Deep Breath". [62] [63] Capaldi made a cameo appearance in "The Day of the Doctor" and a guest appearance at the end of "The Time of the Doctor" after being cast in the role.
The incumbent Fifteenth Doctor is played by Ncuti Gatwa, who took over the role from David Tennant following the conclusion of "The Giggle" (2023). Outside of television many actors have played the Doctor on in various BBC -licensed spin-offs on television, stage, radio, film, audio plays, and webcasts.
A fan of Doctor Who since childhood, Simpsons creator Matt Groening favours Tom Baker's Doctor. [66] Simpsons writer Ron Hauge said, "There are several Doctor Who actors but Tom Baker is the one we always go with." [66] Impressionist Jon Culshaw regularly impersonates Baker in the comedy series Dead Ringers.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, JUNE 23: Richard Franklin at the BBC studios recording a Doctor Who audiobook, London, June 23, 2009. (Photo by Kevin Nixon/SFX magazine via Getty Images)
David John Tennant (né McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor.He is best known for portraying the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in the Sci-fi series Doctor Who (2005–2010; 2013).
Norwegian actor [109] Kathleen Harrison: 1892–1995: 103: British actress [110] Shinobu Hashimoto: 1918–2018: 100: Japanese film director, screenwriter, and producer [111] Johannes Heesters: 1903–2011: 108: Dutch actor, vocalist and performer [112] Bob Hope: 1903–2003: 100: British-born American actor and comedian [113] Mieczysław ...
Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith (born 20 August 1943), known professionally as Sylvester McCoy, is a Scottish actor.Gaining prominence as a physical comedian, [1] [2] he became 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 ...
John Anthony Woods (born 24 December 1941), known professionally as John Levene, is an English actor, producer, entertainer and singer. Although he has appeared in a large number of films and television series, Levene's best-known role is that of Sergeant Benton, of UNIT in the science-fiction television series Doctor Who, a role he played from 1968 to 1975.