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Stupid leaving him out. He's not a far off incarnation like Jo Martin's Doctor. He's an actual incarnation in-between 8 and 9 in the Doctor's first regeneration cycle, Hurt should be in there. He also became the Doctor again at the end of the special. It would also serve to easily inform new people where the incarnation lies if he's in the main image. 2001:BB6:6862:1800:1083:25A8:CE24:3431 ( talk) 22:47, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
Given that Brian (Rory's father) appeared a few times during the series, would it be reasonable to add him as The Doctor's grandfather-in-law, given he is Rory's father? Pokelego999 ( talk) 22:53, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
If Tenth/Fourteenth Doctor (David Tennant) is still able to re-generate and he manages to do so what happens to the List of Doctors order as there is no guarantee that he will eventually become Gatwa as there could be Unknown Doctors between the two versions of The Doctor.
Also, should Tennant's 14th Doctor regenerate, it's also possible he could gain an unfamiliar face or revert to another previous one. Even though the bi-regeneration in The Giggle gave us Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Fourteenth Doctor (David Tennant) at the same time it is still possible the 15th could have been pulled in from somewhere in the future. We don't know if both Doctors can re-generate yet or just Gatwa. - 2A02:C7C:53C1:E00:90CB:DA01:E677:CD31 ( talk) 14:26, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
Since the timeless children, there is some debate among fans as to whether the Doctor is fully Gailfreyan. Hence some users have edited "Unknown, Gallifrey (adopted)" Has there been confirmation or not from the writers? ~~ 92.17.199.182 ( talk) 22:00, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
a voice changer of a dalek 111.220.173.112 ( talk) 05:27, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
Although there seems to be a consensus to distinguish between the tenth and fourteenth doctors in an in-universe sense, there is only one David Tennant (the actor). When listing the fourteen lead actors, he should only be listed once.
The infobox says “Portrayed by” and seems to proceed to claim the character was portrayed by two David Tennants (2005-2010) and (2023). That is incorrect, he was portrayed by the same man (2005-2010, 2023). There is a clear precedent in Sean Connery’s non-consecutive portrayals of James Bond which are listed in that character’s infobox as (1962-1967, 1971, 1983). Even in this specific Doctor Who list, David Bradley’s non-consecutive appearances as distinct incarnations of the character are listed as (2017, 2022).
The subsection titled Actors begins by saying “The actors who have played the lead role of the Doctor to date in the programme, and the dates of their first and last regular television appearances in the role, are:” and follows that up with a table listing the fifteen in-universe incarnations of the character instead of listing the actors who have played the lead role in the programme to date as promised. Either the table needs to be revamped or the sentence leading into it needs to be rewritten.
I would propose something like:
Actor |
No. of series |
No. of episodes |
Incarnation | Original start | Original end | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Date | Age | Date | Age | ||||
William Hartnell | 4 | 134 (29 stories) | First Doctor | 23 November 1963 | 55 | 29 October 1966 | 58 |
Patrick Troughton | 3 | 119 (21 stories) | Second Doctor | 5 November 1966 | 46 | 21 June 1969 | 49 |
Jon Pertwee | 5 | 128 (24 stories) | Third Doctor | 3 January 1970 | 50 | 8 June 1974 | 54 |
Tom Baker | 7 | 172 (41 stories) | Fourth Doctor | 28 December 1974 | 40 | 21 March 1981 | 47 |
Peter Davison | 3 | 69 (20 stories) | Fifth Doctor | 4 January 1982 | 30 | 16 March 1984 | 32 |
Colin Baker | 2 | 31 (8 stories) | Sixth Doctor | 22 March 1984 | 40 | 6 December 1986 | 43 |
Sylvester McCoy | 3 | 42 (12 stories) | Seventh Doctor | 7 September 1987 | 44 | 6 December 1989 | 46 |
Paul McGann | — | 1 (1 story) | Eighth Doctor | 27 May 1996 | 36 | 27 May 1996 [nb 1] | 36 |
Christopher Eccleston | 1 | 13 (10 stories) | Ninth Doctor | 26 March 2005 | 41 | 18 June 2005 | 41 |
David Tennant | 3 | 50 (39 stories) | Tenth Doctor | 25 December 2005 | 34 | 1 January 2010 | 38 |
Fourteenth Doctor | 25 November 2023 | 52 | 9 December 2023 | 52 | |||
Matt Smith | 3 | 44 (39 stories) | Eleventh Doctor | 3 April 2010 | 27 | 25 December 2013 | 31 |
Peter Capaldi | 3 | 40 (35 stories) | Twelfth Doctor | 23 August 2014 | 56 | 25 December 2017 | 59 |
Jodie Whittaker | 3 | 31 (24 stories) | Thirteenth Doctor | 7 October 2018 | 36 | 23 October 2022 | 40 |
Ncuti Gatwa | 1 | 9 (8 stories) | Fifteenth Doctor | 25 December 2023 | 31 | TBA | TBA |
or:
Actor | Incarnation |
No. of series |
No. of episodes |
Original start | Original end | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Date | Age | Date | Age | ||||
William Hartnell | First Doctor | 4 | 134 (29 stories) | 23 November 1963 | 55 | 29 October 1966 | 58 |
Patrick Troughton | Second Doctor | 3 | 119 (21 stories) | 5 November 1966 | 46 | 21 June 1969 | 49 |
Jon Pertwee | Third Doctor | 5 | 128 (24 stories) | 3 January 1970 | 50 | 8 June 1974 | 54 |
Tom Baker | Fourth Doctor | 7 | 172 (41 stories) | 28 December 1974 | 40 | 21 March 1981 | 47 |
Peter Davison | Fifth Doctor | 3 | 69 (20 stories) | 4 January 1982 | 30 | 16 March 1984 | 32 |
Colin Baker | Sixth Doctor | 2 | 31 (8 stories) | 22 March 1984 | 40 | 6 December 1986 | 43 |
Sylvester McCoy | Seventh Doctor | 3 | 42 (12 stories) | 7 September 1987 | 44 | 6 December 1989 | 46 |
Paul McGann | Eighth Doctor | — | 1 (1 story) | 27 May 1996 | 36 | 27 May 1996 [nb 2] | 36 |
Christopher Eccleston | Ninth Doctor | 1 | 13 (10 stories) | 26 March 2005 | 41 | 18 June 2005 | 41 |
David Tennant | Tenth Doctor | 3 | 47 (36 stories) | 25 December 2005 | 34 | 1 January 2010 | 38 |
Fourteenth Doctor | — | 3 (3 stories) | 25 November 2023 | 52 | 9 December 2023 | 52 | |
Matt Smith | Eleventh Doctor | 3 | 44 (39 stories) | 3 April 2010 | 27 | 25 December 2013 | 31 |
Peter Capaldi | Twelfth Doctor | 3 | 40 (35 stories) | 23 August 2014 | 56 | 25 December 2017 | 59 |
Jodie Whittaker | Thirteenth Doctor | 3 | 31 (24 stories) | 7 October 2018 | 36 | 23 October 2022 | 40 |
Ncuti Gatwa | Fifteenth Doctor | 1 | 9 (8 stories) | 25 December 2023 | 31 | TBA | TBA |
184.144.62.38 ( talk) 01:01, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
that’s probably a different argument for a different talk pageJust a note to say that I have started a section on Talk:List of actors who have played the Doctor#The Tennant Problem where this can be discussed separately from the discussion of this page. JustAnotherCompanion ( talk) 21:38, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
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