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The following is a '''list of people from the real world that appeared in ''[[Doctor Who]]'', or any of its spin-offs''', including historical figures and people who played themselves. | The following is a '''list of people from the real world that appeared in ''[[Doctor Who]]'', or any of its spin-offs''', including historical figures and people who played themselves. | ||
The first historical figure to appear in ''Doctor Who'' is a Venetian explorer [[Marco Polo]], in appropriately named story ''[[Marco Polo]]'' (1964). ''Doctor Who'' of the 1960s introduced these characters in "pure historical" stories, where they never encountered anything extraterrestrial, besides [[the Doctor]] and his [[companion]]s. The first example of a "pseudo historical" can be found in ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'' (1965), where the crew of the [[Mary Celeste]] | The first historical figure to appear in ''Doctor Who'' is a Venetian explorer [[Marco Polo]], in appropriately named story ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'' (1964). ''Doctor Who'' of the 1960s introduced these characters in "pure historical" stories, where they never encountered anything extraterrestrial, besides [[the Doctor]] and his [[companion]]s. The first example of a "pseudo historical" can be found in ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'' (1965), where the crew of the [[Mary Celeste]] encounters the [[Dalek]]s. Such stories became common since ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s revival in 2005. | ||
The first person to play themselves in ''Doctor Who'' was [[Kenneth Kendall]], a newsreader in ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'' (1966). Another newsreader, [[Jason Mohammad]], holds the record for the most appearances in television media of any real world personality. | The first person to play themselves in ''Doctor Who'' was [[Kenneth Kendall]], a newsreader in ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'' (1966). Another newsreader, [[Jason Mohammad]], holds the record for the most appearances in television media of any real world personality. | ||
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| ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'' (2012) | | ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'' (2012) | ||
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| [[Robin Hood]] | | [[Robin Hood]]{{note|The historicity of Robin Hood is not proven and has been debated for centuries.}} | ||
| [[Tom Riley]] | | [[Tom Riley]] | ||
| [[1190]] | | [[1190]] | ||
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| colspan="2" | [[Jason Mohammad]] | | colspan="2" | [[Jason Mohammad]] | ||
| [[ | | circa [[2000s]]{{note|name=sja|No on screen date is given for the first two series of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', outside of ''[[The Day of the Clown (TV story)|The Day of the Clown]]'' from the [[Series 2 (SJA)|second series]] being set shortly after [[9 October]] in an undisclosed year. While [[Donna Noble]]'s present from the [[Series 4 (Doctor Who 2005)|fourth series]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is set around the same time as the [[Series 1 (SJA)|first series]] of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', and ''[[The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith]]'' from the second series of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' is explicitly described as being set a year after ''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'' from the first series, ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s fourth series is [[Aliens of London dating controversy|not consistently dated]], with [[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'', and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]'' setting the present of the 13 regular episodes in [[2008]] (heavily implied by [[TV]]: ''[[The Star Beast (TV story)|The Star Beast]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Giggle (TV story)|The Giggle]]'' as well), and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'' setting them in about [[April]] to [[June]] [[2009]].}}{{note|name=dwpres|The present day of ''[[Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s [[Series 4 (Doctor Who 2005)|fourth series]] is [[Aliens of London dating controversy|not consistently dated]], with [[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'', and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]'' setting the present of the 13 regular episodes in [[2008]] (heavily implied by [[TV]]: ''[[The Star Beast (TV story)|The Star Beast]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Giggle (TV story)|The Giggle]]'' as well), and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'' setting them in about [[April]] to [[June]] [[2009]].}} | ||
| ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'' (2005)<br/>''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'' (2007)<br/>''[[The Lost Boy (TV story)|The Lost Boy]]'' (2007)<br/>''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'' (2007)<br/>''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]'' (2008)<br/>''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'' (2008) | | ''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]'' (2005)<br/>''[[Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? (TV story)|Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?]]'' (2007)<br/>''[[The Lost Boy (TV story)|The Lost Boy]]'' (2007)<br/>''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'' (2007)<br/>''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]'' (2008)<br/>''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'' (2008) | ||
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| colspan="2" | [[Gethin Jones]] | | colspan="2" | [[Gethin Jones]] | ||
| rowspan=" | | rowspan="2" | circa [[2000s]]{{note|name=sja}} | ||
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|Invasion of the Bane]]'' (2007) | | rowspan="2" | ''[[Invasion of the Bane (TV story)|Invasion of the Bane]]'' (2007) | ||
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| colspan="2" | [[Sharon Osbourne]] | | colspan="2" | [[Sharon Osbourne]] | ||
| rowspan="4" | [[2008]] | |||
| rowspan="3" | ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'' (2007) | | rowspan="3" | ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'' (2007) | ||
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| colspan="2" | [[Richard Dawkins]] | | colspan="2" | [[Richard Dawkins]] | ||
| rowspan=" | | rowspan="2" | circa [[2000s]]{{note|name=dwpres}} | ||
| rowspan="2" | ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'' (2008) | | rowspan="2" | ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'' (2008) | ||
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| colspan="2" | [[Lizo Mzimba]] | | colspan="2" | [[Lizo Mzimba]] | ||
| [[2009]] | |||
| ''[[Mona Lisa's Revenge (TV story)|Mona Lisa's Revenge]]'' (2009) | | ''[[Mona Lisa's Revenge (TV story)|Mona Lisa's Revenge]]'' (2009) | ||
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| colspan="2" | [[Brian Cox]] | | colspan="2" | [[Brian Cox]] | ||
| [[2010s]] | | rowspan="5" | [[2010s]] | ||
| ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'' (2012)<br/>''[[A Night with the Stars (TV story)|A Night with the Stars]]'' (2013) | | ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'' (2012)<br/>''[[A Night with the Stars (TV story)|A Night with the Stars]]'' (2013) | ||
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| colspan="2" | [[Alan Sugar]] | | colspan="2" | [[Alan Sugar]] | ||
| rowspan="3" | ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'' (2012) | | rowspan="3" | ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'' (2012) | ||
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| colspan="2" | [[Jenny Hill]] | | colspan="2" | [[Jenny Hill]] | ||
| ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|In the Forest of the Night]]'' (2014) | | ''[[In the Forest of the Night (TV story)|In the Forest of the Night]]'' (2014) | ||
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| colspan="2" |[[Davina McCall (in-universe)|Davina McCall]] | |||
|[[2020s]] | |||
| ''[[The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)|The Church on Ruby Road]]'' (2023) | |||
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| [[David Tennant]] | | [[David Tennant]] | ||
| rowspan="4" | [[1828]] | | rowspan="4" | [[1828]] | ||
| rowspan="4" | ''[[Medicinal Purposes (audio story)|Medicinal Purposes]]'' (2004) | | rowspan="4" | ''[[Medicinal Purposes (audio story)|Medicinal Purposes]]'' (2004){{note|[[Robert Knox]], an antagonist of the story, shares his name with the real world doctor who was involved in the events depicted in the story. However, he is stated not to be the "real" Knox.}} | ||
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| [[Mary Patterson]] | | [[Mary Patterson]] | ||
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| [[Roy Hudd]] | | [[Roy Hudd]] | ||
| [[1936]] | | [[1936]] | ||
| ''[[Pier Pressure (audio story)|Pier Pressure]]'' (2006) | | ''[[Pier Pressure (audio story)|Pier Pressure]]'' (2006){{note|One of the characters in the story, young actor [[Billy (Pier Pressure)|Billy]] played by [[Martin Parsons]], could be interpreted as [[William Hartnell]].}} | ||
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| [[George, Duke of Clarence]] | | [[George, Duke of Clarence]] | ||
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| ''[[The Eighth Piece (audio story)|The Eighth Piece]]'' / ''[[The Doomsday Chronometer (audio story)|The Doomsday Chronometer]]'' (2016) | | ''[[The Eighth Piece (audio story)|The Eighth Piece]]'' / ''[[The Doomsday Chronometer (audio story)|The Doomsday Chronometer]]'' (2016) | ||
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| [[ | | [[Alexander III]] | ||
| — | | — | ||
| [[19th century]] | | [[19th century]] | ||
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== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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[[Category:Real world lists]] | [[Category:Real world lists]] |
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The following is a list of people from the real world that appeared in Doctor Who, or any of its spin-offs, including historical figures and people who played themselves.
The first historical figure to appear in Doctor Who is a Venetian explorer Marco Polo, in appropriately named story Marco Polo (1964). Doctor Who of the 1960s introduced these characters in "pure historical" stories, where they never encountered anything extraterrestrial, besides the Doctor and his companions. The first example of a "pseudo historical" can be found in The Chase (1965), where the crew of the Mary Celeste encounters the Daleks. Such stories became common since Doctor Who's revival in 2005.
The first person to play themselves in Doctor Who was Kenneth Kendall, a newsreader in The War Machines (1966). Another newsreader, Jason Mohammad, holds the record for the most appearances in television media of any real world personality.
The Gunfighters (1966), The Myth Makers (1965) and The Haunting of Villa Diodati (2020) have the record number of historical figure appearances - 11, 9 and 8, respectively.
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- ↑ The historicity of Robin Hood is not proven and has been debated for centuries.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 No on screen date is given for the first two series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, outside of The Day of the Clown from the second series being set shortly after 9 October in an undisclosed year. While Donna Noble's present from the fourth series of Doctor Who is set around the same time as the first series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, and The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith from the second series of The Sarah Jane Adventures is explicitly described as being set a year after Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane? from the first series, Doctor Who's fourth series is not consistently dated, with TV: The Fires of Pompeii, TV: The Waters of Mars, and AUDIO: SOS setting the present of the 13 regular episodes in 2008 (heavily implied by TV: The Star Beast and TV: The Giggle as well), and PROSE: Beautiful Chaos setting them in about April to June 2009.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The present day of Doctor Who's fourth series is not consistently dated, with TV: The Fires of Pompeii, TV: The Waters of Mars, and AUDIO: SOS setting the present of the 13 regular episodes in 2008 (heavily implied by TV: The Star Beast and TV: The Giggle as well), and PROSE: Beautiful Chaos setting them in about April to June 2009.
- ↑ Robert Knox, an antagonist of the story, shares his name with the real world doctor who was involved in the events depicted in the story. However, he is stated not to be the "real" Knox.
- ↑ One of the characters in the story, young actor Billy played by Martin Parsons, could be interpreted as William Hartnell.