Is the first Dr Who still alive?

William Hartnell died on 23 April 1975, so for the 20th anniversary special The Five Doctors in 1983, the role of the First Doctor was played by Richard Hurndall. At the beginning of the programme a film insert of Hartnell's Doctor taken from The Dalek Invasion of Earth was used.
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What happened to the first Doctor Who?

The First Doctor met his end after his battle with the Cybermen in Antarctica caused a loss of strength to maintain his ancient body due to Mondas draining a large portion of his life force.
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How is Doctor Who still alive?

He travels through time and space, saves the Earth, and has millions of fans all over the world. But as every "Whovian" knows, the Doctor cannot last for ever: Time Lords are able to regenerate only 12 times before they die.
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Who were the last 5 Doctor Who's?

Doctor Who through the ages - all thirteen Doctors
  • Ahead of the new series of Doctor Who we've been doing a bit of time-travelling ourselves! ...
  • Thirteenth Doctor: Jodie Whittaker (2017-present). ...
  • Twelfth Doctor: Peter Capaldi (2013-2017). ...
  • Eleventh Doctor: Matt Smith (2010–2013). ...
  • Tenth Doctor: David Tennant (2005–2010).
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How old is the oldest Doctor Who?

The oldest Doctor was William Hartnell (UK), who played the part from the age of 55 to 57. He last reprised the role in 1973, aged 65.
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ALL The Doctor's Regenerations (1963 - 2013) | Doctor Who | BBC



Did the 11th Doctor live the longest?

11th Doctor

And all of this was before the 2015 Christmas Special in which he defended Trenzalore for 900 years before dying of old age. The specific figures are uncertain, but the 11th Doctor almost certainly lived for over 1,000 years.
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Who is the youngest Doctor in Doctor Who?

Matt Smith (2010-2013)

Matt Smith became the youngest ever actor (aged 26) to play the doctor when he took on the role in 2010.
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Is Clara the Doctor's daughter?

Clara is the future child of the Doctor and River who's had her memory erased. The two Time Lords must be up to something on their nights away from River's prison cell.
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Why is the Doctor's name a secret?

Long story short: the Doctor lies. Recently, fans have hypothesized that the reason why the Doctor never speaks their own name is for their own safety. And the hypothesis also suggests that the only occasion for which a Time Lord would reveal their name is at the moment of their final death.
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What is the Doctor's real name?

John Smith. The Doctor's most common alias (apart from the Doctor, obviously), this is his standard pseudonym on Earth.
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How long can a Time Lord live?

Well, the way I see it, at least from the point of view as it's presented, is each timelord life gets around about 80-100 years, so they age normally, if a timelord regenerates due to injury (as every doctor bar Hartnell) has, the "extra years" stack up into the next regeneration, so they could potentially live twice ...
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How did the 4th Doctor died?

Fourth Doctor - Season 18, Serial 7 (Fell Off A Telescope)

The Doctor was successful, but pulled too hard on the cord and fell to his death.
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Does the Doctor have infinite regenerations?

Doctor Who Just Removed One Of The Original Show's Most Frustrating Time Lord Rules. Doctor Who just undid one of its major rules regarding the Time Lord regeneration process, allowing The Doctor to have unlimited regenerations. Warning: The following contains SPOILERS for Doctor Who "The Timeless Children."
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Did the first doctor refuse to regenerate?

Colin Baker declined the invitation to film the regeneration sequence at the start of Time and the Rani (1987) due to the circumstances in which the BBC dismissed him from the role.
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Why did the 1st Doctor leave?

According to Bad Wilf , which has a transcript of the session, Eccleston said he left the show "because I could not get along with the senior people". "I left because of politics. I did not see eye to eye with them. I didn't agree with the way things were being run.
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Why did the 2nd Doctor regenerate?

The Doctor. The Time Lord known as the Doctor was known to regenerate on several occasions. Accidentally fell from a cliff while playing with another child. Forced to regenerate by the First Tecteun to enable her to decode the "secret" of regeneration.
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What did the Doctor whisper to River?

On The Wedding of River Song he whispers, "Look into my eye." and then lies and says that he just told her his name. That's when River realized that what he whispered to her when they first met was his name.
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Does the Doctor speak English or Gallifreyan?

The Doctor does indeed talk in Gallifreyan everytime and has not even the faintest idea about speaking in English, according with Dead of Winter.
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What did the Doctor whisper to Rose?

In the Doctor Who Confidential episode End of an Era, executive producer Julie Gardner confirmed that the intention was that the new Doctor did indeed say "I love you" when he whispered in Rose's ear.
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Why does the Tardis not like Clara?

In answering that question in Doctor Who Magazine, Moffat suggested that the TARDIS' dislike of the current companion may be due to her sceptical nature and how she did not seem suitably awed by the Doctor's spaceship. Or, as he said, “It's almost like it's all building to something…
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Does the Doctor love Clara or river?

River makes a point of it that she knows the Doctor doesn't love her, but the Doctor never confirms that.
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Does Clara become a Dalek?

She is the sole survivor of the starship Alaska, which crashed on the Asylum, a prison planet for insane Daleks. Oswin then learns from the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) that she has been converted from human into a Dalek and has coped by retreating into a fantasy of her own intact survival.
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Who was the best Doctor Who?

1. David Tennant. Regularly topping polls for the most popular Doctor Who incarnation of all time – at least the polls that Tom Baker doesn't win – the David Tennant era marked the most successful in the show's recent history.
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Who will be the 14th Doctor?

Doctor Who casts Sex Education's Ncuti Gatwa as 14th Doctor - Polygon.
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Who are the 13 doctors in order?

The Doctor
  • The 1st Doctor. William Hartnell.
  • The 2nd Doctor. Patrick Troughton.
  • The 3rd Doctor. Jon Pertwee.
  • The 4th Doctor. Tom Baker.
  • The 5th Doctor. Peter Davison.
  • The 6th Doctor. Colin Baker.
  • The 7th Doctor. Sylvester McCoy.
  • The 8th Doctor. Paul McGann.
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