It should be noted that we are only including the iterations where actors who play The Doctor are in the canon of the BBC series.<\/p>\n
This means that we are not including actors such as Peter Cushing, who portrayed the character Dr. Who in the non-canon films Dr. Who and the Daleks<\/strong> (1965) and Daleks\u2019 Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.<\/strong> (1966).<\/p>\n So, where do they all fall in the timeline of the series \u2013 in real life and in the story?<\/p> The following actors have portrayed incarnations of The Doctor across the entire life of Doctor Who, here presented in the order in which they played the character in the real-life production.<\/p>\n We\u2019re sure there will be many more twists and turns in the series in future that mean more actors shall be added in due course.<\/p>\n The following actors have portrayed The Doctor in the canon of the BBC series and these are in chronological order by the show\u2019s own timeline.<\/p>\n Who knows which Doctors past, present and future will appear in upcoming episodes\u2026<\/p>\n Doctor Who is available to stream on\u00a0BBC iPlayer<\/a>\u00a0with episodes of the classic series also available on BritBox \u2013 you can sign up for a\u00a07-day free trial here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out more of our\u00a0Sci-Fi<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a> and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Lewis Knight Published: Tuesday, 25 October 2022 at 12:00 am Everyone has their favourite Doctor, but just who has portrayed the Time Lord in Doctor Who? It should be noted that we are only including the iterations where actors who play The Doctor are in the canon of the BBC series. This means that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":24529,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/doctor-who-actors-in-order-in-production-and-chronological-order.jpg",1716,1144,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/doctor-who-actors-in-order-in-production-and-chronological-order-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/doctor-who-actors-in-order-in-production-and-chronological-order-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/doctor-who-actors-in-order-in-production-and-chronological-order-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/doctor-who-actors-in-order-in-production-and-chronological-order-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/doctor-who-actors-in-order-in-production-and-chronological-order-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/10\/doctor-who-actors-in-order-in-production-and-chronological-order.jpg",1716,1144,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lewis Knight Published: Tuesday, 25 October 2022 at 12:00 am Everyone has their favourite Doctor, but just who has portrayed the Time Lord in Doctor Who? It should be noted that we are only including the iterations where actors who play The Doctor are in the canon of the BBC series. This means that…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/24528"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Doctor Who actors in production order\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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