List of incarnations of the Doctor
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The following is a list of incarnations and manifestations of the Doctor. While the Doctor's species was contentious among accounts, with the possibility that the Doctor was human, (TV: The Evil of the Daleks, PROSE: Doctor Who and the Daleks, The Monsters from Earth) a Time Lord, (TV: The War Games, The Time Warrior, et al.) a hybrid, (TV: Doctor Who, et al.) 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"
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)
"Morbius Doctors"
- Main article: The Doctor (The Brain of Morbius)
- First "Mindbend Doctor" (TV: The Brain of Morbius)
- Second "Mindbend Doctor" (TV: The Brain of Morbius)
- Third "Mindbend Doctor" (TV: The Brain of Morbius)
- Fourth "Mindbend Doctor" (TV: The Brain of Morbius)
- Fifth "Mindbend Doctor" (TV: The Brain of Morbius)
- Sixth "Mindbend Doctor" (TV: The Brain of Morbius)
- Seventh "Mindbend Doctor" (TV: The Brain of Morbius)
- Eighth "Mindbend Doctor" (TV: The Brain of Morbius)
Council of Eight
Fugitive Doctor
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.
- Fifth Doctor (TV: Logopolis)
- Sixth Doctor (TV: The Caves of Androzani)
- Seventh Doctor (TV: Time and the Rani)
- Eighth Doctor (PROSE: Revelation)
"Curse" Doctors
According to some accounts, the Doctor's ninth incarnation was a "listless looking man", who was suceeded 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".
Other ninth incarnations
There were also other accounts as to who the ninth incarnation was.
- Ninth Doctor 1 (PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows)
- Ninth Doctor 3 (PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows)
- Ninth Doctor 4 (PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows)
- Minister of Chance (NOTVALID: Death Comes to Time)/Man with a bent nose (PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows)
War - 13
According to other accounts, the Doctor's ninth incarnation was a "man with a big ears in a leather jacket" or a forgotten warrior.
- War Doctor (TV: The Name of the Doctor)
- Ninth Doctor (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles)
- Tenth Doctor (TV: The Parting of the Ways)
- Tenth Doctor (TV: Journey's End)
- From the Tenth Doctor's spare hand and using the regeneration energy from the aborted regeneration the Meta-Crisis Doctor was created.
- Eleventh Doctor (TV: The End of Time)
- The thirteenth incarnation of the Doctor regenerated on Trenzalore.
Manifestations from The Doctor's first regeneration cycle
- The Watcher between the Fourth Doctor and Fifth Doctor (TV: Logopolis)
- The Dream Lord from the Eleventh Doctor (TV: Amy's Choice)
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)
The Doctor's future regeneration cycles
Many accounts state that the Doctor lives beyond a second regeneration cycle.
- The Curator (TV: The Day of the Doctor)
- 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 regeneration cycle
- The Valeyard between the twelfth and final Doctor (TV: The Mysterious Planet)
- Popplewick Junior was a Matrix projection between the twelfth and final Doctor (TV: The Ultimate Foe)
- Tim Hope was a projection between the twelfth and final Doctor (AUDIO: The End of the Line)
The Doctor post-death
Unplaced incarnations
Many incarnations of the Doctor offer no explanation to their placement in the Doctor's timeline.
- The Doctor post Thirteenth Doctor (PROSE: Contents)
- Previous Doctor of the one who travelled with Jenny and Jimmy (AUDIO: Seven Keys to Doomsday (audio story))
- The Doctor who travelled with Jenny and Jimmy (AUDIO: Seven Keys to Doomsday (audio story))
- The Doctor with a "bushy beard" (PROSE: An Army of Shadows)
- The Doctor who was trapped on a Dalek-occupied planet (PROSE: The Dalek Factor)
- The Doctor from beyond the Eighth Doctor (PROSE: The Blue Angel)
- 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 with the harsh and angular face (PROSE: From Eternity)
- The Doctor who landed on Ollendorf 2 (PROSE: We are the Daleks!)
- The Doctor who attended Bonjaxx's birthday party (COMIC: Party Animals)
- The Doctor who wielded a sword (PROSE: Rose)
- The Doctor in a wheelchair (PROSE: Rose)
Alternative universe incarnations
Many versions of the Doctor existed solely in alternative universes.
Alternative versions of known incarnations
- The Doctor - alternative First Doctor (AUDIO: Auld Mortality)
- Inferno Earth Second Doctor (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation)
- The Leader - alternative Third Doctor (TV: Inferno)
- The Doctor of Who's Who Earth - alternative Third Doctor (COMIC: Who's Who)
- Lord of the Manor - alternative Fifth Doctor (AUDIO: The Eternal Summer)
- Grace Holloway's Husband - alternative Eighth Doctor (PROSE: So Vile a Sin)
- "Cyborg Doctor" - alternative Eighth Doctor (COMIC: The Glorious Dead)
- Doc Gallifrey - alternative Eighth Doctor (COMIC: The Glorious Dead)
- Tardis Tails - alternative Eighth Doctor (COMIC: The Glorious Dead)
- Joe Smith - alternative Eighth Doctor (COMIC: The Glorious Dead)
- Theta Stigma - alternative Eighth Doctor (COMIC: The Glorious Dead)
- Quiguaequod - alternative Eighth Doctor (COMIC: The Glorious Dead)
- "Jonny" - alternative Eighth Doctor (PROSE: The Blue Angel)
- Johann Schmidt - alternative Eighth Doctor (AUDIO: Klein's Story)
- The Doctor's mirror image - alternative Eighth Doctor (COMIC: The Silvering)
- "Part-Voord Doctor" - alternative Twelfth Doctor (COMIC: Four Doctors)
- "Shadow World Doctor" - alternative Twelfth Doctor (TV: Extremis)
- The Herald - alternative Thirteenth Doctor (COMIC: Herald of Madness)
Other
- The Doctor associated with DEEP (AUDIO: Full Fathom Five)
- New Doctor following the one associated with DEEP (AUDIO: Full Fathom Five)
- Previous Doctor to the one who worked at Sainsbury's (AUDIO: Exile)
- The Doctor who worked at Sainsbury's (AUDIO: Exile)
- Unbound Doctor (AUDIO: Sympathy for the Devil)
- The Doctor in universe visited by Kate Stewart and Osgood (AUDIO: False Negative)
- Burner Doctor (AUDIO: Disassembled)
- Theta Sigma (AUDIO: Forever)
- Grandfather Paradox (PROSE: Christmas on a Rational Planet)
- Infinity Doctor (PROSE: The Infinity Doctors)
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)
- Robot Doctor (TV: The Chase)
- Second Doctor's clone (AUDIO: The Hexford Invasion)
- Third Doctor android (PROSE: The Android Maker of Calderon IV)
- Fourth Doctor android (TV: The Android Invasion)
- Fourth Doctor's clone (TV: The Invisible Enemy)
- 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)
- Sixth Doctor clone (AUDIO: Project Lazarus)
- Dalek duplicate of the Sixth Doctor (AUDIO: Brotherhood of the Daleks)
- Seventh Doctor's three clones (PROSE: Happy Endings)
- War Doctor's Auton duplicate (PROSE: Decoy)
- Ganger Doctor (TV: The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People)
Behind the scenes
Doctors from invalid sources.
Introduced on screen
- Dr. Who (Dr. Who and the Daleks)
- Seventh Doctor (The Lenny Henry Show)
- The Doctor who recollected Shada (Shada)
- The Doctor from the future who hosted a night of entertainment (Introduction to the Night)
- The Doctor who didn't do bank-holidays (The Web of Caves)
- Doctor Moon (TV: Silence in the Library) mind of the Forty-Fifth Doctor (Showrunner Showdown)
Introduced in prose
Introduced on stage
Introduced in a game