The Doctor

Science fiction character This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: "The Doctor" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. When this tag was added, its readable prose size was 20,000 words. Consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. (January 2026) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Fictional character The DoctorDoctor Who characterThe fifteen faces of the Doctor to dateThe Doctor as portrayed by the series leads in chronological order, left to right from top rowFirst appearanceAn Unearthly Child (1963)Created bySydney NewmanPortrayed by William Hartnell (1963–1966) Patrick Troughton (1966–1969) Jon Pertwee (1970–1974) Tom Baker (1974–1981) Peter Davison (1982–1984) Colin Ba