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First Doctor

Played by William Hartnell

"IF YOU COULD TOUCH THE ALIEN SAND AND HEAR THE CRIES OF STRANGE BIRDS AND WATCH THEM WHEEL IN ANOTHER SKY, WOULD THAT SATISFY YOU?"

After preventing the Cybermen from absorbing the Earth's energy and with his body “wearing a bit thin”, the First Doctor collapses to the TARDIS floor and begins to change…An exile from his homeworld, wandering space and time in his trusty TARDIS with granddaughter Susan, the First Doctor appears to be a frail old man. But don't be fooled. With a chuckle and a twinkle in his eye, he has an unquenchable thirst to explore, and a knack for getting himself into trouble doing it. Sometimes doting, sometimes difficult, the First Doctor was both a loving father figure and a fierce opponent. He plays deadly games with the Celestial Toymaker, he fools Roman emperors, Mongol warlords and French revolutionaries, and he foils each and every machination of the evil Daleks. But that was not to be the end for the First Doctor. The original would return to team up with two of his successors to defeat renegade Time Lord, Omega, and then with three of his future selves to battle Lord President Borusa on Gallifrey, and then again with twelve of his regenerations in a bid to save their home planet from the Daleks in the Time War. Shockingly, we also discover that he also came into contact with the Twelfth Doctor in person…

1963

Susan Foreman

Played by Carole Ann Ford

"I UNDERSTAND THESE PEOPLE BETTER THAN YOU. THEIR MINDS REJECT THINGS THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND"

Susan Foreman is a pupil at Coal Hill School, where she is taught History by Ms Wright and Science by Mr Chesterton. She lives at 76 Totter’s Lane. She is also the First Doctor’s granddaughter. An alien, exiled from a distant time and place, living in an extraordinary ship called the TARDIS. Curious, quick-witted and kind, Susan is the first of the Doctor’s travelling companions to leave him, settling with David Campbell after defeating the Dalek invasion of Earth.

Second Doctor

Played by Patrick Troughton

"THERE ARE SOME CORNERS OF THE UNIVERSE WHICH HAVE BRED THE MOST TERRIBLE THINGS. THINGS WHICH ACT AGAINST EVERYTHING THAT WE BELIEVE IN. THEY MUST BE FOUGHT"

The Second Doctor was very different to his predecessor. A more playful, whimsical air disguised dark undercurrents and a sharp mind. And as the Doctor changed, so did the adventures. Trips into earth's history gave way to besieged Moonbases, Martian Ice Warriors and Space Pirates. Not to mention the heyday of the emotionless Cybermen, whom the Doctor froze into their ancient tombs once more. It wasn't until he was put on trial by his own people - The Time Lords - for interference, that the Second Doctor was forced to regenerate.

1966

Polly Wright

Played by Anneke Wills

"THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE YOU KNOW ARE ALL RIGHT. YOU JUST KNOW BY LOOKING AT THEM"

In the course of a night that would change her life, Polly befriends miserable sailor Ben Jackson, meets a strange man called the Doctor and teams up with them to fight artificial intelligence WOTAN and its War Machines. Sneaking into the TARDIS together, Polly and Ben are whisked off into space and time to face the Cybermen, the Daleks and the Macra. Present at the Doctor’s first regeneration, Polly was faster than Ben to believe that the new man was still the Doctor. Polly and Ben both leave the TARDIS when it returns to Earth on the day they left – 20 July, 1966. Sarah Jane Smith later told the Eleventh Doctor that Polly and Ben were running an orphanage in India.

Third Doctor

Played by Jon Pertwee

"COURAGE ISN'T JUST A MATTER OF NOT BEING FRIGHTENED, YOU KNOW. IT'S BEING AFRAID AND DOING WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO ANYWAY"

As part of his sentence from the Time Lords, the Doctor was forced to begin his exile on earth with a new face. The Third Doctor was confident, bold and brash, but with a soft paternal side, reserved for those he cared about. While exiled he became allied to the extraterrestrial taskforce UNIT and helped them combat living plastic Autons, Sea Devils and polluted giant green maggots, as well as fellow renegade Time Lord, The Master. Eventually he was allowed to travel again, and on one such trip received a fatal dose of radiation, prompting him to regenerate...

1970

Liz Shaw

Played by Caroline John

"MISS SHAW, I'M NOT A FOOL. I DON'T CHASE SHADOWS. WHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THAT THERE MIGHT, THERE IS A REMOTE POSSIBILITY THAT OUTSIDE YOUR COSY LITTLE WORLD OTHER THINGS COULD EXIST"

An accomplished scientist called down from the University of Cambridge by the Brigadier, Dr Elizabeth Shaw joined UNIT in their fight against the first Nestene invasion. After helping repel the Autons, she remained to help the Doctor try and fix the grounded TARDIS, meeting Silurians, deadly alien ambassadors and Primords along the way. She returned to Cambridge after telling the Brigadier that all the Doctor wanted was someone to pass him test tubes and tell him “how brilliant" he is.

Fourth Doctor

Played by Tom Baker

"YOU KNOW, THE VERY POWERFUL AND THE VERY STUPID HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON. THEY DON'T ALTER THEIR VIEWS TO FIT THE FACTS. THEY ALTER THE FACTS TO FIT THEIR VIEW"

It was this incarnation of the Doctor that found and reassembled the Key to Time, that tried to reason with Davros at the birth of the Daleks, and who was invested as Lord President of the High Council of Time Lords. Always selfless, his fourth body died saving the universe from the Master. But that moment had been prepared for...From witnessing the genesis of the Daleks to preventing the death of the universe at Logopolis, the Fourth Doctor was an adventurer on an epic scale. Armed with a gleeful smile, swashbuckling charm and righteous morality, he defeated Sontarans, ancient vampires and the Black Guardian.

1974

Sarah Jane Smith

Played by Elisabeth Sladen

"THE UNIVERSE HAS TO MOVE FORWARD. PAIN AND LOSS, THEY DEFINE US AS MUCH AS HAPPINESS OR LOVE. WHETHER IT'S A WORLD, OR A RELATIONSHIP... EVERYTHING HAS ITS TIME"

While investigating the disappearance of scientists from a UNIT facility, feisty journalist Sarah Jane Smith stowed away aboard the Third Doctor’s TARDIS, and was taken to the Middle Ages. After defeating Sontaran Linx, she fought Daleks, photographed a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and advised a queen on how to rule. Following the Third Doctor’s regeneration, she travelled on with the Fourth, visiting the genesis of the Daleks, a planet made of solid gold, and blowing up a rocket designed to release an ancient evil god from his prison on Mars. After being possessed by Eldrad, she told the Doctor that she was “sick of being shot at, savaged by bug-eyed monsters”. As a result of this and a summons form Gallifrey, the Doctor dropped her back on Earth – although not in South Croydon as she wanted. After bumping into the Tenth Doctor at Deffry Vale School and helping defeat the Krillitanes, Sarah began investigating alien incursions from her home on Bannerman Road. Building a family around her, with her adopted son Luke and his friends, she took on Sontarans, Androvax and the Trickster. Never forgotten by the Doctor, her story goes on forever.

Fifth Doctor

Played by Peter Davison

"FOR SOME PEOPLE, SMALL, BEAUTIFUL EVENTS IS WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT!"

He twice faced the snake-like Mara, infesting the mind of his companion Tegan. It was in this fifth body that he was reunited with his past selves to fight in the Death Zone on Gallifrey. Infected with a deadly virus and with only enough antidote to save one, the Fifth Doctor sacrificed his life to save his friend Peri. Clever, considered and kind, the Fifth Doctor's world was one of fascination and science. He relished the recursion of Castrovalva, solved the mystery under the sinking sands of Frontios, and came face to face with the Silurians and Sea Devils once more.

1981

Adric

Played by Matthew Waterhouse

"NOW I'LL NEVER KNOW IF I WAS RIGHT"

An amazing Mathematician and awkward teenager, Adric was from the E-Space planet Alzarius. After accidentally fleeing into the TARDIS and seeing the life the Doctor lives, he stowed away. Back in our universe, after witnessing the Fourth Doctor’s regeneration, he was captured by the Master and forced to use mathematical power to create Castrovalva – a city-shaped trap to ensnare the new Doctor. Escaping from the Master he faced Terileptils and the Mara, before meeting the Cybermen. He died struggling to gain control of a freighter the Cybermen set on course for 26th Century Earth. Managing to send the freighter back in time, his actions saved many lives but caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Sixth Doctor

Played by Colin Baker

"THIS IS A SITUATION THAT REQUIRES TACT AND FINESSE. FORTUNATELY, I AM BLESSED WITH BOTH!"

Never understated, the Sixth Doctor was an explosion of colours, words and emotions. Passionate, sometimes quick to anger, this was a Doctor you did not want to make enemies with. He tangled with the corporate greed of the slimy Sil, took H.G. Wells on a trip to a strange world of Morlox and time machines, and defeated the amoral Gallifreyan scientist known only as the Rani. Once again, the Doctor’s interference in the affairs of other worlds resulted in a trial by his own people, and his own darker side, “The Valeyard” – who stood to gain all his remaining incarnations. After uncovering the Valeyard’s schemes, all charges were dropped, and the Doctor and Mel headed off in the TARDIS.

1984

Peri Brown

Played by Nicola Bryant

"SO WHAT? I'M PERPUGILLIAM BROWN AND I CAN SHOUT JUST AS LOUD AS YOU CAN!"

Perpugilliam “Peri” Brown, met the Fifth Doctor while bored at her stepfather's archaeological dig on Lanzarote. After helping defeat the Master, Peri opted to travel with the Doctor. During an early adventure, the Doctor and Peri contracted Spectrox Toxaemia on Androzani Minor. The Doctor’s selfless actions saved her from death and prompted the Time Lord’s fifth regeneration. The Sixth Doctor was initially unstable, and Peri had trouble coming to terms with him. She fought Cybermen on Telos, the combined machinations of the Rani and the Master, and joined the Doctor’s second incarnation in Spain to repel the Sontarans. During the Doctor’s trial, it was revealed that Peri died on Thoros Beta, when her mind was overwritten with that of the Mentor Lord Kiv. King Yrcanos – being used as an assassin by the Time Lords - destroyed the Peri-Kiv hybrid’s body. When the Doctor was acquitted, he was informed that the evidence concerning Peri’s death had been falsified – she lives, married to Yrcanos, a warrior queen of the Krontep.

Seventh Doctor

Played by Sylvester McCoy

"THERE ARE WORLDS OUT THERE WHERE THE SKY IS BURNING, AND THE SEA'S ASLEEP, AND THE RIVERS DREAM; PEOPLE MADE OF SMOKE AND CITIES MADE OF SONG. SOMEWHERE THERE'S DANGER, SOMEWHERE THERE'S INJUSTICE, AND SOMEWHERE ELSE THE TEA'S GETTING COLD. COME ON, ACE. WE'VE GOT WORK TO DO!"

The TARDIS is attacked by villainous Time Lady the Rani, triggering the Doctor’s next regeneration. His Seventh body was both a spoon-playing clown and a master of deep dark secrets. He toppled empires in a single night, entertained in the circus of the Gods of Ragnarok and played chess with the ancient and evil Fenric. Despite telling Ace that they still had “work to do” as they strode away from her home town of Perivale, it was in this incarnation that the television series was rested. The Seventh Doctor went on to have many adventures in books, comic strips and on audio. He returned on the eve of the millennium to transport the remains of the Master back to Gallifrey. Emerging from the TARDIS, he was shot by a street gang and died on the operating table.

1987

Ace

Played by Sophie Aldred

"DO YOU FEEL LIKE ARGUING WITH A CAN OF DEODORANT THAT REGISTERS NINE ON THE RICHTER SCALE?"

Originally from 1980s London, troubled teen Ace (real name ‘Dorothy’) met the Doctor on Iceworld, where she had been transported as part of a trap by an ancient evil called Fenric. Favouring homemade explosives, a baseball bat and her ghetto-blaster, she was a marked difference to Mel. As well as fighting Cybermen and Daleks singled-handedly, she faced the demons of her past and the reality of hating her mother. Righteous and brave, Ace had absolute faith in the Doctor and developed into a bold young woman during her travels. Many conflicting reports exist as to what happened to Ace after her travels in the TARDIS, but Sarah Jane Smith later recalled that a “Dorothy something” raised billions through her foundation A Charitable Earth.

Eighth Doctor

Played by Paul McGann

"FOUR MINUTES? THAT'S AGES. WHAT IF I GET BORED, OR NEED A TELEVISION, COUPLE OF BOOKS? ANYONE FOR CHESS? BRING ME KNITTING."

After a great many adventures away from the screen, the Eighth Doctor was last seen trying to avoid fighting in the Time War. He was killed in a spaceship crash on Karn, and temporarily revived by its Sisterhood, who begged him to save reality by offering him a choice of regenerative elixirs. But who would he be? Fast or strong? Wise or angry? With a universe at war no longer needing a doctor, he chose to become a warrior…After dying on the operating table, the Doctor regenerated into his eighth form in a hospital morgue, on December 31, 1999. Mercurial, frenzied and prone to bouts of amnesia, the Eighth Doctor teamed up with Grace Holloway to save the world from being pulled inside-out by the Master’s hijacking of the TARDIS.

1996

Grace Holloway

Played by Daphne Ashbrook

"WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN OUT ALL THE BULLETS, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO LISTEN TO YOUR HEART, FIND OUT WHY IT'S SO WILD, AND THEN I'M GOING TO FIX IT"

Leaving the hospital, she encountered a confused, much younger man, with the same probe in his chest. Eventually believing that he was an alien who could change his face, she aided the newly regenerated Eighth Doctor against the Master, helping to “jump-start” the TARDIS and roll back the effects of the open Eye of Harmony. Sharing a kiss with him at the turn of the millennium, she declined the offer to join his travels, instead inviting him to stay with her.Eminent cardiologist, Dr Grace Holloway's life changed forever when she lost a surgical probe in a man's chest during a routine procedure, causing his death. Remaining adamant that his cardiovascular system was not normal she resigned from her post.

Ninth Doctor

Played by Christopher Eccleston

"IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU'RE A KID. THE FIRST TIME THEY TELL YOU THAT THE WORLD'S TURNING, AND YOU JUST CAN'T QUITE BELIEVE IT 'CAUSE EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE IT'S STANDING STILL. I CAN FEEL IT. THE TURN OF THE EARTH. THE GROUND BENEATH OUR FEET IS SPINNING AT A THOUSAND MILES AN HOUR, AND THE ENTIRE PLANET IS HURTLING AROUND THE SUN AT SIXTY-SEVEN THOUSAND MILES AN HOUR, AND I CAN FEEL IT. WE'RE FALLING THROUGH SPACE, YOU AND ME, CLINGING TO THE SKIN OF THIS TINY LITTLE WORLD, AND IF WE LET GO? THAT'S WHO I AM"

Sole survivor of the Last Great Time War, scarred by the terrible things he’d seen and done, the Ninth Doctor was an intense and emotional incarnation. Hiding his psychological trauma behind madcap wit and frivolity, he took Rose Tyler to see the end of the world, inspired Charles Dickens and showed that for once, everybody could live. He was still capable of great cruelty and anger though, killing Cassandra and torturing a lone Dalek into submission. After Rose defeated the Daleks using the power of the time vortex, the Doctor saved her by transferring that dangerous power into his own body. The strain destroyed his every cell and as Rose watched, his body exploded with raging energy...

2005

Rose Tyler

Played by Billie Piper

"I DON’T MEAN ALL THE TRAVELLING AND SEEING ALIENS AND SPACESHIPS AND THINGS. THAT DON'T MATTER. THE DOCTOR SHOWED ME A BETTER WAY OF LIVING YOUR LIFE"

Trapped by Autons in the basement of Henrik's department store, shop assistant Rose Tyler’s life is saved by a chance encounter with the Doctor. When her heroism leads to the defeat of the Nestene, he invites her to travel with him – taking her from Victorian Cardiff to the day the Earth died. And although travelling with the Doctor was often dangerous, she told him she’d stay with him forever. Witnessing the Ninth Doctor’s regeneration only made that bond stronger. However, during the Battle of Canary Wharf they were separated – trapped on parallel worlds. Using a Dimension Cannon she attempted to make contact with the Doctor (and new companion Donna) several times, eventually encountering him as he was exterminated by a Dalek. Once healed and the Daleks defeated, he returned Rose to the parallel world with her family and the half-human version of himself, to live the rest of their lives together.

Tenth Doctor

Played by David Tennant

"HE'S LIKE FIRE AND ICE AND RAGE. HE'S LIKE THE NIGHT AND THE STORM IN THE HEART OF THE SUN. HE'S ANCIENT AND FOREVER. HE BURNS AT THE CENTRE OF TIME AND HE CAN SEE THE TURN OF THE UNIVERSE. AND HE'S WONDERFUL"

Waking on Christmas Day in his new form, the Doctor fought the Sycorax high above London, where he lost a hand but grew a new one with remnant regenerative power. Travelling with Rose and Mickey he battled Cybermen, werewolves and possibly, the Devil itself. Losing Rose in a parallel universe – but later leaving her with a half-human clone of himself – the Doctor travelled on. He hid as a human schoolmaster to spare the Family of Blood his wrath, he defeated his nemesis the Master once more and met River Song for the first time. Told that he would die when someone knocked four times, the Doctor remained defiant, but to no avail. Reeling from his confrontation with the Time Lords and fatally dosed with radiation, the Tenth Doctor’s song ended, as his violent regeneration burned the TARDIS and sent it crashing through space….

2005

Donna Noble

Played by Catherine Tate

"LISTEN, I DON’T KNOW WHAT SORT OF KIDS YOU’VE BEEN FLYING AROUND WITH IN OUTER SPACE BUT YOU’RE NOT TELLING ME TO SHUT UP!"

A temp from West London, Donna found herself transported aboard the TARDIS as she was walking down the aisle on her wedding day. Fortunately, the Doctor saved her from marrying Lance – who’d made a deal with the Empress of the Racnoss. Despite turning down the Doctor’s offer to travel with him, she began investigating possible alien incursions, in the hope she’d meet him again. When they were reunited at Adipose Industries, she took up the offer to travel in the TARDIS - visiting Pompeii, meeting Agatha Christie and helping thwart the Sontarans. When the Doctor was exterminated by a Dalek and began regenerating he funnelled the energy into his spare hand. When Donna touched this, it provoked a ‘metacrisis’, where she acquired all of the Doctor’s knowledge. Although this was essential in stopping Davros, it started to destroy Donna’s body. The Doctor was forced to wipe her mind and return her to Sylvia and Wilf. He later bought Donna and new husband Shaun a winning lottery ticket.

Eleventh Doctor

Played by Matt Smith

"YOU WON'T EVEN REMEMBER ME. WELL, YOU'LL REMEMBER ME A LITTLE. I'LL BE A STORY IN YOUR HEAD. BUT THAT'S OKAY. WE'RE ALL STORIES IN THE END. JUST MAKE IT A GOOD ONE, EH?"

A broken man after Amy and Rory were sent back in time by a Weeping Angel, and a Victorian-era Clara fell to her death, he decided to disappear. But it wasn't long before the lure of "the woman twice dead" brought the Doctor out of retirement. Finding his own tomb on the embattled Trenzalore and meeting a shameful, hidden past incarnation, started him on a path of redemption, teaming up with the Tenth Doctor to save Gallifrey rather than burn it. After sacrificing his life to defend Trenzalore, and granted a whole new cycle of incarnations by the Time Lords, the Doctor regenerated once more…Hugely energetic, occasionally flirtatious, and by his own admission, "a mad man", the Eleventh Doctor combined youthful looks with an old soul. Crashing into the lives of Amy Pond, and her boyfriend (later, husband) Rory, he solved the mystery of the time-erasing cracks in the universe, escaped his own death, restarted reality and even found time to marry River Song.

2010

Amy Pond

Played by Karen Gillan

"SO IS THIS HOW IT WORKS, DOCTOR? YOU NEVER INTERFERE IN THE AFFAIRS OF OTHER PEOPLES OR PLANETS, UNLESS THERE'S CHILDREN CRYING?"

Seven-year-old Amelia Pond is visited one night by a mad man in a box who eats fish fingers and custard, and who examines the frightening crack in her wall. She waits for him to return. For twelve years. When the “raggedy man” came back, Amy embarked on a series of adventures with him, on the eve of her wedding to Rory Williams. The couple later travelled together, got married – an event the Doctor attended only after Amy remembered him back into existence – and had a daughter, Melody. In Amy’s own words, she went to sea and fought pirates, fell in love with a man who waited 2000 years to keep her safe, gave hope to Vincent van Gogh, and saved a whale in outer space. Touched by a Weeping Angel, Amy was catapulted back to 1938, where she lived a happy life with Rory and adopted a son.

Twelfth Doctor

Played by Peter Capaldi

"I DO WHAT I DO, BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT! BECAUSE IT'S DECENT! AND ABOVE ALL, IT'S KIND. IT'S JUST THAT. JUST KIND. IF I RUN AWAY TODAY, GOOD PEOPLE WILL DIE. IF I STAND AND FIGHT, SOME OF THEM MIGHT LIVE"

The Twelfth Doctor immediately teamed up with his old chums The Paternoster Gang (Vastra, Jenny and Strax) as he dealt with a bout of post-regenerative stress. Luckily, Clara was on standby to help out. Together, they were manipulated unseen by The Master who had changed gender into Missy.Granted a whole new regenerative cycle by the Time Lords, the Doctor experienced an explosive and unprecedented thirteenth regeneration, ending the Siege of Trenzalore. A new Doctor - with a sharp face, bushy brows and boggle eyes - faced a bewildered Clara, across the console. A Doctor who has seemingly forgotten how to fly the TARDIS! Along the way Clara lost her teacher boyfriend Danny Pink and almost left the TARDIS. But she and the Time Lord were inseparable (after some intervention by Santa), and went on to team up with UNIT’s Kate Stewart and Osgood once more and fought off the Zygons, Davros and faced Missy again. A trip back to Gallifrey (after spending several billions year alone in the Confession Dial) saw the secret of the mythical Hybrid unveiled and a confrontation with the immortal Ashildr at the end of the universe. After enjoying a few years off from saving the universe with his wife River Song, the Twelfth Doctor took on a teaching position at St. Luke’s University in Bristol where he met the inquisitive Bill Potts. With Nardole helping him guard The Vault (containing Missy), the trio embarked on numerous adventures in space and time. And then came a fierce battle with Mondasian Cybermen – started by the return of a previous incarnation of The Master – which prompted Time Lord’s regeneration. The Doctor was able to fight it off long enough to meet his original self, the First Doctor, and embark on a partnership which would end in both men regenerating.

2013

Clara Oswald

Played by Jenna Coleman

"WE'VE GOT ENOUGH WARRIORS. ANY OLD IDIOT CAN BE A HERO. DO YOU'VE ALWAYS DONE: BE A DOCTOR."

Uniquely, Clara has met every incarnation of the Doctor so far. Upon jumping into his time stream she came into contact with his various regenerations. Not long after the Coal Hill School teacher zoomed off to join the Eleventh and Tenth Doctors in a team-up with The War Doctor.That impossible girl. In Victorian London, there’s “sweet little Clara” from the Rose & Crown, who’s also an upright children’s governess. In the far-flung future, Oswin Oswald, the shipwrecked Junior Entertainments Manager from Starship Alaska, in reality a human-Dalek conversion refusing to accept her fate. Identical women, worlds and times apart, impossibly giving the Doctor the same message. A trip to Trenzalore resulted in a regeneration for her Doctor and an abrupt introduction to his successor. Their relationship proved to be frosty, at times, initially but after meetings with Daleks, Robin Hood, Cybermen, the mischievous Missy, deadly Dream Crabs, and even Santa Claus!, the two became firm friends once more. Along the way, Clara befriended colleague Danny Pink and the couple became more than just friends. Although she tried to keep the Doctor out of other lives, this proved impossible. Sadly, Danny was killed but managed to help save the world from a Cyberman invasion. Missy was to return to haunt Clara and dragged her to Skaro and after having her body print utilised by rogue Zygons, the teacher met her end in a Trap Street, mayored by the immortal Ashildr. However, despite the Raven seemingly killing the Doctor’s companion, the Time Lords brought her back to life which lead to Clara travelling off in space and time with the aforementioned Ashildr in their very own TARDIS!

Thirteenth Doctor

Played by Jodie Whittaker

"SOMETHING I BELIEVE IN MY FAITH. LOVE, IN ALL ITS FORMS, IS THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON WE HAVE, BECAUSE LOVE IS A FORM OF HOPE AND, LIKE HOPE, LOVE ABIDES IN THE FACE OF EVERYTHING"

The Thirteenth Doctor is a bright, buzzing ball of energy – hyperactive, excitable, and talking a mile a minute from the very first moment we meet her. Filled with wonder and admiration for the universe, she’s a charming explorer who champions fairness and kindness wherever and whenever she can. In her own words, ‘When people need help, I never refuse.’ After crash-landing to Earth, still dazed from an explosive regeneration, this Doctor initially struggled to remember who she was. But with help from Grace, Graham, Ryan and Yaz, she soon remembered, and was leaping from great heights and diving into deep space in no time. This Doctor treats her friends like her family – or her ‘fam’, as she often puts it. After many travels across time and space (and face-offs with the Daleks, the Cybermen, and the Master), she said a reluctant goodbye to Graham and Ryan – and a big hello to new companion and proud Liverpudlian, Dan Lewis. Most recently, the Flux saw this Doctor questioning her identity and desperate for answers about her past. But her bravery and selflessness eventually helped her to defeat the Ravagers and the Sontarans, saving the Earth once again alongside new friends Vinder, Bel, Karvanista, and Joseph Williamson. Like her previous incarnations, the Doctor is brave and selfless – a hero who will run towards danger without hesitation. Though she may be a fidget and a wanderer, she’ll always answer a call for aid when she hears it.

2017

Ryan Sinclair

Played by Tosin Cole

"I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD ABOUT ME, BUT I'M RYAN SINCLAIR. ME AND ME MATES, WE SAW OFF EVERYTHING FROM GIANT SPIDERS TO A CONSCIOUS UNIVERSE. WE FOUGHT CYBERMEN, SKITHRA, MORAX, THE MIGHTY PTING. IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN A BIKE TO SCARE ME OFF"

Born and bred in Sheffield, Ryan was working in a warehouse and studying to become a mechanic when the Doctor burst into his life. He had been raised by his nan, Grace, and was closer to her than anyone in the world. When she passed away, Ryan was still getting used to her relatively new husband, Graham, and was reluctant to call him ‘Grandad’. A little bit shy and lacking in confidence – partly due to having dyspraxia and sometimes struggling with physical co-ordination – Ryan was not initially sure about travelling with the Doctor. However, his curious and open-minded nature soon saw him making new friends and embracing the unknown. He even managed to start healing his difficult relationship with his father while battling a murderous Dalek squid! Ryan eventually found that he quite missed life on Earth – particularly his best friend, Tibo. Having faced the Daleks, the Cybermen, the Master, the Judoon, the Dregs, the Morax, the Pting and Tzim-Sha – just to name a few! – Ryan finally waved goodbye to TARDIS life in 2021. But with the Doctor's parting gift of some psychic paper, and everything their time with the Doctor taught them, who's to say if their adventures have ended?

Fourteenth Doctor

Played by David Tennant

"I KNOW THESE TEETH…"

A tumultuous clash with the Master saw the Doctor being forcefully regenerated into her best enemy - and back again, with the help of Yaz and a few more of the Doctor’s friends. However, the Doctor was left mortally wounded by the experience; and after saying goodbye to Yaz, she regenerated peacefully and alone. But the new Doctor discovered his new face was in fact an old face – that of one of his former incarnations! What has caused him to revisit his old appearance? Is there more at work here than even the Doctor can understand? Only time (and space) will tell…

2022

Donna Noble

Played by Catherine Tate

"LISTEN, I DON’T KNOW WHAT SORT OF KIDS YOU’VE BEEN FLYING AROUND WITH IN OUTER SPACE BUT YOU’RE NOT TELLING ME TO SHUT UP!"

A temp from West London, Donna found herself transported aboard the TARDIS as she was walking down the aisle on her wedding day. Fortunately, the Doctor saved her from marrying Lance – who’d made a deal with the Empress of the Racnoss. Despite turning down the Doctor’s offer to travel with him, she began investigating possible alien incursions, in the hope she’d meet him again. When they were reunited at Adipose Industries, she took up the offer to travel in the TARDIS - visiting Pompeii, meeting Agatha Christie and helping thwart the Sontarans. When the Doctor was exterminated by a Dalek and began regenerating he funnelled the energy into his spare hand. When Donna touched this, it provoked a ‘metacrisis’, where she acquired all of the Doctor’s knowledge. Although this was essential in stopping Davros, it started to destroy Donna’s body. The Doctor was forced to wipe her mind and return her to Sylvia and Wilf. He later bought Donna and new husband Shaun a winning lottery ticket.

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Title

First Doctor

Susan Foreman

Second Doctor

Polly Wright

Third Doctor

Liz Shaw

Fourth Doctor

Sarah Jane Smith

Fifth Doctor

Adric

Sixth Doctor

Peri Brown

Seventh Doctor

Ace

Eighth Doctor

Grace Holloway

Ninth Doctor

Rose Tyler

Tenth Doctor

Donna Noble

Eleventh Doctor

Amy Pond

Twelfth Doctor

Clara Oswald

Thirteenth Doctor

Ryan Sinclair

Fourteenth Doctor

Donna Noble

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