List of incarnations of the Doctor

The following is a list of incarnations and manifestations of the Doctor. For completion and usefulness' sake, incarnations of the Doctor, valid or invalid, are gathered here.

While the Doctor's species was contentious among stories, as the Doctor was depicted as a human in TV: The Evil of the Daleks, PROSE: Doctor Who and the Daleks, and The Monsters from Earth, among other stories, a Time Lord in stories such as TV: The War Games, The Time Warrior, etc, a hybrid, a contentious addition from TV: Doctor Who, or something else entirely, the Doctor was consistently shown to be capable of regeneration, even among conflicting reports of how that process worked. As such, the Doctor had numerous incarnations over their lifetime, but the exact order and number was as contradictory as the Doctor's species itself.

The Doctor's early life

According to many accounts, there existed many incarnations of the Doctor prior to his so called "first" - while plentiful, they were also contradictory.

"The Other"

• Leela and Andred's first child (PROSE: Lungbarrow)
• The Other (PROSE: Remembrance of the Daleks)

Timeless Children

Main article: Timeless Child

• First Timeless Child (TV: Spyfall)
• Second Timeless Child (TV: The Timeless Children)
• Third Timeless Child (TV: The Timeless Children)
• Fourth Timeless Child (TV: The Timeless Children)
• Fifth Timeless Child (TV: The Timeless Children)
• Sixth Timeless Child (TV: The Timeless Children)
• Seventh Timeless Child (TV: The Timeless Children)

Fugitive Doctor

• Fugitive Doctor (TV: Fugitive of the Judoon ^[+]Loading...["Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)"], etc.)
  • From this Doctor the human identity of Ruth Clayton was created

"Morbius Doctors"

Main article: The Doctor (The Brain of Morbius)

• "Mindbend Doctor" I (TV: The Brain of Morbius)
• "Mindbend Doctor" II (TV: The Brain of Morbius)
• "Mindbend Doctor" III (TV: The Brain of Morbius)
• "Mindbend Doctor" IV (TV: The Brain of Morbius)
• "Mindbend Doctor" V (TV: The Brain of Morbius)
• "Mindbend Doctor" VI (TV: The Brain of Morbius)
• "Mindbend Doctor" VII (TV: The Brain of Morbius)
• "Mindbend Doctor" VIII (TV: The Brain of Morbius)

Council of Eight

• Soul (PROSE: Sometime Never...)

Manifestations from the Doctor's early life

• Brendan, a Matrix projection (TV: Ascension of the Cybermen)

The Doctor's first regeneration cycle

Accounts varied as to whether the Doctor's first regeneration cycle was preceeded by other, redacted incarnations, or if the cycle was truly the first.

1 - 8

• First Doctor (TV: An Unearthly Child)
• Second Doctor (TV: The Tenth Planet)
• Third Doctor (TV: Spearhead from Space)
• Fourth Doctor (TV: Planet of the Spiders)
  • The Fourth Doctor was also the Master of Nest Cottage, whose time-stream was somewhat transcendent of the generally accepted linearity.
  • According to one account, this incarnation of the Doctor was the same individual as Tom Baker. (PROSE: Bafflement and Devotion ^[+]Loading...["Bafflement and Devotion (short story)"])
    • Interestingly enough, another account posited the Master of Nest Cottage as the same individual as Tom Baker. (PROSE: Mrs Frimbly's Festive Diary ^[+]Loading...["Mrs Frimbly's Festive Diary (short story)"])
• Fifth Doctor (TV: Logopolis)
• Sixth Doctor (TV: The Caves of Androzani)
• Seventh Doctor (TV: Time and the Rani)
  • From this, the human identity of John Smith was created.
• Eighth Doctor (PROSE: Revelation, TV: Doctor Who)

"Curse" Doctors

According to some accounts, the Doctor's ninth incarnation was a "listless looking man", who was succeeded by a number of incarnations in rapid succession.

• Ninth Doctor (TV: The Curse of Fatal Death)
• Tenth Doctor (TV: The Curse of Fatal Death)
• Eleventh Doctor (TV: The Curse of Fatal Death)
• Twelfth Doctor (TV: The Curse of Fatal Death)
• Thirteenth Doctor (TV: The Curse of Fatal Death)

"Shalka" Doctor

According to other accounts, the Doctor's ninth incarnation was a "pale, aristocratic man".

• Ninth Doctor (WC: Scream of the Shalka)

Other ninth incarnations

There were also other accounts as to who the ninth incarnation was.

• Ninth Doctor 1 (PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows)
• Ninth Doctor 2 (PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows)
• Minister of Chance (WC: Death Comes to Time, PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows)

War - 13

According to other accounts, the Doctor's ninth incarnation was a "man with big ears in a leather jacket" or a forgotten warrior who lived through the Last Great Time War.

• War Doctor (TV: The Name of the Doctor)
• Ninth Doctor (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles, TV: Rose)
• Tenth Doctor (TV: The Parting of the Ways)
  • From this incarnation, the human persona John Smith was created.
  • This incarnation used up a regeneration, "keeping the same face", and no new incarnation was born. Using the Tenth Doctor's spare hand and the regeneration energy from the aborted regeneration, the Meta-Crisis Doctor and the DoctorDonna was created.
• Eleventh Doctor (TV: The End of Time)
  • This incarnation of the Doctor was the last in his presumed first cycle until granted a new cycle. He regenerated on Trenzalore.

Manifestations from the Doctor's first regeneration cycle

• The Watcher, from between the Fourth Doctor and Fifth Doctor. (TV: Logopolis)
• The Dream Lord, a manifestation of the Eleventh Doctor's psyche. (TV: Amy's Choice)
• Guardians of the Edge, manifestation of the Doctor’s mind overseeing regeneration. (TV: The Power of the Doctor)

The Doctor's second regeneration cycle

After the siege of Trenzalore, the Eleventh Doctor was granted a second set of regenerations by the Time Lords. (TV: The Time of the Doctor ^[+]Loading...["The Time of the Doctor (TV story)"])

• Twelfth Doctor (TV: The Day of the Doctor ^[+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)"])
• Thirteenth Doctor (TV: Twice Upon a Time ^[+]Loading...["Twice Upon a Time (TV story)"])
• Fourteenth Doctor (TV: The Power of the Doctor ^[+]Loading...["The Power of the Doctor (TV story)"], Destination Skaro ^[+]Loading...["Destination Skaro (TV story)"], COMIC: Liberation of the Daleks ^[+]Loading...["Liberation of the Daleks (comic story)"], etc.)
• Fifteenth Doctor (TV: The Giggle ^[+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"], AUDIO: The World Tree ^[+]Loading...["The World Tree (audio story)"], COMIC: Mancopolis ^[+]Loading...["Mancopolis (comic story)"], etc.)

The Doctor's future

Many accounts suggest future Doctors come from a time beyond the "current" regeneration cycle, though this is only rarely made explicit.

• The Doctor who recollected Shada (HOMEVID: Shada)
• The Doctor from the future who hosted a night of entertainment (TV: Introduction to the Night)
• The Curator (TV: The Day of the Doctor)
• "George Formby" Doctor (Doctor What 2)
• Father of Time (COMIC: The Test of Time)
• The Emperor (PROSE: Father Time)
• Muldwych (PROSE: Battlefield)
• The Doctor's final incarnation (PROSE: Alien Bodies)

Manifestations from the Doctor's future

• The Valeyard between the twelfth and final Doctor (TV: The Mysterious Planet)

Virtual projections of the Doctor

• Popplewick Junior was a Matrix projection between the twelfth and final Doctor (TV: The Ultimate Foe)
• Tim Hope was a virtual identity of the Valeyard (AUDIO: The End of the Line)
• Doctor Moon (TV: Silence in the Library) mind of the Forty-Fifth Doctor (Showrunner Showdown)

Post-death

• The Relic (PROSE: Alien Bodies)

Unplaced incarnations

Many incarnations of the Doctor offer no explanation to their placement in the Doctor's timeline.

• The Doctor from beyond the Eighth Doctor (PROSE: The Blue Angel)
• The Doctor post Thirteenth Doctor (PROSE: Contents)
• The Doctor who landed on Ollendorf 2 (PROSE: We are the Daleks!)
• The Doctor with long blonde hair, who had four regenerations left (Battle for the Universe)
• "Greenpeace Doctor" (The Ultimate Adventure)
• The Doctor with a "bushy beard" (PROSE: An Army of Shadows)
• “Fred” Doctor (COMIC: Party Animals)
• "Caves" Doctor (The Web of Caves)
• Previous Doctor who was shot in the back (PROSE: The Cabinet of Light)
• The Doctor who regenerated from the Doctor shot in the back (PROSE: The Cabinet of Light)
• The Doctor who was trapped on a Dalek-occupied planet (PROSE: The Dalek Factor)
• The Doctor with the harsh and angular face (PROSE: From Eternity)
• The Doctor who was contacted by the one-eyed reader (NOTVALID: Truth or Consequences)
• The incarnation of Doctor Who who met Albert Einstein (STAGE: Albert Einstein Meets Doctor Who ^[+]Loading...["Albert Einstein Meets Doctor Who (stage play)"])
• The incarnation of the Doctor who travelled with Gayle Tuesday (TV: Untitled ^[+]Loading...["Untitled (The Lily Savage Show)"])
• The Doctor who wielded a sword (PROSE: Rose)
• The Doctor in a wheelchair (PROSE: Rose)
• 9.5th Doctor who regenerated into the Fourteenth Doctor (TV: Lenny Henry Regenerates into David Tennant)

Alternative universe incarnations

Many versions of the Doctor existed solely in alternative universes.

Alternative versions of known incarnations

Alternative First Doctors

• Dr. Who (Dr. Who and the Daleks)
• The Doctor (AUDIO: Auld Mortality)

Alternative Second Doctors

• Inferno Earth Second Doctor (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation)
• Previous Doctor to the one who worked at Sainsbury's (AUDIO: Exile)
• The Doctor who regenerated into a Zarbi (COMIC: The Daft Dimension 587)

Alternative Third Doctors

• The Leader (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation)
• Alternative Third Doctor (COMIC: Dead on Arrival)
• The Doctor (COMIC: Who's Who)
• Unbound Doctor (AUDIO: Sympathy for the Devil)
• The Doctor who worked at Sainsbury's (AUDIO: Exile)
• Previous Doctor of the one who travelled with Jenny and Jimmy (AUDIO: Seven Keys to Doomsday)

Alternative Fourth Doctors

• The Doctor who travelled with Jenny and Jimmy (AUDIO: Seven Keys to Doomsday)
• The Doctor who regenerated into an Ice Warrior (NOTVALID: The Daft Dimension 587)

Alternative Fifth Doctors

• Lord of the Manor (AUDIO: The Eternal Summer)
• The Warrior (AUDIO: Dust Devil)

Alternative Sixth Doctors

• The Doctor of Wonderland (COMIC: Salad Daze)
• Burner Doctor (AUDIO: Disassembled)
• Alternative Sixth Doctor (AUDIO: The People Made of Smoke)

Alternative Seventh Doctors

• Seventh Doctor (The Lenny Henry Show)

Alternative Eighth Doctors

• Grace Holloway's Husband (PROSE: So Vile a Sin)
• "Cyborg Doctor" (COMIC: The Glorious Dead)
• Doc Gallifrey (COMIC: The Glorious Dead)
• Tardis Tails (COMIC: The Glorious Dead)
• Joe Smith (COMIC: The Glorious Dead)
• Theta Stigma (COMIC: The Glorious Dead)
• Quiguaequod (COMIC: The Glorious Dead)
• "Jonny" (PROSE: The Blue Angel)
• Johann Schmidt (AUDIO: Klein's Story)
• The Doctor's mirror image (COMIC: The Silvering)
• The Doctor who was on TV past 1989 (PROSE : What If?)

Alternative Eleventh Doctors

• John Smith (COMIC: John Smith and the Common Men)
• The Doctor who regenerated into a Drashig (COMIC: The Daft Dimension 587)

Alternative Twelfth Doctors

• "Part-Voord Doctor" (COMIC: Four Doctors)
• "Shadow World Doctor" (TV: Extremis)
• of a parallel universe (The Daft Dimension 489)

Alternative Thirteenth Doctors

• The Herald (COMIC: Herald of Madness)
• The Sanity (COMIC: Herald of Madness)

Other

• Grandfather Paradox (PROSE: Christmas on a Rational Planet)
• Infinity Doctor (PROSE: The Infinity Doctors)
• The Doctor of Barusa's universe (PROSE: The Chronicles of Doctor Who?)
• The Doctor associated with DEEP (AUDIO: Full Fathom Five)
• New Doctor following the one associated with DEEP (AUDIO: Full Fathom Five)
• The Doctor of an unbound universe (AUDIO: He Jests at Scars...)
• The Doctor in universe visited by Kate Stewart and Osgood (AUDIO: False Negative)
• Theta Sigma (AUDIO: Forever)

Clones and duplicates of the Doctor

Many accounts claimed clones of the Doctor and the Doctor were one and the same. (TV: The Invisible Enemy, The Rebel Flesh)

Duplicate First Doctors

• Robot Doctor (TV: The Chase)

Duplicate Second Doctors

• Second Doctor's clone (AUDIO: The Hexford Invasion)

Duplicate Third Doctors

• Third Doctor android (PROSE: The Android Maker of Calderon IV)

Duplicate Fourth Doctors

• Fourth Doctor android (TV: The Android Invasion)
• Fourth Doctor's clone (TV: The Invisible Enemy)

Duplicate Fifth Doctors

• Dalek duplicate of the Fifth Doctor (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks)
• Fifth Doctor android (TV: The Caves of Androzani)
• Another Dalek duplicate of the Fifth Doctor (AUDIO: Dalek Soul)

Duplicate Sixth Doctors

• Sixth Doctor clone (AUDIO: Project Lazarus)
• Dalek duplicate of the Sixth Doctor (AUDIO: Brotherhood of the Daleks)

Duplicate Seventh Doctors

• Seventh Doctor's three clones (PROSE: Happy Endings)

Duplicate War Doctors

• War Doctor's Auton duplicate (PROSE: Decoy)

Duplicate Tenth Doctors

• Illusion Doctor (TV: The Infinite Quest)

Duplicate Eleventh Doctors

• Ganger Doctor (TV: The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People)
• The Doctor's Spoonhead (TV: The Bells of Saint John)

Duplicate Twelfth Doctors

• Twelfth Doctor's hologram ghost (TV: Under the Lake/Before the Flood)