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Classic Show: 1963 -1989

Made for TV movie: 1996

Modern Show: 2005 - Present

TV - PG

Doctor Who started as a children show (Classic Shows) in 1963 with the Doctor as a Grand father and his companions were his “grandchildren”. Unlike other series they work into the story line how The Doctor changes from one actor to another. The Doctor becomes a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey.  His time and space ship is called a TARDIS - the Doctor’s TARDIS got stuck with the outer appearance of a police call box. (Noted for being larger on the inside than on the outside.) The series got more and more older people following it.  The classic show ended in 1989. Then in 1996 a made for TV show was made that was prime time, not a children show.  It went over well with the fans and gathered new fans.  With it’s success the Modern series started in 2005. Like the made for TV movie the series was now an adult SF show, both series being made by the BBC. The biggest difference between the series being the budget being bigger for adult programing than for children programing.

The Doctors

First Doctor: William Hartnell 11/23/1963 - 10/29/1966

Second Doctor: Patrick Troughton 10/29/1966 - 6/21/1969

Third Doctor: Jon Pertwee 1/3/1970 - 6/8/1974

Fourth Doctor: Tom Baker 6/8/1974 - 3/21/1981

Fifth Doctor: Peter Davison 3/21/1974 - 3/16/1984

Sixth Doctor: Colin Baker 3/16/1984 - 12/6/1986

Seventh Doctor: Sylvester McCoy 8/7/1987 - 12/6/1989

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Eighth Doctor: Paul McGann 5/27/1996 (Made for TV movie)

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Ninth Doctor: Christopher Eccleston 3/26/2005 - 6/18/2005

Tenth Doctor: David Tennant 6/18/2005 - 1/1/2010

Eleventh Doctor: Matt Smith 1/1/2010 - 12/25/2013

Twelfth Doctor: Peter Capaldi 12/25/2013 - 12/25/2017

Thirteenth Doctor: Jodie Whittaker 12/25/2017 - 10/23/2022

Fourteenth Doctor: David Tennant 10/23/2022-Present 60th anniversary specials.

Fifteenth Doctor: Ncuti Gatwa TBA

War Doctor: John Hurt - A Doctor who was a battle hardened warrior - needed more for an event than taking over as a Doctor. He was between the eighth and ninth Doctor and appeared during the eleventh Doctor’s run.

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Since the Doctor is a time traveler we have several episodes where the Doctor runs into himself in another version. John Hurt’s Doctor appears with Matt Smith for several episodes of Smith’s run as the doctor (along with most of the others)

Starting with the 60th Anniversary Specials Disney+ will be the USA home of Doctor Who.