List of Doctor Who supporting characters

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Over the course of its many years on television, the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who has not only seen changes in the actors to play the Doctor, but in the supporting cast as well.

## Companions

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Main article: Companion (Doctor Who)

The Doctor is usually accompanied in his travels by one to three companions (sometimes called assistants). These characters provide a surrogate with whom the audience can identify, and further the story by asking questions and getting into trouble, (similar to Dr. Watson in the Sherlock Holmes mysteries.) The Doctor regularly gains new companions and loses old ones; sometimes they return home, or find new causes on worlds they have visited. A few of the companions have died during the course of the series.

## Recurring characters

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### UNIT personnel

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* Brigadier Sir Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Nicholas Courtney)
* Kate Lethbridge-Stewart (Beverley Cressman, Jemma Redgrave)
* Colonel Christofer Ibrahim (Alexander Devrient)
* Captain Mike Yates (Richard Franklin)
* Captain Erisa Magambo (Noma Dumezweni)
* Sergeant Benton (John Levene, Darren Plant, Steven Stanley)
* Corporal Bell (Fernanda Marlowe)
* Private Carl Harris (Clive Standen)
* Petronella Osgood (Ingrid Oliver)
* Shirley Anne Bingham (Ruth Madeley)

### Other humans

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This list includes characters who appear to be human and who are not known to be anything other than human, even if having originated extra-terrestrially.

* Ashildr AKA Lady Me (Maisie Williams)[1]
* Captain Henry Avery (Hugh Bonneville)[2]
* Toby Avery (Oscar Lloyd)[3]
* Sophie Benson (Daisy Haggard)[4]
* Captain Carter of the Teselecta (Richard Dillane)[5]
* Nasreen Chaudhry (Meera Syal)[6]
* Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Ian McNeice)[7]
* computer programmer, unnamed (Jo Stone-Fewings)[8]
* Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles)[9]
* "Danny Boy" and Captain Archibald Hamish Lethbridge-Stewart (Mark Gatiss)[10]
* Special Agent Canton Everett Delaware III (W. Morgan Sheppard, Mark Sheppard)[11]
* Miss Dexter (Elize du Toit)[12]
* Charles Dickens (Simon Callow)[13]
* Queen Elizabeth I (Vivienne Bennett, Angela Pleasence, Joanna Page)[14][15]
* Queen Elizabeth II (Jeannette Charles, Herself [archival], Jessica Martin [voice], Angharad Baxter [body])[16][17][18]
* Queen Elizabeth X, a/k/a "Liz 10" (Sophie Okonedo)[19]
* Elliot (Samuel Davies)[6]
* female programmer, unnamed (Nisha Nayar)[8]
* Jenny Flint (Catrin Stewart)[20]
* floor manager, unnamed (Jenna Russell)[8]
* Midshipman Alonzo Frame (Russell Tovey)[21]
* French newsreader, unnamed (Anthony Debaeck)[22]
* Dr Paul-Ferdinand Gachet (Howard Lee)[23]
* Vincent van Gogh (Tony Curran)[24]
* Detective Inspector Gregson (Paul Hickey)[25]
* Yvonne Hartman (Tracy-Ann Oberman)[26]
* Clive Jones (Trevor Laird)[27]
* Francine Jones (Adjoa Andoh)[28]
* Harriet Jones, former Prime Minister (Penelope Wilton)[29]
* Ianto Jones (Gareth David-Lloyd)[30]
* Leo Jones (Reggie Yates)[31]
* Letitia "Tish" Jones (Gugu Mbatha-Raw)[32]
* President John F. Kennedy (himself,[33][34] wax sculpture)[35][36]
* Madame Kovarian (Frances Barber)[37]
* Tanya Lernov (Clare Jenkins)[38][39]
* President Abraham Lincoln (Robert Marsden,[40] wax sculpture)[41]
* Charlotte Abigail Lux (Eve Newton)[42]
* Strackman Lux (Steve Pemberton)[43]
* Gustave[44] Lytton (Maurice Colbourne)[45]
* Tony Mack (Robert Pugh)[6]
* Angie Maitland (Eve de Leon Allen)[46]
* Artie Maitland (Kassius Carey Johnson)[47]
* Mo (Alun Raglan)[6]
* Moira (Jennifer Hennessy) (The Pilot, Extremis)
* Oliver Morgenstern (Ben Righton)[48]
* Lynda Moss (Jo Joyner)[49]
* Nerys (Krystal Archer)[50][51]
* President Richard M. Nixon (Stuart Milligan,[52] wax sculpture,[53] plastic mask.)[54]
* Sylvia Noble-Mott (Jacqueline King)[55][56]
* Lady Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17 (voiced by Zoë Wanamaker; the character was largely computer-generated)[57][58]
* Dave Oswald (Michael Dixon,[59] James Buller)[60]
* Ellie Oswald (Nicola Sian)[61]
* Alfie Owens a/k/a Stormageddon Dark Lord of All (Isabelle James, Josy James & 5 other babies)[62]
* Rupert "Danny" Pink (Samuel Anderson,[63] Remi Gooding,[64] Jeremiah Krage[65])
* Rigsy (Joivan Wade)[66]
* Rodrick (Paterson Joseph)[8]
* Lucy Saxon (Alexandra Moen)[67]
* William Shakespeare (Hugh Walters, Dean Lennox Kelly)[68]
* Walter Simeon (Richard E. Grant, Cameron Strefford)[69]
* Jake Simmonds (Andrew Hayden-Smith)[70]
* Luke Smith (Tommy Knight)[71]
* Carla Sunday (Michelle Greenidge)
* Cherry Sunday (Angela Wynter)
* Professor Edward Travers (Jack Watling)[72][73]
* Miss Trefusis (Sylvia Seymour, Tracie Simpson)[74]
* Jackie Tyler (Camille Coduri)[75][76][77][78][79][80]
* Pete Tyler (Shaun Dingwall)[81]
* Madame Vernet (Chrissie Cotterill)[82]
* Queen Victoria (Pauline Collins)[83]
* Trinity Wells (Lachele Carl)[84]
* Weng-Chiang / Magnus Greel: Poses as a Chinese god but is actually a time traveller whose real name is Magnus Greel. Played by Michael Spice, A.V. Club reviewer Christopher Bahn the character saw inspiration from Gothic horror figures Jack the Ripper, Dracula and the Phantom of the Opera in the character.[85] The villain is the former Minister of Justice of the 51st century Supreme Alliance, responsible for the deaths of 100,000 enemies of the state, and was known as "the Butcher of Brisbane".[86] He appears in the 1977 serial The Talons of Weng-Chiang. Greel fled to 19th century China by means of a time cabinet, taking The Peking Homunculus with him.[86] Consequences of Greel's time travel are explored in the spin-off Virgin Missing Adventures novel The Shadow of Weng-Chiang by David A. McIntee.[87] Greel is also mentioned in Simon A. Forward's Eighth Doctor Adventures novel Emotional Chemistry, which is partly set in the 51st century. Greel's days as The Minister of Justice are explored in the 2012 prequel audio story The Butcher of Brisbane.[88]
* Brian Williams (Mark Williams)[89]
* Courtney Woods (Ellis George)[90]
* Courtney appears in three episodes during the 8th series. She is characterized as quirky and disruptive, frequently clashing with Clara.[91]
* Professor Zaroff: "egotistical villain", "insane" and "unbalanced", who symbolizes one of "the great fears of modern humanity - the ego run amok", which "can dominate and destroy the weak willed (which would be most of the rest of us)".[92] He is fondly recalled by fans as one of the most over-the-top villains in the entire history of the programme. Particularly well remembered is his cry of "Nothing in the world can stop me now!" in a noticeable Austrian accent. Only two of the four episodes from this story survive, but the surviving material includes that infamous line.[93]

### Time Lords

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Main article: Time Lord

* Borusa (Angus MacKay;[94] John Arnatt;[95] Leonard Sachs;[96] Philip Latham)[97]
* The Castellan (Paul Jerricho)[98]
* Professor Urban Chronotis (Denis Carey [television],[99] James Fox [webcast],[100] Andrew Sachs [radio])[101]
* The Corsair (Elizabeth Berrington) [left arm only][102]
* The General (Ken Bones,[103] T'Nia Miller)[104]
* The Inquisitor (Lynda Bellingham)
* Jenny (Georgia Tennant)[105]
* Chancellor Goth (Bernard Horsfall)[94]
* The Master (Roger Delgado, Peter Pratt, Geoffrey Beevers, Anthony Ainley, Gordon Tipple, Eric Roberts, Derek Jacobi, John Simm, William Hughes, Michelle Gomez, Sacha Dhawan): "egotistical villain", "insane" and "unbalanced", who symbolizes one of "the great fears of modern humanity - the ego run amok", which "can dominate and destroy the weak willed (which would be most of the rest of us)".[92]
* The Meddling Monk (Peter Butterworth)[106][107]
* The Messenger (David Garth)[108]
* K'Anpo Rimpoche (Cho-Je) (Kevin Lindsay)[109]
* Omega (Stephen Thorne; Ian Collier)
* The Rani (Kate O'Mara): "egotistical villain", "insane" and "unbalanced", who symbolizes one of "the great fears of modern humanity - the ego run amok", which "can dominate and destroy the weak willed (which would be most of the rest of us)".[92]
* Rassilon (Richard Mathews, Timothy Dalton, Donald Sumpter)
* Third Time Lord/Chancellor (Clyde Pollitt)[39][110]
* The Valeyard (Michael Jayston)
* The Woman (Claire Bloom)[111]
* companions Susan Foreman, Romana, Donna Noble in her "DoctorDonna" phase, and River Song, are all Time Lords to one degree or another. Depending upon the continuity, companion Dorothy "Ace" McShane also became a Time Lord

### Other beings

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Main article: List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens

* Abzorbaloff / Victor Kennedy, appearing in "Love & Monsters":[112] The concept of the Abzorbaloff was the winner of a fan competition,[112] and while it was considered "a marvellous idea"[113] its slapstick-heavy execution was criticised as "juvenile clowing" and "an insult to the intelligence of the viewers" and negatively compared to the antagonists in "Blink" with its "dark adult humor".[112]
* Lady Adrasta, appearing in "The Creature from the Pit": Sociology researcher Lindy A. Orthia argued that the series showcases individuality as a virtue, exemplified by the unconventional approach of the Doctor, and that thus Lady Adrasta, the autocratic ruler of a matriarchal society, functions as a villain because she "asserts her power via force not individualism".[114]
* Delegate Alpha Centauri (body: Stuart Fell; voice: Ysanne Churchman)
* Black Guardian (Valentine Dyall)
* Blon Fel-Fotch Pasameer-Day Slitheen (Annette Badland)
* The Face of Boe (Struan Rodger)
* Edwin Bracewell (Bill Paterson)[115]
* Cyber Controller (Michael Kilgarriff, Peter Hawkins [voice only])
* Dalek Sec, Dalek Thay, Dalek Caan and Dalek Jast (all voiced by Nicholas Briggs)
* Davros (Michael Wisher, David Gooderson, Terry Molloy, Julian Bleach)
* Frankenstein's monster (Boris Karloff [archival],[116] John Maxim [Festival of Ghana robot])[117]
* The Great Intelligence (portrayed by Jack Woolgar and Richard E Grant; voiced by Wolfe Morris, Ian McKellen and Cameron Strefford)
* Sabalom Glitz (Tony Selby)
* Novice Hame (Anna Hope)
* Icthar (body: Pat Gorman; voice: Peter Halliday; Norman Comer)
* Dorium Maldovar (Simon Fisher-Becker)[118]
* Malohkeh (Richard Hope)
* Nestene Consciousness
* Ood Sigma (body: Paul Kasey; voice: Silas Carson)
* Sil (Nabil Shaban)[119]
* Mr Smith (voice: Alexander Armstrong)[120]
* Strax (Dan Starkey)
* Madame Vastra (Neve McIntosh)
* White Guardian (Cyril Luckham; Gerald Cross [voice only])

### Notes

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1. Lethbridge-Stewart appeared as a regular in Seasons 7 and 8 and more sporadically in many other episodes. Nicholas Courtney, along with his role as Bret Vyon in The Daleks' Master Plan, his appearance in the charity special Dimensions in Time and his participation in the Eighth Doctor audio play Minuet in Hell, has the distinction of having acted with every screen Doctor before the Ninth and also the Tenth (although in adventures before actor David Tennant was cast as the Doctor).
2. The Inquisitor and The Valeyard appeared in every episode of Season 23, a season that comprised just one story, (albeit split into four segments), The Trial of a Time Lord.
3. Mickey Smith was a significant recurring character in the 2005 series, prior to briefly becoming a companion in the 2006 series. Similarly, Jackie Tyler appeared in many episodes of the 2005 and 2006 series; in the episodes "Army of Ghosts" and "Doomsday", she briefly travels in the TARDIS and acts like a companion, although she is not generally considered one.
4. The Master appeared as a regular in Season 8 and has returned numerous times in subsequent seasons and the television movie.

## Recurring alien species, monsters, or robots

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See also: Creatures and aliens in Doctor Who

### Major

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* Daleks
* Cybermen
* Time Lords

### Secondary

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* Autons (of the Nestene Consciousness)
* Cybermats and Cybermites
* Zygons
* Sontarans
* Ice Warriors
* Weeping Angels
* Ood
* The Silence
* Yeti (of the Great Intelligence)
* Raxacoricofallapatorians (the Slitheen family's species)
* Judoon
* Ogrons
* Macra
* Silurians and Sea Devils
* Weevils
* Thals

## Characters from spin-off media

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Main article: Doctor Who spin-offs

The Doctor Who comics, novels and audio dramas have created companions, villains and supporting characters of their own. Some of these originated in one medium and later appeared in another. The lists below indicate where a character has appeared.

### Companions

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See also: List of companions in Doctor Who spin-offs

#### with the First Doctor

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* John and Gillian (TV Comic comic strip)
* Oliver Harper (Tom Allen) (Big Finish Productions)

#### with the Second Doctor

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* John and Gillian (TV Comic comic strip)

#### with the Third Doctor

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* Jeremy Fitzoliver (The Paradise of Death and The Ghosts of N-Space radio plays)

#### with the Fourth Doctor

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* Sharon (Doctor Who Magazine comic strip)
* Mike Yates (Hornets' Nest; audio drama arc announced for release Autumn 2009)[121]

#### with the Fifth Doctor

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* Sir Justin (Doctor Who Magazine comic strip)
* Angus "Gus" Goodman (Doctor Who Magazine comic strip)
* Erimemushinteperem "Erimem" (Caroline Morris) (Big Finish Productions; Telos novella)
* Thomas Brewster (John Pickard) (Big Finish Productions)
* Amy (Ciara Janson) (Big Finish Productions)
* Hannah Bartholemew (Francesca Hunt) (Big Finish Productions)
* Abby (Doctor Who)

#### with the Sixth Doctor

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* Frobisher (Robert Jezek) (Doctor Who Magazine comic strip; Big Finish Productions; Past Doctor Adventures)
* Grant Markham (Missing Adventures)
* Angela Jennings (Missing Adventures)
* Dr. Evelyn Smythe (Maggie Stables) (Big Finish Productions; Past Doctor Adventures)
* Charlotte Elspeth "Charley" Pollard (India Fisher) (Big Finish Productions)
* Flip Jackson (Lisa Greenwood) (Big Finish Productions)

#### with the Seventh Doctor

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* Frobisher (Doctor Who Magazine comic strip)
* Thomas Hector "Hex" Schofield (Philip Olivier) (Big Finish Productions)
* Bernice "Benny" Summerfield (Lisa Bowerman) (New Adventures; Big Finish Productions)
* Elizabeth Klein (Tracey Childs) (Big Finish Productions)
* Sally Morgan (Amy Pemberton) (Big Finish Productions)
* Lysandria Aristedes (Maggie O'Neill) (Big Finish Productions)
* Will Arrowsmith (Christian Edwards) (Big Finish Productions)
* Chris Cwej (New Adventures)
* Roz Forrester (New Adventures)
* Antimony (Kevin Eldon) (Death Comes to Time)
* Catherine Broome (Telos novella)

#### with the Eighth Doctor

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* Bernice "Benny" Summerfield (New Adventures; Big Finish Productions)
* Izzy Sinclair (Jemima Rooper) (Doctor Who Magazine comic strip; Big Finish Productions)
* Fey Truscott-Sade (Doctor Who Magazine comic strip)
* Kroton (Doctor Who Magazine comic strip)
* Destrii (Doctor Who Magazine comic strip)
* Stacy Townsend (Radio Times comic strip)
* Ssard (Radio Times comic strip)
* Samantha "Sam" Jones (Eighth Doctor Adventures)
* Fitz Kreiner (Matt Di Angelo) (Eighth Doctor Adventures; Big Finish Productions)
* Compassion (Jackie Skarvellis) (Eighth Doctor Adventures, Faction Paradox)
* Miranda (Eighth Doctor Adventures)
* Anji Kapoor (Eighth Doctor Adventures)
* Beatrix MacMillan (Eighth Doctor Adventures)
* Charlotte Elspeth "Charley" Pollard (Big Finish Productions)
* C'rizz (Conrad Westmaas) (Big Finish Productions)
* Gemma Griffin (Lizzie Hopley) (Big Finish Productions)
* Samson Griffin (Lee Ingleby) (Big Finish Productions)
* Lucie Miller (Sheridan Smith) (Big Finish Productions)
* Mary Shelley (Julie Cox) (Big Finish Productions)
* Tamsin Drew (Niky Wardley) (Big Finish Productions)
* Molly O'Sullivan (Ruth Bradley) (Big Finish Productions)
* Liv Chenka (Nicola Walker) (Big Finish Productions)

#### with the Tenth Doctor

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* Heather McCrimmon (Doctor Who Adventures comic strip)
* Majenta Pryce (Doctor Who Magazine comic strip)
* Gabby Gonzalez (Titan Comics)

#### with the Eleventh Doctor

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* Kevin (IDW Comics)
* Decky Flamboon ("Doctor Who Adventures")
* Pippa ("Doctor Who Adventures")
* Alice Obiefune (Titan Comics)

#### with the Twelfth Doctor

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* Bernice Summerfield (New Series Adventures)
* Eliza Jones (Doctor Who Adventures comic strip)
* Jain Relph (Doctor Who Adventures comic strip)
* Hattie Munroe (Titan Comics)
* Julie d'Aubigny (Titan Comics)
* Val Kent (Titan Comics)
* Sonny Robinson (Titan Comics)

#### with the Fourteenth Doctor

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* Georgette Gold (Doctor Who Magazine comic strip)
* Georgy Gold (Doctor Who Magazine comic strip)

### Other recurring or important characters

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* Abslom Daak (Doctor Who Magazine comic strip; New Adventures)
* Beep the Meep (Toby Longworth, Bethan Dixon Bate, Miriam Margolyes[122]) (Doctor Who Magazine comic strip; Big Finish Productions; 2023 specials[122])
* Iris Wildthyme (Katy Manning) (Eighth Doctor Adventures; Past Doctor Adventures; Big Finish Productions)
* Jason Kane (Stephen Fewell) (New Adventures; Big Finish Productions)
* Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart (New Adventures)
* Muriel Frost (Karen Henson) (Doctor Who Magazine comic strip; Big Finish Productions)
* Sabbath (Saul Jaffe) (Eighth Doctor Adventures; Faction Paradox)
* Shayde (Mark Donovan) (Doctor Who Magazine comic strip; Big Finish Productions)
* Timewyrm (New Adventures)
* Irving Braxiatel (Miles Richardson) (New Adventures; Big Finish Productions)

## See also

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* List of Bernice Summerfield characters
* List of Doctor Who cast members

## References

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1. ^ Ashildr/Me is a substantial supporting character in the Twelfth Doctor episodes "The Girl Who Died", "The Woman Who Lived", "Face the Raven", and "Hell Bent"
2. ^ Captain Avery is a substantial character in the Eleventh Doctor episode "The Curse of the Black Spot", and also appears in the Eleventh Doctor episode "A Good Man Goes to War".
3. ^ Toby Avery appears in the Eleventh Doctor episodes "The Curse of the Black Spot" and the Eleventh Doctor episode "A Good Man Goes to War".
4. ^ Sophie Benson is a supporting character in "The Lodger", co-stars in the mini-episode "Up All Night", and appears again in "Closing Time" (each is an Eleventh Doctor story).
5. ^ Captain Carter appears in "Let's Kill Hitler", and "The Wedding of River Song", both being Eleventh Doctor stories.
6. ^ a b c d Nia Roberts appears in the Eleventh Doctor episodes "The Hungry Earth" & "Cold Blood"
7. ^ Winston Churchill appears in "Victory of the Daleks" "The Pandorica Opens", and "The Wedding of River Song", each of which is an Eleventh Doctor story. He also appears in two Big Finish Boxed sets.
8. ^ a b c d This unnamed computer programmer appears in the Ninth Doctor stories "Bad Wolf" & "The Parting of the Ways".
9. ^ Torchwood co-starring character Gwen Cooper appears in the Tenth Doctor episodes "The Stolen Earth" & "Journey's End". Before Gwen's creation, Eve Myles portrayed Gwen's ancestor or distant relative, Gwyneth, in the Ninth Doctor episode, "The Unquiet Dead"; the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler recognise the two women's relationship in "Journey's End".
10. ^ Danny Boy appears in the Eleventh Doctor episodes "Victory of the Daleks" and "A Good Man Goes to War", and Captain Lethbridge-Stewart appears in the Twelfth Doctor finale Twice Upon A Time
11. ^ Canton Delaware appears in "The Impossible Astronaut", "Day of the Moon" and "The Wedding of River Song".
12. ^ Miss Dexter appears in the Tenth Doctor episodes "42" in which she is credited simply as 'Sinister Woman', and "The Sound of Drums" in which her name is given in the credits.
13. ^ Charles Dickens is a supporting character in the Ninth Doctor episode "The Unquiet Dead" and features in the Eleventh Doctor episode "The Wedding of River Song".
14. ^ Queen Elizabeth I makes appearances in the First Doctor serial The Chase, and the Tenth Doctor episode "The Shakespeare Code" and the Eleventh Doctor episode "The Day of the Doctor".
15. ^ Queen Elizabeth I is referred to in "The End of Time" in which the Tenth Doctor explains that he married her (the wedding was later filmed for "The Day of the Doctor"), "The Beast Below" in which her far future successor, Queen Elizabeth X chides the Eleventh Doctor about the relationship, and "The Wedding of River Song" in which the Eleventh Doctor notes that he could revisit her before their wedding (which he later does in "The Day of the Doctor"). The then-Lady Elizabeth is off-camera in "The Power of Three" in which Amy Pond becomes the accidental wife of Henry VIII, thus making Lady Elizabeth her step-daughter and the step-sister of the Doctor's other known wife, River Song. Then-Lady Elizabeth is also off-camera with her sister Queen Mary, in Lost in Time, their approach spelling doom for the Prétendre Queen Jane.
16. ^ Queen Elizabeth II is seen in the Seventh Doctor serial Silver Nemesis (played by Jeanette Charles) and "Voyage of the Damned" (Jessica Martin providing her voice, and Angharad Baxter acting on-camera).
17. ^ Queen Elizabeth II is also present but unseen in the Olympic Stadium at the end of the Tenth Doctor episode "Fear Her" and in the Eleventh Doctor mini-episode "Good as Gold", both of which take place with the torch's arrival, and thus after Her Majesty's entrance and formal opening of the games; and is at an off-camera party outside of the TARDIS in the Eleventh Doctor mini-episode, "Bad Night" (the Queen is unidentified in the mini-episode itself, but is revealed as "Liz Two" in the associated behind-the-scenes featurette.
18. ^ An alternate universe Queen Elizabeth II is said to have been executed prior to the events of the Third Doctor serial Inferno, and another alternate universe ER II is killed in the Tenth Doctor episode "Turn Left", in the Doctor-less version of the events of "Voyage of the Damned".
19. ^ Queen Elizabeth X appears in "The Beast Below" and "The Pandorica Opens", both of which are Eleventh Doctor episodes.
20. ^ Jenny Flint first appears in the Eleventh Doctor episode "A Good Man Goes to War", co-stars in the mini-episodes "The Battle of Demon's Run - Two Days Later", "The Great Detective", & "Vastra Investigates", and appears again in "The Snowmen", "Songtaran Carols", "The Crimson Horror", and "The Name of the Doctor", each of which is an Eleventh Doctor episode. She is then seen in the Twelfth Doctor episode, "Deep Breath"
21. ^ Alonzo Frame appears in the Tenth Doctor episode "Voyage of the Damned" and again briefly in "The End of Time".
22. ^ Doctor Who: Ninth Doctor episode "Army of Ghosts";
Torchwood: Torchwood: Children of Earth "Day Three" & "Day Four";
The Sarah Jane Adventures: "Secrets of the Stars"
He and Trinity Wells (below) are the only two characters to appear in all three series, although the TARDIS is heard in all three.
23. ^ Gachet is depicted in his portrait by van Gogh in "Vincent and the Doctor" Howard Lee makes an appearance as Gachet in eleventh Doctor story "The Pandorica Opens". Both are Eleventh Doctor episodes.
24. ^ Vincent van Gogh is a major character in the Eleventh Doctor episode "Vincent and the Doctor" and reappears briefly in the Eleventh Doctor episode "The Pandorica Opens".
25. ^ DI Gregson is first seen in the Eleventh Doctor-era webisode, "Vastra Investigates". He gains his surname when he returns in the Twelfth Doctor episode, "Deep Breath".
26. ^ Yvonne Hartman is a character in the Ninth Doctor episodes "Army of Ghosts" & "Doomsday".
27. ^ Clive Jones appears in the Tenth Doctor episodes "Smith and Jones", "The Sound of Drums", and "Last of the Time Lords".
28. ^ Francine Jones appears in the Tenth Doctor episodes "Smith and Jones", "The Lazarus Experiment", "42", "The Sound of Drums", "Last of the Time Lords", "The Stolen Earth", and "Journey's End".
29. ^ Harriet Jones is introduced in the Ninth Doctor episodes "Aliens of London" & "World War Three" and features again in the Tenth Doctor episodes "The Christmas Invasion" and "The Stolen Earth".
30. ^ Torchwood co-starring character Ianto Jones appears in the Tenth Doctor episodes "The Stolen Earth" & "Journey's End".
31. ^ Leo Jones appears in the Tenth Doctor episodes "Smith and Jones", "The Lazarus Experiment", "The Sound of Drums", and "Last of the Time Lords".
32. ^ Tish Jones appears in the Tenth Doctor episodes "Smith and Jones", "The Lazarus Experiment", "The Sound of Drums", "Last of the Time Lords", and "Turn Left".
33. ^ Episode 1 of the Seventh Doctor serial, Remembrance of the Daleks, opens with a voice-over excerpt from John F. Kennedy's American University speech of 10 June 1963 (165 days prior to the episode's 22 November 1963 setting); the episode's cliffhanger end takes place in the early evening of 22 November, at or about the moment of Kennedy's assassination.
34. ^ Kennedy is shown passing the Ninth Doctor on Main Street in Dallas' Dealey Plaza on 22 November 1963, in a doctored version of Walt Cisco's famous photograph for the Dallas Morning News, in "Rose".
35. ^ Kennedy's wax sculpture at Madame Tussauds is featured in the Third Doctor's debut serial, Spearhead from Space.
36. ^ Additionally, Kennedy's assassination is addressed in Silver Nemesis, "Dimensions in Time", "Rose", "The Cambridge Spy", and "Let's Kill Hitler".
37. ^ Madame Kovarian appears briefly in the Eleventh Doctor episodes "Day of the Moon", "The Curse of the Black Spot", and "The Rebel Flesh"/"The Almost People", and more substantially in the Eleventh Doctor episodes "A Good Man Goes to War" and "The Wedding of River Song".
38. ^ Writer David Whitaker, from a story by Kit Pedler, Director Tristan de Vere Cole, Producer Peter Bryant (27 April – 1 June 1968). The Wheel in Space. Doctor Who. London. BBC. BBC1.
39. ^ a b Writers Malcolm Hulke and Terrance Dicks, Director David Maloney, Producer Derrick Sherwin (21 June 1969). "Episode Ten". The War Games. Doctor Who. London. BBC. BBC1.
40. ^ The First Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright, & Vicki use the space-time visualiser to witness Abraham Lincoln delivering the Gettysburg Address in The Chase.
41. ^ Lincoln's wax sculpture at Madame Tussauds is featured in the Third Doctor serial Spearhead from Space.
42. ^ Charlotte Lux appears in the Tenth Doctor episodes "Silence in the Library" & "Forest of the Dead".
43. ^ Strackman Lux appears in the Tenth Doctor episodes "Silence in the Library" & "Forest of the Dead".
44. ^ Lytton's forename is not provided in either of his television serials. It is provided as Gustave in the novelisation of Attack of the Cybermen and the Doctor Who Magazine story, "Mistaken Identity".
45. ^ Gustave Lytton is a character in the Fifth Doctor serial Resurrection of the Daleks and the Sixth Doctor serial Attack of the Cybermen.
46. ^ Angie Maitland appears in the Eleventh Doctor episodes "The Bells of Saint John", "The Crimson Horror", "Nightmare in Silver", "The Name of the Doctor".
47. ^ Artie Maitland appears in the Eleventh Doctor episodes "The Bells of Saint John", "The Crimson Horror", "Nightmare in Silver" (guest), "The Name of the Doctor".
48. ^ Oliver Morgenstern appears in the Tenth Doctor episode "Smith and Jones" and returns briefly in the Tenth Doctor episode "Turn Left".
49. ^ Lynda Moss appears in the Ninth Doctor episodes "Bad Wolf" & "The Parting of the Ways", a scene from which is shown again as a flashback in the Tenth Doctor episode "Journey's End".
50. ^ Nerys appeared in the Tenth Doctor episodes "The Runaway Bride" and "The End of Time".
51. ^ Nerys is mentioned by Donna Noble in the Tenth Doctor episode "The Doctor's Daughter".
52. ^ Richard Nixon appears in the Eleventh Doctor episodes "The Impossible Astronaut Prequel", "The Impossible Astronaut" & "Day of the Moon".
53. ^ Nixon's wax sculpture at Madame Tussauds is featured in the Third Doctor serial Spearhead from Space.
54. ^ The newly regenerated Eighth Doctor examined a Richard Nixon mask when stealing clothes.
55. ^ "none". Doctor Who Magazine. No. 388\. 18 October 2007.
56. ^ Sylvia Noble appears in the Tenth Doctor episodes "The Runaway Bride", "Partners in Crime", "The Sontaran Stratagem", "The Poison Sky", "Turn Left", "The Stolen Earth", "Journey's End", and "The End of Time"
57. ^ "TV on DVD: 'Doctor Who'". post-gazette.com. 6 July 2006. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
58. ^ Lady Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17 appears in the Ninth Doctor episode "The End of the World", and the Tenth Doctor episode "New Earth".
59. ^ Michael Dixon portrayed Dave Oswald in the Eleventh Doctor episodes "The Rings of Akhaten" and "The Name of the Doctor".
60. ^ James Buller portrayed Dave Oswald in the final Eleventh Doctor episode, "The Time of the Doctor"
61. ^ Ellie Oswald appears in the Eleventh Doctor mini-episode "The Bells of Saint John Prequel", and the Eleventh Doctor episodes "The Rings of Akhaten" and "The Name of the Doctor".
62. ^ Alfie Owens appears in the Eleventh Doctor-era mini-episode "Up All Night" and the Eleventh Doctor episode "Closing Time".
63. ^ A former soldier cum mathematics teacher at Coal Hill School, Danny is the colleague and boyfriend of Clara Oswald. He appears in all Series 8 episodes, excepting "Deep Breath" and "Robot of Sherwood". Despite only small scenes in "Mummy on the Orient Express" and "Flatline", he was credited for both. After appearing in ten episodes (most significantly in "The Caretaker", "In the Forest of the Night", "Dark Water" and "Death in Heaven"), he died in the pre-credit scene of "Dark Water", but he still appeared in the post-credit scenes of the episode, and its follower. The turning point for the finale was when Danny sacrificed himself to save Earth from "Missy" (the Master).
64. ^ "Listen"
65. ^ "Death in Heaven"
66. ^ "Flatline" and "Face the Raven"
67. ^ Lucy Saxon appears in the Tenth Doctor episodes "The Sound of Drums", "Last of the Time Lords" and "The End of Time.
68. ^ William Shakespeare appeared briefly in the First Doctor serial The Chase, and more substantially in the Tenth Doctor episode "The Shakespeare Code".
69. ^ Walter Simeon appears in the Eleventh Doctor episode "The Snowmen". Thereafter, the Great Intelligence assumes Simeon's form and personality (still played by Richard E. Grant) in the Eleventh Doctor episodes "The Bells of Saint John" and "The Name of the Doctor".
70. ^ Jake Simmonds appears in the Tenth Doctor episodes "Rise of the Cybermen", "The Age of Steel", and "Doomsday".
71. ^ The Sarah Jane Adventures co-starring character Luke Smith appears in the Tenth Doctor episodes "The Stolen Earth", "Journey's End", and "The End of Time". His name is additionally shown on-screen in a newspaper in "Turn Left", in which he is reported killed in a Doctor-less version of the events of "Smith and Jones".
72. ^ Writers Mervyn Haisman, Henry Lincoln, Director Gerald Blake, Producer Innes Lloyd (30 September – 4 November 1967). The Abominable Snowmen. Doctor Who. London. BBC.
73. ^ Writers Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln, Director Douglas Camfield, Producer Peter Bryant (3 February – 9 March 1968). The Web of Fear. Doctor Who. London. BBC., Downtime
74. ^ Miss Trefusis' hand is seen in the Tenth Doctor episode "Last of the Time Lords", and the rest of her is seen later in the Tenth Doctor episode "The End of Time".
75. ^ Writer Russell T Davies, Director Keith Boak, Producer Phil Collinson (26 March 2005). "Rose". Doctor Who. Cardiff. BBC. BBC One.
76. ^ Writer Russell T Davies, Director Euros Lyn, Producer Phil Collinson (2 April 2005). "The End of the World". Doctor Who. Cardiff. BBC. BBC One.
77. ^ Writer Russell T Davies, Director Keith Boak, Producer Phil Collinson (16 April 2005). "Aliens of London". Doctor Who. Cardiff. BBC. BBC One.
78. ^ Writer Russell T Davies, Director Keith Boak, Producer Phil Collinson (23 April 2005). "World War Three". Doctor Who. Cardiff. BBC. BBC One.
79. ^ Writer Paul Cornell, Director Joe Ahearne, Producer Phil Collinson (14 May 2005). "Father's Day". Doctor Who. Cardiff. BBC. BBC One.
80. ^ Jackie is not generally considered a companion to the Doctor, however she does fulfill this role in the two-part episode Army of Ghosts/Doomsday.
81. ^ Pete Tyler is introduced in the Ninth Doctor episode "Father's Day", in which he dies. A parallel universe version of the same man appears in the Tenth Doctor episodes "Rise of the Cybermen", "The Age of Steel", and "Doomsday".
82. ^ Madame Vernet is a minor character in the Eleventh Doctor episode "Vincent and the Doctor", and she is seen again in "The Pandorica Opens".
83. ^ Doctor Who:Tenth Doctor episode "Tooth and Claw"
84. ^ Doctor Who: "Aliens of London" & "World War Three", "The Christmas Invasion", "The Sound of Drums", "The Poison Sky", "Turn Left", "The Stolen Earth", "The End of Time", "The Giggle" and "Lucky Day".
Torchwood: Children of Earth "Day Three" & "Day Four".
The Sarah Jane Adventures: "Revenge of the Slitheen" and "Secrets of the Stars".
Wells is the only named character to appear in all three series, although Anthony Debaeck's unnamed French newsreader does as well, and the TARDIS is heard in all three.
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96. ^ Arc of Infinity
97. ^ "The Five Doctors"
98. ^ Arc of Infinity and "The Five Doctors"
99. ^ Shada
100. ^ Shada
101. ^ Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
102. ^ "The Doctor's Wife"
103. ^ "The Day of the Doctor" & "Hell Bent" (on-screen); "The Time of the Doctor" (voice only, repeatedly asking the "first question" through the crack).
104. ^ "Hell Bent" (on-screen)
105. ^ "The Doctor's Daughter"
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116. ^ 1996 telefilm
117. ^ The Chase
118. ^ "The Pandorica Opens", "Prequel to 'A Good Man Goes to War'", "A Good Man Goes to War", "The Wedding of River Song", all of which are stories of the Eleventh Doctor's era.
119. ^ Vengeance on Varos, Mindwarp)
120. ^ "The Stolen Earth", "Journey's End")
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