Who played doctor who?

In 1987, Doctor Who came out of a year-long hiatus following the firing of Colin Baker, and Sylvester McCoy was cast as the Seventh Doctor. His performance was evocative of the Second Doctor, and clearly informed by his comedy background, but in his second season became increasingly dark. read more

The Doctor with the least time in the TARDIS, McGann played the Time Lord for a television movie that was created in the hopes of once again bringing back the show in the ’90s — something that wouldn’t happen until years later. read more

William Hartnell also played the Doctor in an initial version of "An Unearthly Child". This was the first attempt at the first episode of the original series, filmed in September 1963 and first released on The Hartnell Years VHS in 1990. read more