The changing 直面する of Doctor Who and his companions: Your ultimate guide to every Time Lord and where they are now as David Tennant reprises his 役割 for the 60th 周年記念日

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Doctor Who is finally 始める，決める to return tonight at 6.30pm on BBC One for the modern 見解／翻訳／版's 14th series, with Ncuti Gatwa taking the 役割 of the time-travelling Time Lord from Christmas Day onwards.

The main character has been played by men for １０年間s, with 12 different 指名するs - from William Hartnell to David Tennant - 持つ／拘留するing the 重要なs to the TARDIS.?

類似して the Lord's companions have typically been much younger women, aside from the few men in the 早期に years 含むing?Jamie McCrimmon - this year will feature Millie Gibson, 19.

This was until?Jodie Whittaker debuted in 2017 as the first 女性（の） to play the Doctor and Sex Education 星／主役にする Ncuti, 30, will make history this year as the first-ever 黒人／ボイコット actor to take on the 役割.

Look 支援する as the show's incredible 60-year history, with all manner of adventures, Gallifrey 演劇 and awe-奮起させるing time travel.

It's here! Doctor Who returns tonight for a new series, with Nucti Gatwa taking on the 役割 of the first ever 黒人／ボイコット actor to play the Time Lord from Christmas Day (pictured in character)

Making history: The Sex Education 星／主役にする, 30, will make history as he will debut as the first-ever 黒人／ボイコット actor to take on the 役割 of the Time Lord?

Change: The Lord's companions have typically been much younger women, aside from the few men 含むing Jamie McCrimmon - this year will feature Millie Gibson, 19, pictured

支援する in the day: Take a look 支援する at the show's incredible 55-year history, with all manner of adventures, Gallifrey 演劇 and awe-奮起させるing time travel

First Doctor - William Hartnell - 1963-1966

Best Episode: The Dalek 侵略 Of Earth (1964)

It was the series that started it all, with 退役軍人 actor William Hartnell playing the iconic Time Lord in his first incarnation, as he 衝突，墜落d to Earth with his granddaughter Susan after 存在 '追放するd' from their 惑星 Gallifrey - the only member of the Doctor's family to join him on his travels.

にもかかわらず 不安定な 影響s a nd the 黒人／ボイコット-and-white filming, the first series is remember 情愛深く by die-hard fans and was re-imagined in the 2013 TV film Adventures Across Space and Time with David Bradley taking on Hartnell's 役割.?

Travelling through space and time with Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright, the team （機の）カム across the series' most formidable 敵 The Daleks, with the robots 悪名高い for their never-ending 憎悪 chasing the Doctor throughout the cosmos.

It was in this time the Doctor parted ways with Susan after she fell in love with?human 抵抗 闘士，戦闘機 David Campbell in the 22nd Century.?

The Doctor also （機の）カム across the Cybermen in this 時代 after they were first created as a 'better' 見解／翻訳／版 of humanity, with any and all emotions 除去するd from their minds.

But years of travel 結局 took their （死傷者）数 on the ageing Doctor, and it was after a 戦う／戦い with the Cybermen that he 崩壊（する）d in the TARDIS with his companions Polly and Ben Jackson, transforming into the second incarnation.

In reality actor Hartnell was struggling to keep up with the show's film schedule which led to his 出発, and he died in 1975.?

Most memorable companion:?Susan Foreman (Carole Ann Ford)

As the first Time Lord, William was blessed with a trio of companions.?

While Ian Chesterton - played by?William Russell- and Barbara Wright - played by Jacqueline Hill - had a part to play in the new 早期に days, Susan Foreman was the woman who laid the 詳細な計画s for what we know the 役割 as today.?

Susan, who Carole Ann Ford played, made her Doctor Who debut in 1963 during the episode An Unearthly Child.?

The 83-year-old has gone 負かす／撃墜する in history as the '初めの' and her final 正規の／正選手 episode, The Dalek 侵略 of Earth, 空気／公表するd in 1964.?

She then made two guest 外見s, first during the 1983 story, The Five Doctors and again in the 1993 charity special, Dimensions in Time.

First 直面する: William Hartnell played the first Doctor from 1963-1966, with a somewhat 'old and grumpy' 見解／翻訳／版 of the character 衝突，墜落ing to Earth after 存在 追放するd from his home?

The 初めの: Susan Foreman, played by Carole Ann Ford, made her Doctor Who debut in 1963 during the episode, An Unearthly Child (pictured in the 早期に 60s)?

Second Doctor - Patrick Troughton - 1966-1969

Best Episode: Tomb Of The Cybermen (1967)

In typical fashion The Second Doctor was in stark contrast to his 前任者, thought did 乗る，着手する on plenty of travels with partner Jamie.

While 取り組むing familiar 敵s such as the Daleks and Cybermen, Troughton's 見解／翻訳／版 of the character also 遭遇（する）d?new enemies such as the 広大な／多数の／重要な 知能 and the Ice 軍人s, who have also made surprise 外見s in the modern series.

This time also saw the debut of classic series 主要な支え?Alistair?Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (or the 准將), when he met the Doctor in the tunnels of the London 地下組織の.

The Second Doctor's time （機の）カム to an end when the TARDIS landed in the middle of a war-zone, created by a race of 外国人 将軍s who, with the help of another renegade Time Lord the War 長，指導者,?progressively kidnapped and brainwashed humans into becoming 兵士s for them.

While he was able to 敗北・負かす the 陰謀（を企てる）, The Doctor's 罰 （機の）カム in a 軍隊d regeneration from the Time Lords for breaking the 法律s of 非，不，無-干渉，妨害, and he was also 宣告，判決d to 追放する on the 20th Century Earth.

に引き続いて his 出口 Troughton died in 1987, and his grandson Harry went の上に play Dudley Dursley in the Harry Potter film series.?

Most memorable companion:?Jamie McCrimmon (Frazer Hines)?

Frazer's first 外見 was in 1966 during The Highlanders, as his character was introduced as a 麻薬を吸う of the 一族／派閥 MacLeod in 18th-century Scotland.?

While Ben (Michael Craze), Polly (Anneke Wills), Victoria (Deborah Watling) and Zoe?(Wendy Padbury) made 外見s with Patrick, Frazer starred in every one of his episodes aside from his first story, The 力／強力にする of the Darleks.??

Frazer is the longest-running companion in Doctor Who history, ーに関して／ーの点でs of number of episodes.?

His last 正規の／正選手 外見 と一緒に the Doctor was in The War Games - he also （機の）カム 支援する as a guest for?Tales of the TARDIS.

Number Two: Patrick Troughton played The Second Doctor from 1966-1969. A stark contrast to his 前任者, his met an array of new en emies during his time in the TARDIS

?History made: Jamie McCrimmon, played by Frazer Hines, 79, left, pictured in 1968 with Wendy Padbury, made his debut in?in 1966 during The Highlanders (pictured in the late 60s)

Third Doctor - John Pertwee - 1970-1974

Best Episode:?Spearhead From Space (1970)

During this time The Doctor was most prominently travelling with explorer Jo 認める, who hilariously left him to go travelling with a man who bore much resemblance to 結局の Eighth Doctor Paul McGann!

A far more whimsical man than his 前任者s, many modern-day fans will also know Pertwee for his 役割 in Worzel Gummidge.

Luckily his 追放する to Earth was 結局 解除するd 許すing him and his companions to travel to all corners of t he universe, along with 会合 新聞記者／雑誌記者 Sarah Jane Smith.

This 時代 also the first ever multi-Doctor crossover, as the Third Doctor met his two previous selves, which also became Hartnell's last time portraying the First Doctor.

It also saw the introduction of 先史の villains The Silurians and The Autons, who appeared in the first episode of the 2005 reboot series.

結局 Pertwee's Doctor regenerated に引き続いて a 汚い 遭遇（する） with The Green Death - the actor died in 1996 - with his old ふさわしい persona transforming into perhaps the classic 時代's most famous incarnation.

Most memorable companion:?Jo 認める (Katy Manning)

Liz Shaw (Caroline John) may have been Pertwee's first companion, but there is no chemistry like his and Jo 認める's (Katy Manning).?

Katy （機の）カム as the saving grace to the show's companion 役割.?She was able to perfect the balance between intelligent and 確信して but still dazzled by the Doctor's brilliance to stay inquisitive and 関連した to the story.?

She became the nation's favourite after her first 外見 in the 1971 story Terror of the Autions as her 上昇傾向 energy when the going got 堅い became admirable and contagious.?

But it was her time to say goodbye when she decided to marry a scientist she met during the course of The Green Death.

Her 最新の 外見 was 公正に／かなり 最近の as she starred as a guest in an episode?of Tales of the TARDIS.?

Jovial: Jon Pertwee took on the 役割 of the Third Doctor from 1970 to 1974

Dashing about: During this time The Time Lord was travelling with explorer Jo 認める, who left him to go travelling with a man who bore much resemblance to Eighth Doctor Paul McGann!

Chemistry: There no chemistry like Pertwee's and Jo 認める's (Katy Manning) as she made her debut in the 1971 story Terror of the Autions? (pictured 1971)?

Fourth Doctor - Tom パン職人 -?1974-1981?

Best Episode: Genesis Of The Daleks (1975)

With his 集まり of curled hair and 伝説の （土地などの）細長い一片d scarf, Tom パン職人 was both the longest-serving Classic 時代 Doctor and its most iconic, with his 共同 with Sarah Jane Smith 固く結び付けるing her as one of the most 伝説の companions until actress Elizabeth Sladen's death in 2011.

Over seven years of adventures The Doctor finally （機の）カム across Time lord villain The Master, who went の上に become a 中心的要素 as recognisable as the Daleks and Cyberman.

After accidentally leaving Sarah Jane Smith in Scotland, the Doctor goes travelling alone for the first time, and fans also see the Daleks creator Davros in an episode considered one of the series' best ever.?

Crossing paths with the Time Lady Romana - who regenerates into a new form played by Laila 区 - the young beauty enjoys plenty of travels with her new companion, with the pair a lso 会合 the robot dog K-9 - who has also made recurring 外見 in the modern series.

It was also during this time that Tom パン職人 and Laila 区 also married in real life - though they 分裂（する） in 1982 after just two years together.

After Romana and K-9 choose to stay behind in E-space, the Doctor comes across?Adric and?Tegan, and his time in the scarf-wearing 団体／死体 comes to an after he crosses paths with The 選挙立会人, who is a manifestation of his 未来 incarnation.?

Tom パン職人 - now 84 - is also known to younger fans as the 語り手 for comedy sketch series Little Britain.?

Most famous companion: Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen)

Sarah Jane Smith - played by?Elisabeth Sladen - was an icon and is often considered to be the best companion during the classic run.

She made her debut in 1973 during The Time 軍人 and while she 最初 served as a companion to Jon Pertwee's Third Doctor, Sarah Jane later stays with him after he regenerates into Tom パン職人's Fourth Doctor.?

Elisabeth, who died in 2011, 発展させるd the template （手先の）技術d by Jo 認める and her brilliance led her to grow into a second main character.

After her final episode as a 正規の／正選手 in?The End of Time, she was hard to 取って代わる as a seemingly never-ending 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） of companions 猛烈に tried to fill her shoes - they even tried two robotic dogs.?

Harry Sullivan (Ian Marter), Leela (Louise Jameson),??K9 示す I and II (John Leeson, David Brierley, Roy Skelton),?Romana I (Mary Tamm),?Romana II (Lalla 区),?Adric (Matthew Waterhouse),?Tegan Jovanka (Janet Fielding) and?Nyssa (Sarah Sutton) were all seen by the Fourth Doctor's 味方する.

Transformed: The Doctor also crossed paths with the beautiful Time Lady Romana - played by Laila 区. It was during this time that she and Tom パン職人 also married in real life?

Icon: Sarah Jane Smith - played by Elisabeth Sladen, who died in 2011 -? is often considered to be the best companion after starting in the 1973 story The Time 軍人 (pictured 1974 with Ian Marter as Harry Sullivan)

Fifth Doctor - Peter Davison - 1981-1984

Best Episode: Earthshock (1982)

It was during the 1980s that fan 利益／興味 in Doctor Who began to dwindle, but Peter Davison's stint in the TARDIS is still 井戸／弁護士席-loved.

A heart-wrenching scene also saw the first major death of the series,?when Adric died trying to stop a space 貨物船 from 衝突，墜落ing into 先史の Earth.

Once again the 時代 was rife with Gallifrey political 衝突, and even met three of his previous incarnations?after they were 召喚するd to the 惑星 by 大統領 Borusa, who was 試みる／企てるing to 伸び（る） Rassilon's secret of immortality.

最終的に, the Fifth Doctor and his last partner Peri Brown were exposed to the 麻薬 spectrox in its deadly 有毒な raw form on Androzani Minor.?

With only one dose of the antidote 利用できる, he nobly sacrificed his own 存在 to save Peri, 表明するing 疑問 for the first time that regeneration might be possible this time, then regenerating into the Sixth Doctor.

Davison - now 67 - reprised his 役割 as The Doctor in 2007 in a Children In Need special where he and the Tenth Doctor David Tennant crossed paths in the TARDIS, and his daughter Georgia Moffett would go の上に marry Tennant in 2011.

Most famous companion:?Adric (Matthew Waterhouse)

Adric - played by Matthew Wa terhouse, 61 - was the Fifth Doctor's most memorable companion にもかかわらず him also playing と一緒に the Fourth.?

Matthew made his debut in the 1980 story 十分な Circle as an 外国人 / genius mathematician from the 惑星 Alzarius.?

His 1982 出発, during Earthshock, was one to remember after he was killed while 試みる／企てるing to stop the 衝突，墜落 of a Cybermen 貨物船 into Earth.?

His last words were: 'Now I'll never know if I was 権利.'

But Matthew was not the Fifth Doctor's only companion as he also had the joy of working と一緒に Nyssa (Sarah Sutton),?Vislor Turlough (示す Strickson),?Tegan Jovanka (Janet Fielding) and?Kamelion (Gerald Flood).

一連の会議、交渉／完成する in circles: Davison reprised his 役割 as The Doctor in 2007 in a Children In Need special where he and the Tenth Doctor David Tennant crossed paths in the TARDIS

Sixth Doctor - Colin パン職人 -?1984-1986

Best Episode: The Two Doctors (1985)

Colin パン職人's time as the sharp-tongued Doctor was a 騒然とした period, with the actor's 早期に 解雇／（訴訟の）却下 as ratings 急落するd 主要な a わずかに ぎこちない regeneration scene.

The 安定性のない 影響 led the Sixth Doctor to strangle companion Peri upon their first 遭遇（する）, and the pair went の上に 直面する 非常に／多数の old villains 含むing the?Master, Daleks, Cybermen and Sontarans.

憶測 was rife surrounding Peri's 出口 from the show after it wasn't played out on-審査する, though she was b elieved to have been killed?after 存在 cruelly used as a 実験（する） 支配する in brain 移植（する） 実験s.

But in reality she was in fact alive, but after the Doctor was put on 裁判，公判 yet again the Time Lords, events left his timelines 絡まるd わずかに, as he and Peri did not 再会させる.

After the TARDIS is attacked by villainous Time Lady scientist The Rani, the Sixth Doctor is 負傷させるd and regenerates into the Seventh, though the nature of his death was never played out on-審査する.?

Since then パン職人 - now 75 - went の上に appear on I'm A Celebrity Get Met Out Of Here in 2012, と一緒に Helen Flanagan and Charlie Brooks, and was the fourth （軍の）野営地，陣営-mate to be 除去するd.?

Most famous companion:?Peri Brown (Nicola Bryant)?

Perpigilium 'Peri' Brown - played by Nicola Bryant, 63 - is introduced in the 1984 story 惑星 of 解雇する／砲火／射撃.?

She first 会合，会うs the Fifth Doctor, who sacrifices himself and brings about his regeneration to save her.?

Nicola's character had a の近くに call after becoming the Sixth Doctor's companion as Colin tries to kill her when he is 一時的に 安定性のない after his regeneration.

She disappears in 1986 during the season-long story, The 裁判，公判 of a Time Lord, after a 未来 Doctor, known as 'The Valeyard' 明らかにする／漏らすs that she was saved and had married?King Yrcanos of Thoros Alpha.?

She was soon 取って代わるd by Melanie 'Mel' Bush (Bonnie Langford), who was reminiscent of?Jo 認める, from Jon Pertwee's 時代.

Nicola made a final guest 外見 for the?Tales of the TARDIS.?

Rough ride: His regeneration was played out off-審査する 予定 to his abrupt axe from the show, with actor Colin going の上に appear on I'm A Celebrity Get Met Out Of Here in 2012

の近くに call to death: Perpigilium 'Peri' Brown - played by Nicola Bryant, 63 - is introduced in the 1984 story 惑星 of 解雇する／砲火／射撃 (pictured with Colin パン職人 in 1986)

Seventh Doctor - Sylvester McCoy - 1987-1989

Best Episode: Remembrance Of The Daleks (1988)

長，率いる into his seventh incarnation - with his 署名 茎 and punctuation-printed vest - 利益／興味 in Doctor Who had started to dwindle, but McCoy's 時代 as the Doctor is 井戸／弁護士席-remembered, as now-EastEnders 星／主役にする Bonnie Langford took on the 役割 of dizzy companion Mel Bush.

The Doctor - still his ever whimsical self - also crossed paths with the ruthless ヘロイン エース (Sophie Aldred), taking her under his wing and teaching her about the universe.

Once again The Rani was 原因（となる）ing trouble for The Doctor as she 試みる／企てるd to 妨害する their 計画（する）s, but 結局 the show could not be saved, and McCoy's short-than-most 任期 in the TARDIS （機の）カム to an abrupt end when BBC axed the show in 1989.

In reality, his regeneration did not 直接／まっすぐに play out on-審査する, as the Doctor was 発射 in the middle of a ギャング（団） shootout. The TV movie in 1996 then saw his new 直面する 明らかにする／漏らすd as he regenerated several hours later in the hospital morgue.?

McCoy - now 75 - has gone の上に land さまざまな 事実上の／代理 役割s since his time on Who, and also played Ragast the Brown in the Lord Of The （犯罪の）一味s: The Hobbit trilogy.?

Most Memorable Companion:?エース (Sophie Aldred)

It is 安全な to say that Seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy was a one-woman man as his only companion was エース (Sophie Aldred, 61).

Her first 外見 was in 1987 during?Dragonfire and while the show may have been cancelled during Sylvester's 時代, their friendship was a match made in heaven.?

The 勇敢に立ち向かう companion was quick to call the Seventh Doctor her 'Porfessor' and the pair were inseparable until her final 正規の／正選手 外見 was in the show's final classic episode, 生き残り.?

She reprised her 役割 in the 2022 The 力／強力にする of the Doctor, where she was 再会させるd with the Thirteenth Doctor, played by Jodie Whittaker.

Icon: 長，率いる into his seventh incarnation - with his 署名 茎 and punctuation-printed vest - 利益／興味 in Doctor Who had started to dwindle, but?Sylvester McCoy's 時代 as the Doctor is 井戸／弁護士席-remembered

支援する again: Paul McGann played the Eighth Doctor in 1996 when Doctor Who was 生き返らせるd from a TV movie, though he also returned for a special online film 2013?

Legend: It is 安全な to say that Seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy, was a one woman man as his only companion was エース (Sophie Aldred, 61)? who debuted in 1987 (pictured late 80s)

Eighth Doctor - Paul McGann - 1996 & 2013

After a 近づく-１０年間 off-審査する Doctor Who was brought 支援する as a TV movie in an American co-生産／産物, with Paul McGann - a member of the McGann 事実上の／代理 family - taking on the 主要な 役割.

This film saw The Master (played here by Eric Roberts) trying to steal?the Doctor's remaining lives by 開始 the 注目する，もくろむ of Harmony the TARDIS, which nearly destroyed the Earth.

Luckily, the Doctor and his companion Dr Grace Holloway (Daphne Ashbrook) 妨げる the Earth's 破壊, 主要な the Master is sucked into the 注目する，もくろむ.

It was in this film that fans saw their first glimpse at what a romance between the Doctor and his companion could look like, as they 株 a 花火-lit kiss in the の近くにing scenes which infuriated fans at the time.??

Fans were also disappointed that McGann failed to reprise his 役割 as The Doctor in a later series, though he did appear in 2013 short called The Night Of The Doctor, which 始める，決める the 陰謀（を企てる）-line for the show's 50th 周年記念日.

But in 2004 it was 発表するd that Doctor Who would be returning for a brand new series with Queer As Folk writer Russell T Davies at the 舵輪／支配...

Most Memorable Companion:?Dr. Grace Holloway (Daphne Ashbrook)?

Dr Grace Holloway - played by Daphne Ashbrook, 60 - was the main companion for Eighth Doctor,?Paul McGann.

She was a San Francisco cardiologist and she made her debut in 1996 Doctor Who.?

Daphne's character was Paul's first companion after she inadvertently 始めるd the regeneration of the Seventh Doctor - she accidentally kills him while trying to save his life after he is gunned 負かす／撃墜する.?

She took him to her hospital but his 外国人 physiology 妨害するs his 回復.?

During her final 正規の／正選手 外見 in the 1996 series, she finished helping Paul in his fight against The Master. Instead of hopping 支援する into the TARDIS she 企て，努力，提案s him 別れの（言葉，会） with a kiss.?

Some of her final words were: 'I finally 会合，会う the 権利 guy and he's from another 惑星'.

乱暴／暴力を加えるd:?It was in this film that fans saw their first glimpse at what a romance between the Doctor and his companion Dr Grace Holloway could look like

殺し屋: Dr Grace Holloway - played by Daphne Ashbrook, 60 - was the main companion for Eighth Doctor, Paul McGann, after her first 外見 in the?1996 Doctor Who (pictured 1996)

Ninth Doctor - Christopher Eccleston - 2005

Best Episode:?The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances (2005)

When Doctor Who finally returned to the BBC in March 2005, fans were 毅然とした that it would fail, 特に after it was rev ealed that pop 星／主役にする Billie Piper had been cast as the companion Rose Tyler - a very modern character who worked in a department 蓄える／店 and lived on a 会議 広い地所.

The series was an instant 攻撃する，衝突する as Rose teamed up with Eccleston's 見解／翻訳／版 of The Doctor, this time a leather jacket-覆う？ man with a Northern accent because 'lots of 惑星s have a North!'

A 激烈な change for the series at this point was the absence of Gallifrey, which had been destroyed - off-審査する - in a Time War with the Daleks.

The Daleks took centre 行う／開催する／段階 in this new series with a scary gold exterior, and an 爆発性の finale saw thousands of the 外国人 robots try to 征服する／打ち勝つ a futuristic 見解／翻訳／版 of Earth under the leadership of their Emperor.

This series also saw the debut of 抱擁する fan favourite Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) as he tried to 反対／詐欺 Rose as 51st Century Time スパイ／執行官 as his ship 衝突，墜落 landed in the middle of World War Two.?

His first episode was also the story which saw fans introduced to Steven Moffatt, who 結局 took over from Davies as showrunner in 2010.

Sadly Eccleston's 任期 in the TARDIS was 簡潔な／要約する - 大部分は 予定 to 報告（する）／憶測s of 不一致s behind the scenes - but his regeneration 証明するd epic, kissing Rose to 吸収する the TARDIS vortex and save her life.?

Most famous companion:?Rose Tyler (Billie Piper)

Christopher Ecclestone's Doctor only lasted a season, so by default, Rose Tyler - played by Billie Piper, 41 - is his favoured companion.

Billie's character was a 国家の favourite after starting out as 'just a shop girl' in 2005 during the self-指名するd episode, Rose.?

She joined Christopher on many adventures until a 戦う／戦い with Daleks saw her take on the 力／強力にする of the Time Vortex.?

The newfound 力／強力にする 現れるd with her 'Bad Wolf' persona until the Doctor saved her life.

He 吸収するd the 致命的な level of energy flowing through her which then 点火（する）d the Ninth Doctor in 2005s episode?Doomsday.?

Her 最新の 外見 was in 2013 during the?The End of Time.

He's 支援する! Christopher Eccleston played the Ninth Doctor when Doctor Who was 生き返らせるd in 2005, taking on the 役割 one series と一緒に Billie Piper's companion Rose Tyler

Iconic:?This series also saw the debut of 抱擁する fan favourite Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) as he tried to 反対／詐欺 Rose as a 51st Century Time スパイ／執行官?

Emotional: Sadly Eccleston's 任期 in the TARDIS was 簡潔な／要約する - 大部分は 予定 to 報告（する）／憶測s of 不一致s behind the scenes - but his regeneration 証明するd epic

Refresh: Christopher Ecclestone's Doctor only lasted a season so by default Rose Tyler - played by Billie Piper, 41 - is his favoured companion

Tenth Doctor - David Tennant - 2005-2010?

Best Episode: Midnight (2008)

Most famous companion: Donna Noble (Catherine Tate)

Ask most Doctor Who fans and they would predominantly 指名する David Tennant as their favourite Doctor, 大部分は 予定 to the 控訴-wearing adventurers' growing feelings for Rose Ty ler.

The pair's heart-breaking goodbye on Bad Wolf Bay in the Series 2 episode Doomsday left many fans on the brink of 涙／ほころびs, as Rose 自白するd she loved the Time Lord, but he was pulled away from the 平行の world before having a chance to say it in 返答.

It was a difficult period for The Doctor as he struggled to move on from the woman he loved, but went の上に team up with Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) for a series where The Master was re-introduced thanks to John Simm's sensationally 悪意のある 業績／成果.

But it was Donna Noble - who returned to show after a guest 外見 in the 2006 Christmas Special - that sent the show sky-high ーに関して／ーの点でs of TV ratings and general fan 控訴，上告.

Catherine Tate's 業績／成果 was 称讃するd thanks to her hilarious banter with The Doctor - or Spaceman as she like to call him - 最高潮に達するing in the 2008 finale which saw many to Ten's former companions return to fight the Daleks and Davros.

The episode （機の）カム to a sad end when The Doctor parted ways with all of his companions - 含むing Rose who 設立する happiness with a human/Time Lord hybrid 見解／翻訳／版 of Ten - setting the 行う／開催する／段階 for Tennant's 出発 the に引き続いて year.

His 出口 also saw Russell T Davies step 負かす／撃墜する as showrunner, and after a 一連の specials in 2009 , the two-part festive special The End Of Time brought Ten's time in the TARDIS to a の近くに.

Not only did The Master return, but so did The Time Lords, with Timothy Dalton playing the 役割 of Lord 大統領 Rassilon.

Ten's の近くにing scenes saw the fan-favourite alone in the TARDIS 説 'I don't want to go' before bursting into regeneration, with テレビ視聴者s of more than 11 million struggling to 持つ／拘留する 支援する their 涙／ほころびs.?

Most famous companion:?Donna Nob le (Catherine Tate)

Many will argue that Billie Piper was David Tenant's most memorable companion, but によれば the ratings, episodes starring Donna Noble, played by Catherine Tate, 53, ロケット／急騰するd their 見解（をとる）ing ratings.?

Catherine's first 外見 was in the final episode of Doomsday in 2006.

She solidified her place as the Tenth Doctor's loud-mouthed companion in the Christmas special, Runaway Bride, later that year.?

But she soon waved her goodbyes at the end of the season as she knew David was still grieving Billie's character - a 決定／判定勝ち（する） she soon regretted.?

She was 再会させるd with the Doctor in 2008 and became his 十分な-time companion and best friend.?

Catherine's final 外見 was during the 2010 story, The End of Time.??

Still no t ginger! David Tennant played the Tenth Doctor from 2005 to 2010.?Ask most Doctor Who fans and they would predominantly 指名する this as their favourite Doctor

In 涙／ほころびs:?The pair's heart-breaking goodbye on Bad Wolf Bay in the Series 2 episode Doomsday left many fans on the brink of 涙／ほころびs, as Rose 自白するd she loved the Time Lord...

Not happening... But he was pulled away from the 平行の world before having a chance to say it in 返答. It has since been 投票（する）d one of sci-fi televisions' greatest ever moments

Here come the girls: Ten teamed up with 医療の student Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman left). But it was Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) that sent the show sky-high ーに関して／ーの点でs of TV ratings

Sensation: Donna Noblerocketed their viewings during David Tenant's 時代. Catherine's first 外見 was in the final episode of Doomsday in 2006 (pictured October 2023)

Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith - 2010-2013

Best Episode: The Eleventh Hour (2010)

Cast as the youngest ever Doctor at 27, fans were 毅然とした that Matt Smith would fail to fill the large shoes left behind by David Tennant.

But within ten minutes of the 'Raggedy Doctor' tucking into fish fingers and custard with a young Amelia Pond, all those 恐れるs were soon gone as Eleven's sprightly nature and 署名 屈服する tie won over fans in a heartbeat.

The series' 現在進行中の mystery surrounding River Song's true 身元 left fans 混乱させるd at times - as her timeline and the Doctor's travelled in opposite directions - but it paid off in spades as she was 明らかにする／漏らすd to 現実に be Amy and her husband Rory William's baby daughter all grown up.

In a 新たな展開 on the show's 事前の romantic 陰謀（を企てる）-lines, Eleven and River 'married' to save the universe from a time-宙返り飛行 and the dreaded Silence, a welcome new 外国人 as fans complained of the Dalek's endless resurrections.

Taking over as series showrunner Stephen Moffatt brought 支援する several 外国人s that made (n)艦隊／(a)素早いing 外見 during Ten's 任期, 含むing the Weeping Angels, which played a 決定的な 役割 in the 涙／ほころび-jerking scenes that saw Amy and Rory torn away from their time travelling adventures forever.

After River Song's 身元 was 明らかにする／漏らすd, a new mystery slowly unfurled 伴う／関わるing the Doctor's newest companion Clara Oswald - played by now-Victoria 星／主役にする Jenna Coleman.

Fans were left baffled as The Doctor 遭遇（する）d 非常に／多数の incarnations of the character throughout time, and the 発覚 that she had been scattered throughout the Doctor's timestream to save his life led into the 抱擁する 新たな展開 that there was a secret Doctor 非，不，無 had ever について言及するd.

It was during Eleven's time in the TARDIS that Doctor Who's international 控訴，上告 also w idened, and upon the show's 50th 周年記念日 in 2013, the feature-length special saw a 同時の broadcast in 上向きs of 80 countries.?

And にもかかわらず 早期に 疑問s, fans were distraught when Matt Smith 確認するd he would be leaving the 役割 of The Doctor in a Christmas Special just a month after the 50th 周年記念日, and に引き続いて an emotional speech - that some （人命などを）奪う，主張するd was in fact Matt thanking the fans - the Raggedy Man was transformed into Peter Capaldi's Twelve.?

Most famous companion:?Amy Pond (Karen Gillan)

Amy Pond - played by Karen Gillan, 35 - was introduced into the Eleventh Doctor's world in 2010.?

As an 孤児, she was the first person Matt met after his regeneration. He 約束d to return for her, which he later did when she became a feisty lady.?

Karen's character joined the Doctor on many adventures and brought her boyfriend-turned-husband, Rory, along for a ride.?

The pair left the Doctor on many occasions before they went their separate ways in the 2012 episode, The Angels Take Manhattan and remained to stay in past time.?

She returned to her 役割 as Amy in Matt Smith's final episode, the 2013 Christmas special, when she appeared as a hallucination before his regeneration.?

Raggedy Man: Matt Smith played the Eleventh Doctor from 2010 to 2013. にもかかわらず many fans 恐れるing he couldn't take on the 役割, within ten minutes of his debut fans were won over?

A sad goodbye: Amy Pond - played by Karen Gillan, 35 - was introduced into the Eleventh Doctor's world in 2010 to …を伴って Matt Smith (pictured 2010)

War Doctor - John 傷つける - 2013

While not technically one of the show's famous twelve time-travellers, the late John 傷つける's 見解／翻訳／版 of the Doctor is worthy of について言及するing, thanks to his 称讃するd 外見 in the 50th 周年記念日 Special.

Making his debut in the Series Seven finale months earlier, fans were baffled that there had been another Doctor never について言及するd by his other incarnations, who 恐らく （機の）カム to be between the 直面するs of Eight and Nine.

It was in this special that fans saw how The Doctor was 責任がある the end of Gallifrey, setting off a 装置 called The Moment that 調印（する）d the Time War away from the 残り／休憩（する） of the universe.

An embittered but comedic character, 傷つける's 見解／翻訳／版 earned much sympathy from fans as he made the impossible 決定／判定勝ち（する） to wipe out his people, but remained baffled by the prospect of coming 直面する-to-直面する with his 未来 selves.

Doctor by Doctor crossovers were little known by modern Who fans, so the prospect of Matt Smith's Eleven 存在 in the same room as David Tennant's Ten sent Whovians into a tailspin, 特に as Billie Piper also reprised her 役割 as Rose Tyler/Bad Wolf.

The epic special's 結論 saw all 13(!) Doctors team up to 輸送（する） Gallifrey into a hidden dimension 安全な from Dalek 害（を与える）, with Eleven even 株ing a scene with the Curator, played by Tom パン職人 in a surprise cameo.

The special even managed to 始める，決める up 50 more years of adventures as The Doctor realised that his home was still out there, waiting to be 設立する.

Iconic: While not technically one of the show's famous twelve time-travellers, the late John 傷つける's 見解／翻訳／版 of the Doctor is worthy of について言及するing, thanks to his 称讃するd 外見?

Twelfth Doctor - Peter Capaldi - 2013-2017

Best Episode: Heaven Sent (2015)

As an already much acclaimed actor for an array of 役割s, fans were excited to see Scottish performer Peter take on the iconic 役割, 特に as his stoic nature seemed a far cry from his whimsical 前任者s.

Quashing any 会談 of a romance with companion Clara - who stayed on from the Eleven 時代 - fans felt the show 長，率いるd 支援する to its classic roots during Twelve's 時代 thanks to a 焦点（を合わせる） on the thrilling adventures and the 悪意のある character Missy - played by Michelle Gomez.

Shrouded in mystery for Twelve's first series, fans were stunned when it was 明らかにする／漏らすd that Missy was in fact the Mistress, a regenerated 見解／翻訳／版 of iconic Who villain The Master.

Fans also grew to love Clara's friendship with this new older Doctor, and に引き続いて her first 十分な series with Twelve 憶測 was rife whether she would return in 2015.

The Christmas Special 結局 明らかにする／漏らすd she would be 支援する, but Jenna Coleman 確認するd soon after she would then be 説 goodbye to the character for good.

Heartbreaking scenes saw Clara killed by the 悪意のある Raven...but her death was undone two episodes later as she went on endless 旅行s in a somewhat purgatory 明言する／公表する, endlessly 避けるing the prospect of returning to Gallifrey to 直面する her death.

に引き続いて Clara's 出口 fans delighted when it was 明らかにする／漏らすd that Pearl Mackie had been cast as 法案 Potts, the show's first ever gay companion, and she would appear と一緒に Matt Lucas' returning Nardole.

Her inquisitive nature contrasted ひどく with Clara, and a 選び出す／独身 series with the Doctor earned much fan 賞賛する, 特に as her same-sex 関係 with a human turned water hybrid Heather played a pivotal 役割.

But throughout that 2017 series, Twelve was seemingly in a constant struggle against the prospect of regeneration, 結局 主要な him to 会合，会う the very first incarnation - with David Bradley reprising his 役割 as the character from 2013's Adventures In Space and Time.?

Even Twelve's time in the TARDIS was still coming to a の近くに, fans were elated when it was hinted that a woman would be taking over the iconic 役割 for the first time its 50-year history.

And that dream became a reality when months before Capaldi's final scenes had even 空気／公表するd, Jodie Whittaker was 明かすd as the Thirteenth Doctor.?

Most Memorable Companion:?Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman)

Clara Oswald - played by Jenna Coleman - was 井戸／弁護士席 ふさわしい to Capaldi's Doctor as she complimented his brash 傾向s.?

She took time to get used to the Twe lfth Doctor after spending her first adventures with the Eleventh and was 自信のない about their budding new friendship.

But soon enough, Jenna's character grew and soon enough became more 確信して and 陳列する，発揮するd more of her own personality.?

Many argue 法案 Potts (Pearl Mackie) and Nardole (Matt Lucas) were also very 目だつ companions.?

But all was 明らかにする／漏らすd on who 事柄d most when 法案 gifted the Doctor a final conversation with a 合成物 of Jenna's character.

Jenna's first 外見 was in the 2012 story 亡命 of the Daleks as Oswin Oswald, but she turned into a Darlek.?

She then made her second 外見, but as a second iteration of the character - Clara, in The Snowmen in 2012. She said goodbye to her adventures in the 2015 season finale Hell Bent when the Doctor's memories of her are wiped away.?

Jenna reprises her 役割, as a guest, in the Twelfth Doctor's final episode, the 2017 Christmas special Twice Upon a Time.

Darker turn: Peter Capaldi played the Twelfth Doctor from 2013 to 2017. An already much acclaimed actor, fans were excited to see the Scot take on the iconic 役割

She's gone: Clara Oswald also made her 出口 from the series during this time, as she was killed by the Raven before 存在 brought 支援する to be kept in a 明言する／公表する of purgatory

Who 2017:?に引き続いて Clara's 出口 fans delighted when it was 明らかにする／漏らすd that Pearl Mackie had been cast as 法案 Potts, the show's first ever gay companion

Returned: Clara Oswald - played by Jenna Coleman - was 井戸／弁護士席 ふさわしい to Capaldi's Doctor as she complimented his brash 傾向s after she debuted in 2012?

Thirteenth- Jodie Whittaker- 2017-2022

Best Episode: 逃亡者／はかないもの of the Judoon (2020)?

Jodie Whittaker took on the then-議論の的になる 役割 of the first-ever 女性（の） Doctor.

The actress, 41, has portrayed the eponymous Time Lord on-審査する for four years, and 屈服するd out of the sci-fi series in her last episode in October 2022.

It is nothing short of an understatement to say that fans 熱望して を待つd Whittaker's debut, as three new companions joined her for ten episodes of new 直面するs, new worlds and new adventures.

The series was 推定する／予想するd to be an instant 攻撃する，衝突する as she brought the show up to 速度(を上げる） with modern times, but the 高度に 心配するd episodes were 高度に criticised throughout.

It has been said that her 任期 struggled to live up to the hype and her 可能性のある as the show's script was criticised many times over the years.

But her の近くに 関係 with her companion Yaz helped keep テレビ視聴者s glued to the 審査するs as the pair were shipped together 早期に on, as many 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑うd a budding romance.

One of her most loved episodes, 逃亡者／はかないもの of the Judoon, was jam-packed with 活動／戦闘 afte r the Judoon platoon descended upon Gloucester.

The Doctor, who managed to bypass the forcefield around the city, ended up surrounded by the Judoon in the Cathedral, which saw Ruth, in all her glory, ripping off their 指揮官's horn.

Ruth then 明らかにする／漏らすd her true 身元 as a 見解／翻訳／版 of The Doctor, but neither remembered the other.

にもかかわらず the ups and 負かす／撃墜するs surrounding Jodie's character, her 出口 was に例えるd to the 伝説の send-off for David Tenant.

The iconic 女性（の） Time Lord 設立する peace in regeneration as she spent her last moments 頂上に the Tardis with Yaz looking over Earth with a warming smile during the final scene of 'The 力／強力にする of the Doctor'.

While the end to her iconic 役割 may have been a hard reality, the TV 星／主役にする has said 以前 that she left the coveted 役割 because she feels it needs 'new energy'.

Most memorable companion:?Yaz - Yasmin 旅宿泊所 (Mandip Gill)

Yasmin 'Yaz' 旅宿泊所 - played by Mandip Gill, 35, was introduced in the 2018 首相 The?Woman Who Fell To Earth.?

She was the companion to the show's first ever 女性（の） Doctor - Jodie Whittaker - for whom she later developed romantic feelings.?

Travelling through time with the Doctor, her school friend Ryan Sinclair and his grandfather Graham O'Brien, she 調査するd?her family history and its 関係 to the Partition of India.?

Mandip's character helped modernise the １０年間s-old show and remained with the Thirteenth Doctor for her entire ru n.?

She said her finale goodbyes in the 2022 special The 力／強力にする of the Doctor, returning to life on Earth.?

Doctor Who returns on Saturday November 25 at 6:30pm on BBC One.?

End of an 時代:?Jodie Whittaker, 41, has portrayed the 13th incarnation of the Time Lord on-審査する for four years, and 屈服するd out of the sci-fi series in her last episode in October 2022

On 審査する: The series was 推定する／予想するd to be an instant 攻撃する，衝突する as she brought the show up to 速度(を上げる） with modern times, but the 高度に 心配するd episodes were 高度に criticised throughout

Romantic: Yasmin 'Yaz' 旅宿泊所 - played by Mandip Gill, 35, was introduced in the 2018 首相 The Woman Who Fell To Earth (pictured 2019)