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"
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)
- "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
Fugitive Doctor
- Fugitive Doctor
- From this Doctor the human identity of Ruth Clayton was created
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)
- 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".
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 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)
- Twelfth Doctor (TV: The Day of the Doctor)
- Thirteenth Doctor (TV: Twice Upon a Time)
- Master-Doctor, incarnation from a forced regeneration that was a hybrid of the Doctor and the Master. (TV: The Power of the Doctor)
- Fourteenth Doctor (TV: The Power of the Doctor)
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 (Shada)
- The Doctor from the future who hosted a night of entertainment (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
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 (Truth or Consequences)
- The Doctor who wielded a sword (PROSE: Rose)
- The Doctor in a wheelchair (PROSE: Rose)
- 9.5th Doctor who regenerated into the Fourteenth Doctor (NOTVALID: Comic Relief 2023)
Alternative universe incarnations
Many versions of the Doctor existed solely in alternative universes.
Alternative versions of known incarnations
Alternative First Doctors
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 (NOTVALID: The Daft Dimension 587)
Alternative Third Doctors
- The Leader (TV: Inferno)
- Alternative Third Doctor (COMIC: Dead on Arrival (comic story))
- The Doctor of Who's Who Earth (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
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
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)
Alternative Eleventh Doctors
- John Smith (COMIC: John Smith and the Common Men)
- The Doctor who regenerated into a Drashig (NOTVALID: 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
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
Duplicate Second Doctors
Duplicate Third Doctors
Duplicate Fourth Doctors
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
Duplicate War Doctors
Duplicate Tenth Doctors
Duplicate Eleventh Doctors
- Ganger Doctor (TV: The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People)
- The Doctor's Spoonhead (TV: The Bells of Saint John)