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The Doctor is usually accompanied in his travels by one to three companions (sometimes called assistants). These characters provide a surrogate with whom the audience can identify, and further the story by asking questions and getting into trouble, (similar to Dr. Watson in the Sherlock Holmes mysteries.)
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Articles about significant fictional characters in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Subcategories This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total.
[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. [ 64 ] [ 65 ] He had also previously appeared in the Doctor Who episode " The Fires of Pompeii " and in the third series of spin-off series Torchwood , roles which were later connected ...
Doctor Who follows the adventures of the title character, a rogue Time Lord with somewhat unknown origins who goes by the name "the Doctor".The Doctor fled Gallifrey, the planet of the Time Lords, in a stolen TARDIS ("Time and Relative Dimension(s) in Space"), a time machine that travels by materialising into, and dematerialising out of, the time vortex.
List of actors considered for the part of the Doctor; List of actors who have played the Doctor; List of Doctor Who anthologies (2009–present) List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish; List of Doctor Who spin off audio plays by Big Finish; List of Doctor Who audiobooks; List of awards and nominations received by Doctor Who
Fourteen actors have portrayed The Doctor in a leading role in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The series' protagonist , the Doctor is an extraterrestrial Time Lord . The transition to each succeeding actor is explained within the narrative through the plot device of regeneration , which allows Time Lords a change of ...
This page lists those articles detailing recurring characters who have appeared, in at least two different serials or stories, in the television series Doctor Who.Some of the recurring characters listed below have also been companions or regular characters at certain stages in the show's history.