Doctors Regenerations

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Doctor Number	Doctor's Actor	Years
1st	William Hartnell	1963–1966
2nd	Patrick Troughton	1966–1969
3rd	Jon Pertwee	1970–1974
4th	Tom Baker	1974–1981
5th	Peter Davison	1982–1984
6th	Colin Baker	1984–1986
7th	Sylvester McCoy	1987–1989
8th	Paul McGann	1996
War	John Hurt	2013
9th	Christopher Eccleston	2005
10th	David Tennant	2005-2010
11th	Matt Smith	2010-2013
12th	Peter Capaldi	2013-2017
13th	Jodie Whittaker	2017-Present

1st Doctor

Doctor from 1963 until 1966 played, by William Hartnell. The first regeneration of the Doctor was due to a neck injury of William Hartnell.

David Bradley played as the 1st Doctor in the 2017 Christmas Special, Twice Upon a Time.

2nd Doctor

Doctor from 1966 until 1969 played, by Patrick Troughton

3rd Doctor

Doctor from 1970 until 1974 played, by Jon Pertwee

4th Doctor

Doctor from 1974 until 1981 played, by Tom Baker. Tom Baker stared in the 50th anniversary special, The Day of the Doctor, along side the 10th and 11th Doctors.

5th Doctor

Doctor from 1982 until 1984 played, by Peter Davison

6th Doctor

Doctor from 1984 until 1986 played, by Colin Baker

7th Doctor

Doctor from 1987 until 1989 played, by Sylvester McCoy

8th Doctor

Doctor in the 1996 Doctor Who tv-movie, played by Paul McGann

War Doctor

Between the old Doctor Who and the 2005 Revival, played by John Hurt. Known as "the one who broke the promise". This is because he was the one who used the The Moment to wipe out the Daleks and Time Lords alike. Later it was revealed that he did not really use it (The Day of the Doctor), but he did not retain these memories because it was when the 11th Doctor was crossing his own time line with the 10th Doctor and the War Doctor.

The War Doctor regenerated into the 9th Doctor after the 10th and 11th Doctors helped him not use the moment. Instead, all 13 Doctors at the time (11 + reveal of 12th Doctor + War Doctor) used thier TARDISes to put Gallifrey into a pocket universe. The Daleks then destroyed themselves since their was no planet in between their ships to catch their lasers. But since the War Doctor did not retain the memories of this, the Doctor went through his life thinking that he killed his own people, until the 11th Doctor lived the events of The Day of the Doctor.

9th Doctor

Doctor in 2005, played by Christopher Eccleston

Companions: Rose Tyler, Jack Harkness, Mickey Smith

Life: season 1 of revived series. Regenerated after taking the time energy from Bad Wolf, aka Rose Tyler.

10th Doctor

Doctor from 2005 until 2010 played, by David Tennant Got shot by a Dalek, but put his regeneration into his spare hand to avoid regeneration.

Companions: Martha Jones, Donna Noble, Jack Harkness

Life: season 2 through season 4. Regenerated after taking places with Wilfred Mott to absorb nuclear energy.

11th Doctor

Doctor from 2010 until 2013 played, by Matt Smith

Companions: Amy Pond, Rory Williams, Clara Oswald, River Song

Life: season 5 through season 7. Regenerated from old age when he was given a new set of undetermined regenerations from the Time Lords in a pocket universe.

12th Doctor

Doctor from 2014 through Christmas 2017, played by Peter Capaldi

Companions: Clara Oswald, Nardole

Life: seasons 8 through 10. Regenerated after getting electrocuted by a Cyberman. He delayed the regeneration process. Then, he got shot repeatedly by another Cyberman, and got caught in a huge explosion. The Doctor then refused to regenerate, which means a death for a Time Lord. He accepted regeneration after meeting the 1st Doctor in the 2017 Christmas Special, Twice Upon a Time.

13th Doctor

Doctor since the regeneration in the 2017 Christmas Special, Twice Upon a Time, and is appearing in Series 11 in late 2018, played by Jodie Whittaker.

This marks a historical moment for Doctor Who because she is the first female Doctor! There has been controversy surrounding this, but real fans are fine with it. It has been said before in the show that Time Lords can change sex during the regeneration process. In fact, one of the Doctor's greatest enemies/friends, the Master, has changed to a girl.