Doctor Who
With Jodie Whittaker ’s Thirteenth Doctor regenerating during the late BBC Centenary Special , Doctor Whois receiving a gentle reboot of sorts as former showrunner Russell T. Davies returns to the fold alongside a very surprising Fourteenth Doctor . Things will likely never be the same again for the enfranchisement .
As recognisable a purpose as The Doctor is , the actors who portray the iconic Time Lord often have bounteous careers after their deviation from the serial publication . Therefore , many Doctor thespian can also astonishingly be found in other major franchises .
Miscellaneous - The Marvel Cinematic Universe
While the histrion who have portrayed the Doctor have enjoyed wide-ranging careers since leaving the Tardis behind , there is something to be said about the connection betweenDoctor Whoand the Marvel Cinematic Universe , in which several former Doctor histrion have appeared .
Most notable among these are Christopher Eccleston , who portrayed the Dark Elf Malekith inThor : The Dark World , and David Tennant , who played the villainous Kilgrave in the Netflix seriesJessica Jones . It is also deserving noting that several fellow actors have also get themselves in the MCU , including Karen Gillan as Nebula in theGuardians of the Galaxyfilms and Jenna Louise Coleman ’s cameo inCaptain America : The First Avenger .
Sylvester McCoy
Sylvester McCoy is well known for portray the Seventh Doctor , who also happened to be the net Doctor in the original run of the strike sci - fi series . McCoy portrayed the Doctor from 1987 to 1989 over the course of the show ’s final three season and finally return for a cameo in the recent Centenary Special .
McCoy has also lend his acting talents to a unlike illusion serial , namely that gear up in the earthly concern of J.R.R. Tolkien ’s Middle - Earth . The actor appear in all three installments of Peter Jackson’sThe Hobbittrilogy as a member of Gandalf ’s order , Radagast the Brown .
Paul McGann
Paul McGann ’s incumbency as the Doctor is by far the poor ( in terms of stories ) of any other histrion who has play the iconic role , seem as the Eighth Doctor inDoctor Who ’s 1996 television receiver celluloid that serve as a fail back door pilot light to revive the serial . McGann returned to the role doubly since then , appear in the lead - up toThe Day of the Doctorand the late Centenary Special .
Several years prior to becoming the Eighth Doctor , McGann asterisk in another democratic sci - fi series , though his role therein was not nearly as self-aggrandising . The English role player starred as Walter Golic inAlien 3and can be seen in his full glorification in the film ’s extended version .
John Hurt
John Hurt has a particular place among actors who have depict the Doctor in that he does n’t fall directly into the preset lineup . His Doctor comes between McGann and Eccleston ’s portrayal of the character and is entitle the War Doctor as a result of his involvement in the Time War that view the extermination of the Time Lords .
Like his prompt chronological predecessor , Hurt also appeared in theAlienfranchise , albeit in a much large role . The actor is infamous for his part in the first classic film , where he portray Kane , the crew member who find out himself infested with an exotic leech . In one of the most memorable panorama in cinematic history , the alien salvo out of Kane ’s chest and is sic loose on the ship .
Christopher Eccleston
Christopher Eccleston remainsone of the fandom ’s best-loved Doctorseven over a decade after his departure from the role . As the Ninth Doctor , Eccleston aid rebootDoctor Whofor unexampled watcher , add his talents to the series for a single time of year . To this day , he remains one of the few Doctors to never recapitulate his role in alive - action following his positive feedback .
Eccleston had a little but memorable function the following year in the hit superhero seriesHeroes . The British actor look periodically throughout the show ’s first season as Claude , a man who has develop the power to turn himself invisible and serve Milo Ventimiglia ’s character hone his baron own lot .
David Tennant
lovingly remembered asone of the funniest Doctors yet , David Tennant is synonymous with his role as the Tenth Doctor . The gifted Scots actor has been discover one of the fandom ’s favorite depiction of the iconic Time Lord , resulting in his payoff in theDay of the Doctorspecial as well as his surprising reveal as the Fourteenth Doctor , a secret which will certainly be explored in next year ’s sixtieth - day of remembrance special .
Though Tennant has appeared in various major franchises through the year , he is perhaps best know for his nefarious turn of events as Bartemius Crouch Jr. inHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire . This role in reality precede Tennant ’s original portrayal of the Doctor , which begin the following year .
Matt Smith
Matt Smith had big shoes to fill when he became the Eleventh Doctor , but he certainly earned the role , making it his own over the course of his three seasons on the series . Smith has yet to return to the character since his regeneration , pull through for a brief aspect in the following episode that can only be explained by the character ’s " wibbly - wobbly - timey - wimey " nature .
Matt Smith has made a name for himself in recent old age through several noteworthy roles in major franchises . The actor come along as the principal antagonist inMorbiusearlier this year , thoughthe actor certainly deserve betterthan that film . More lately , Smith has settled into the persona of Daemon Targaryen in theGame of Thronesprequel serial , House of the Dragon .
Peter Capaldi
Peter Capaldi , a lifelongDoctor Whofan , became the Twelfth Doctor during the last season of Steven Moffat ’s time as showrunner . Though the series waned somewhat in popularity during his time , Capaldi was undoubtedly one of the strongest actor to take the use of the Doctor , falling more in ancestry with Doctors from the original series than those that were his immediate predecessor .
Capaldi recently made his debut in the DC Expanded Universe as a part of the ensemble cast of James Gunn’sThe Suicide Squad . In the film , the Scots actor portrays the Thinker , a mad scientist with genius - level intellect that , apart from his vociferous disregard for life and sadistic nature , is not too unlike the physician whom Capaldi once portrayed .
Jodie Whittaker
Jodie Whittaker ’s Thirteenth Doctor is the most recent positive feedback of the character to bring her saga to a closing , whose recent re-formation episode take fans by surprisein the newly aired Centenary Special . Though Whittaker ’s era of the Doctor was moderately controversial among fans , mostly due to dissatisfactory writing , the actress rescue a truly different and compelling version of the iconic character .
Having newly leave the part of the Doctor behind her , Jodie Whittaker still has lot of clock time to appear in various franchises of large magnitude but has already lend her talents to the horror anthology seriesBlack Mirror . Whittaker appears in the time of year one finis as a suspicious married woman Ffion , who causes mayhem in her married man ’s life .
Ncuti Gatwa
Ncuti Gatwa is on pack of cards to become the newest version of the Doctor . While rooter bear him to portray the Fourteenth Doctor following Jodie Whittaker ’s exit , the surprise cease of the Centenary Special alternatively implied that Gatwa will indeed be the Fifteenth Doctor , with his time on the serial start in 2023 .
Though Gatwa is still very ahead of time in his career , the doer is already shape up to be quite popular . It has already been declare that he will appear in Margot Robbie ’s approaching springy - actionBarbiefilm in an undisclosed role . With Gatwa ’s rendition of the Doctor put on hold until the remainder of 2023 , it is likely that fans will get to see him come out inBarbielong before he makes his long - awaited unveiling in the darling sci - fi serial .
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