How many Doctors have there been ?
SA) Ten LA) Officially in established continuity there are ten – From the original series – The First Doctor – 1963 – William Hartnell (played by Richard Hurndal in The Five Doctors) The Second Doctor – 1966 – Patrick Troughton The Third Doctor – 1970 – Jon Pertwee The Fourth Doctor – 1974 – Tom Baker (made the most episodes) The Fifth Doctor – 1981 – Peter Davison The Sixth Doctor – 1984 – Colin Baker (had a season cancelled and was asked to leave) The Seventh Doctor – 1987 – Sylvester McCoy (held the role for longest but only did 3 seasons) The Eighth Doctor – 1996 – Paul McGann (only made one on screen appearence) Then from the new series – The Ninth Doctor – 2005 – Christopher Eccleston The Tenth Doctor – 2005 – David Tennant Then if that’s not enough, the BBC were going to make a series of Internet animated adventures starring Richard E Grant as the Ninth Doctor in The Scream of Shalka – they only made one.
SA) Ten LA) Officially in established continuity there are ten – From the original series – The First Doctor – 1963 – William Hartnell (played by Richard Hurndal in The Five Doctors) The Second Doctor – 1966 – Patrick Troughton The Third Doctor – 1970 – Jon Pertwee The Fourth Doctor – 1974 – Tom Baker (made the most episodes) The Fifth Doctor – 1981 – Peter Davison The Sixth Doctor – 1984 – Colin Baker (had a season cancelled and was asked to leave) The Seventh Doctor – 1987 – Sylvester McCoy (held the role for longest but only did 3 seasons) The Eighth Doctor – 1996 – Paul McGann (only made one on screen appearence) Then from the new series – The Ninth Doctor – 2005 – Christopher Eccleston The Tenth Doctor – 2005 – David Tennant Then if that’s not enough, the BBC were going to make a series of Internet animated adventures starring Richard E Grant as the Ninth Doctor in The Scream of Shalka – they only made one. The first two Dalek stories from the original TV series were also adapted
