Peter (disambiguation)

Peter — or sometimes the shortened Pete — is a first name common to many individuals. As a surname it is often styled in the plural, as with Peters. Less commonly, it is seen as a place name.

For ease of use, this list has been highly sectionalised, then alphabetised by last name.

In-universe

As only name

• Peter (Dear Great Uncle Peter), great uncle of a boy named Alex, whom the Fourth Doctor and Leela met. (ST: Dear Great Uncle Peter)
• Peter (NA: Strange England
• Peter (MA: Invasion of the Cat-People)
• Peter (PDA: Verdigris)

• Pete (Doctor Who), a morgue attendant at Walker General Hospital, who was the first human seen by the Eighth Doctor. (DW: Doctor Who)
• Peter the Winder a hybrid Winder/Smiler from The Beast Below

As first name

• Peter Dalton, a man who nearly married Sarah Jane Smith. (SJA: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith)
• Peter Dickson, butler for Sir George Harding, and one-time assistant to the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler. (NSA: The Clockwise Man)
• Peter Hamilton (Death to the Daleks), member of the Marine Space Corps expedition to Exxilon. (DW: Death to the Daleks)
• Peter Haydon, a man who died during Professor Parry's expedition to Telos. (DW: The Tomb of the Cybermen)
• Peter Rabbit, a hero of human childrens' fiction, of whom the Fourth Doctor, Romana II, and K9 Mark II all have knowledge. (DW: The Creature from the Pit)
• Dr. Peter Russell (The Zero Imperative), a businessman of Liz Shaw's acquaintance. (BBV: The Zero Imperative)
• Lt. Peter Sandoz (BFA: Winter for the Adept)
• Peter Streete, architect of the Globe Theatre, whom the Tenth Doctor met at Bedlam Royal Hospital. (DW: The Shakespeare Code)
• Peter Summerfield, son of Bernice Summerfield and Adrian Wall. (BFBS: Life During Wartime)
• Peter Tracey, son of George Tracey. (KAC: "A Girl's Best Friend")
• Pete Tyler, biological father of Rose Tyler, who died in a car accident in the 1980s. (DW: Father's Day)
• Pete Tyler (Pete's World), another version of Pete Tyler, who did not have any natural children until the birth of Tony Tyler. (DW: Army of Ghosts, et al)
• Peter Warmsly, an archaeologist whom the Seventh Doctor and Ace met near Carbury, England. (DW: Battlefield)
• Peter Moore, a student who the Second Doctor, Ben and Polly met in a haunted house. (MA: Invasion of the Cat-People)

As surname

• Sergeant Peters, a British military NCO who once liased with UNIT. (DW: The Invasion)
• Peters, an employee of a space station whom Jamie, Zoe and the Second Doctor encountered. (IDW: The Forgotten)
• Denis Peters, a brief companion of the Third Doctor during the latter's exile on Earth. (TVA: The Celluloid Midas)
• Charles "Chick" Peters, a computer journalist who once witnessed the actions of The Doctor and Peri in and around Maryland. (PDA: Blue Box)

As place name

• Pete's World, an unofficial designation for an alternate world occasionally encountered by the Tenth Doctor. (DW: Army of Ghosts, Journey's End, et al)
• The Blue Peter garden, a part of the BBC Television Centre through which Beep the Meep chased Tom Baker, Izzy and the Eighth Doctor. (DWM: "TV Action!")

Also seen non-fictionally in Doctor Who Confidential, Series 3, Episode 10.

Behind the scenes

Actors

As first name

Regular

• Peter Cushing, who played Dr. Who in Dr. Who and the Daleks, and its sequel.
• Peter Davison (born Peter Moffett), who played the Fifth Doctor
• Peter Purves, who played companion, Steven Taylor

Guest

• Peter Birrel, who played the Draconian Prince in DW: Frontier in Space
• Peter Butterworth, who originated the role of The Monk (DW: The Time Meddler, The Daleks' Master Plan)
• Peter Capaldi, who played Caecilius in DW: The Fires of Pompeii and John Frobisher in TW: Children of Earth
• Peter Jeffrey, who played Count Grendel in The Androids of Tara
• Peter Kay, who was the featured villain in DW: Love & Monsters
• Peter Mayock, who played Ibrahim Namin in DW: Pyramids of Mars and Solis in The Deadly Assassin
• Peter Miles, who played Nyder in Genesis of the Daleks, and several other roles in televised and audio Doctor Who
• Peter Pratt, who played the Master (DW: The Deadly Assassin)
• Peter Stephens, who played Cyril and several other parts in DW: The Celestial Toymaker and Lolem in The Underwater Menace
• Peter Wyngarde, who played Timanov in DW: Planet of Fire

Featured

• Peter Barkworth who played Clent in DW: The Ice Warriors
• Peter Bathurst, who played Hensell in DW: Power of the Daleks and Chinn in The Claws of Axos'
• Peter Benson, who played Bor in DW: Terminus
• Peter Bourke, who played Mr. Chambers in DW: Human Nature
• Peter Brooke, who played a builder in DW: Daleks in Manhattan
• Peter Burroughs, who played the Jester in DW: The King's Demons
• Peter Cellier, who played Andrews in DW: Time-Flight
• Peter Childs, who played Jack Ward in DW: The Mark of the Rani
• Peter Copley, who played Dr. Warlock in DW: Pyramids of Mars
• Peter Craze an actor who played a number of small parts in the 1963 version of Doctor Who
• Peter Czajkowski, who played Sgt. Prozorov in DW: The Curse of Fenric
• Peter Dahlsen, who played Horton in DW: Time-Flight
• Peter Hamilton Dyer, who played Embery in DW: Remembrance of the Daleks
• Peter Fraser, who played Susan Foreman's future husband, David Campbell, in DW: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
• Peter Gilmore, who played Brazen in DW: Frontios
• Peter Howell (actor), who played the Investigator in DW: The Mutants
• Peter Halliday, an actor who played a number of parts in the 1963 version of Doctor Who, but perhaps most famously Packer in The Invasion
• Peter Laird, who played Chang in DW:The Wheel in Space
• Peter Lawrence, who played Vizier in DW: Marco Polo
• Peter O'Brien, who played Ed Gold in DW: The Waters of Mars
• Peter Russell, who played Eldred in DW: The Time Meddler
• Peter Rutherford, who played Roth in DW: The Sontaran Experiment
• Peter Sallis, who played Elric Penley in DW: The Ice Warriors
• Peter Sanders, who played Sita in DW: The Space Museum
• Peter Straker, who played Commander Sharrel in DW: Destiny of the Daleks
• Peter Thomas, who played Captain Edal in DW: The Savages
• Peter Walker, who played Jean-Pierre in DW: The Reign of Terror
• Peter Welch, who played small roles in DW: The Highlanders and The Android Invasion
• Peter Whitaker, who played Inspector Gascoigne in DW: The Faceless Ones

Monster specialists

• Peter Badger, who played a Roboman in DW: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
• Peter Noel Cook, who played an alien space captain in DW: The Ambassadors of Death
• Peter Forbes-Robertson, whose biggest role in Doctor Who was that of Chief Sea Devil in The Sea Devils
• Peter Glaze, who payed a Sensorite, in DW: The Sensorites
• Peter Greene, who played a Cyberman in DW: The Moonbase
• Peter Langtry, a robot in DW: The Robots of Death
• Peter Murphy, a Dalek operator during the William Hartnell era
• Peter Stenson, who played a few monsters in Doctor Who of the 1960s
• Peter Thompson, a monster actor in the late 1960s and early 1970s
• Peter Thornton, who played a Cyberman in DW: The Invasion

Extra

• Peter Baldock, who was an acolyte in DW: The Face of Evil
• Peter Bennett (actor), who was an uncredited extra in DW: The Enemy of the World
• Peter Ducrow, who played a guard in DW: Fury from the Deep
• Peter Hill who played the manager in DW: Day of the Daleks
• Peter Holmes, an uncredited extra in several serials during the William Hartnell era
• Peter Mantle, who played a Kaled guard in DW: Genesis of the Daleks
• Peter Pocock, an uncredited soldier in DW: The Tenth Planet
• Peter Walshe, who played Erak in DW: The Sontaran Experiment, and a Pikeman in The Masque of Mandragora

Vocal

• Peter Forbes, who has voiced many roles for Big Finish audios, but perhaps is most famous for Culver in the Dalek Empire series
• Peter Guinness, who voiced Mister Dread in DW: Dreamland
• Peter Hawkins, a Dalek and Cyberman vocal artist during the 1960s
• Peter Jurasik who played Peter Sandoz in BFA: Winter for the Adept
• Peter Sowerbutts, who has voiced many roles for Big Finish audios
• Peter Trapani, an actor in BFA: The Shadow of the Scourge and Neverland; and BBV: Auton 2: Sentinel and Auton 3: Awakening
• Peter Tuddenham, a voice actor in DW: The Ark in Space, The Masque of Mandragora, and Time and the Rani

As surname

• Luan Peters, an actor who played Chicki in The Macra Terror, and Sheila in Frontier in Space
• Steve Peters, an actor who played a variety of monsters during the first seven years of the 1963 version of Doctor Who
• Clarke Peters, an actor who voiced Night Eagle in DW: Dreamland

Production

Television

Cameramen

• Peter Bartlett, a film cameraman for DW: The Abominable Snowmen
• Peter Chapman, a film cameraman mostly during Season 19 of Doctor Who
• Peter Hall, a film cameraman during the 1970s
• Peter Hamilton, a film cameraman during the 1960s and 1970s
• Peter Sargent, a film cameraman for DW: The Power of the Daleks

Designers

• Peter Brachacki, a production designer on DW: An Unearthly Child
• Peter Kindred, a production designer on DW: The Tenth Planet and Fury from the Deep
• Peter McKinstry, a concept designer for Doctor Who (2005), and Torchwood

Directors

• Peter Grimwade was a director and writer of several televised adventures in the JNT era; from the Barry Letts to the Graham Williams eras, he was a production assistant
• Peter Moffatt, director of six stories for Doctor Who during the early 1980s, perhaps most famously The Five Doctors

Lighting

• Peter Catlett was in charge of studio lighting for DW: The Brain of Morbius and The Awakening
• Peter Murray was in charge of studio lighting for DW: The Sensorites and The Keys of Marinus
• Peter Smee was in charge of studio lighting for DW: The King's Demons and Warriors of the Deep
• Peter Winn was in charge of studio lighting for DW: The Space Pirates

Producers

• Peter Bennett, a producer during the Steven Moffat era of Doctor Who, who also had a variety of roles during the Russell T Davies era of Doctor Who, and on Torchwood
• Peter Bryant, who was the producer and sometime script editor of Doctor Who for roughly the last year of the Patrick Troughton era
• Peter V. Ware, who produced Doctor Who (1996)

Sound design, effects, music

• Peter Howell, a sound engineer most famous for arranging the "Doctor Who theme" as used in Seasons 18-22; also composed incidental music and special sounds
• Peter Jeffreys, a BBC Wales dubbing mixer

Visual Effects

• Peter Day, a visual effects designer in the 1960s and 1970s
• Peter Logan, a visual effects artist during the 1963 version of Doctor Who
• Peter Pegrum, a visual effects artist, mostly active in the 1970s
• Peter Wragg, a visual effects artist during the Peter Davison and Colin Baker eras

Writers

• Peter J. Hammond, author of TW: Small Worlds and From Out of the Rain
• Peter Ling, writer of DW: The Mind Robber
• Peter R. Newman, writer of DW: The Sensorites'

Other

• Peter Chester, a best boy on the BBC Wales version of Doctor Who
• Peter Diamond, a fight arranger during the 1960s and 1970s, who was occasionally used as an actor, as with the role of Delos in DW: The Romans
• Peter Evans, a film editor on DW: Carnival of Monsters

Other media

Print

• Peter Anghelides, a prolific prose author of Doctor Who and Torchwood fiction
• Peter Brookes, a cover illustrator for Target Books
• Peter Darvill-Evans, a key player in the creation of the Virgin New Adventures line of novels and an author himself
• Peter Griffiths, an interviewer for Doctor Who Magazine
• Peter Haining, a prolific author of Doctor Who non-fiction prior to the release of DW: Doctor Who (1996)
• Peter Ware, an assistant editor of Doctor Who Magazine