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Doctor Who has included a huge amount of characters since its commence in 1963, although the vast majority has only made a single appearance. This article include every individual character to have made at least two appearances, as well as every recurring alien race.

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Season 1-26

With 159 regular stories (told over the course of 719 25-minute episodes), and the 1996 movie, this part of the show's history includes 160 stories.

The Doctor

Character Actor #
The Fourth Doctor Tom Baker 43
The First Doctor William Hartnell 30
Richard Hurndall
The Second Doctor Patrick Troughton 25
The Third Doctor Jon Pertwee 25
The Fifth Doctor Peter Davison 21
The Seventh Doctor Sylvester McCoy 13
The Sixth Doctor Colin Baker 12
The Eighth Doctor Paul McGann 1

Regular companions

Character Actor #
Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart Nicholas Courtney 24
James "Jamie" McCrimmon Frazer Hines 22
Tegan Jovanka Janet Fielding 21
K-9 John Leeson 19
David Brierley
Sarah Jane Smith Elisabeth Sladen 19
Romana Mary Tamm 17
Lalla Ward
Barbara Wright Jacqueline Hill 16
Ian Chesterton William Russell 16
Josephine "Jo" Grant Katy Manning 15
Nyssa Sarah Sutton 14
Adric Matthew Waterhouse 13
Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown Nicola Bryant 11
Susan Foreman Carole Ann Ford 11
Vislor Turlough Mark Strickson 11
Steven Taylor Peter Purves 10
Benjamin "Ben" Jackson Michael Craze 9
Dorothy "Ace" McShane Sophie Aldred 9
Leela Louise Jameson 9
Polly Wright Anneke Wills 9
Vicki Pallister Maureen O'Brien 9
Zoe Heriot Wendy Padbury 9
Harry Sullivan Ian Marter 7
Victoria Waterfield Deborah Watling 7
Dorothea "Dodo" Chaplet Jackie Lane 6
Elizabeth "Liz" Shaw Caroline John 5
Melanie "Mel" Bush Bonnie Langford 6
Katarina Adrienne Hill 2
Grace Holloway Daphne Ashbrook 1

Recurring characters

Time Lords

Character Actor #
The Master Roger Delgado 21
Peter Pratt
Geoffrey Beevers
Anthony Ainley
Gordon Tipple
Eric Roberts
Borusa Angus MacKay 4
John Arnatt
Leonard Sachs
Philip Latham
Darkel Lynda Bellingham 4
The Valeyard Michael Jayston 4
The Castellan Paul Jerricho 2
The Monk Peter Butterworth 2
Omega Stephen Thorne 2
Ian Collier
The Rani Kate O'Mara 2

UNIT personnel‎

Character Actor #
John Benton John Levene 16
Michael "Mike" Yates Richard Franklin 10
Carol Bell Fernanda Marlowe 2

The Cybermen

Character Actor #
Cyber-Leader Christopher Robbie 5
David Banks
Cyber-Lieutenant Mark Hardy 4
Brian Orrell
Cyber-Controller Michael Kilgarriff 2

Additional villains

Character Actor #
Davros Michael Wisher 5
David Gooderson  
  Terry Molloy
The Black Guardian Valentine Dyall 4
Gustave Lytton Maurice Colbourne 2
Jeff Garvey Barry Jackson 2
Sil Nabil Shaban 2

Additional friends

Character Actor #
Kamelion Gerald Flood 3
Sabalom Glitz Tony Selby 3
Alpha Centauri Stuart Fell 21
Edward Travers Jack Watling 2
Tanya Lernov Clare Jenkins 2
The White Guardian Cyril Luckham 2

1The voice of Alpha Centauri was provided by Ysanne Churchman.

Alien races

Season 27-33

As of Under the Lake, 120 episodes of the 2005 revival series have aired, including 14 specials. This list omits characters only appearing in one two-part story.

The Doctor

Character Actor #
The Tenth Doctor David Tennant 49
The Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith 46
The Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi 18
The Ninth Doctor Christopher Eccleston 13
The War Doctor John Hurt 2

Regular companions

Character Actor #
Rose Tyler Billie Piper 35
Amy Pond Karen Gillan 34
Clara Oswald Jenna Coleman 28
Rory Williams Arthur Darvill 27
Martha Jones Freema Agyeman 19
Donna Noble Catherine Tate 17

Recurring characters

Returning characters

Character Actor #
The Master Derek Jacobi 14
John Simm
Michelle Gomez
Sarah Jane Smith Elisabeth Sladen 4
Davros Julian Bleach 4
K-9 John Leeson 2

Companion acquaintances

Character Actor #
Mickey Smith Noel Clarke 15
Jackie Tyler Camille Coduri 15
Danny Pink Samuel Anderson 10
Wilfred Mott Bernard Cribbins 9
Sylvia Noble Jacqueline King 9
Francine Jones Adjoa Andoh 7
Leo Jones Reggie Yates 4
Tish Jones Gugu Mbatha-Raw 4
Angie Maitland Eve De Leon Allen 4
Artie Maitland Kassius Carey Johnson 4
Pete Tyler Shaun Dingwall 4
Courtney Woods Ellis George 4
Mr. Armitage Nigel Betts 3
Clive Jones Trebor Laird 3
Dave Oswald Michael Dixon 2
James Buller
Brian Williams Mark Williams 2
Fleming Bradley Ford 2
Gran Sheila Reid 2
Nerys Krystal Archer 2

UNIT personnel‎

Character Actor #
Kate Stewart Jemma Redgrave 4
Carl Harris Clive Standen 3
Erisa Magambo Noma Dumezweni 2
Osgood Ingrid Oliver 2

Additional friends

Character Actor #
River Song Alex Kingston 14
Jack Harkness John Barrowman 11
Jenny Flint Catrin Stewart 5
Strax Dan Starkey 5
Madame Vastra Neve McIntosh 5
Winston Churchill Ian McNeice 4
Harriet Jones Penelope Wilton 4
Ood Sigma Paul Kasey 41
Dorium Maldovar Simon Fisher Becker 3
Jake Simmonds Andrew Hayden-Smith 3
Luke Smith Thomas Knight 3
Henry Avery Hugh Bonneville 2
Toby Avery Oscar Lloyd 2
Captain Carter Richard Dillane 2
Charles Dickens Simon Callow 2
Queen Elizabeth I Angela Pleasence 2
Joanna Page
The Face of Boe Struan Rodger 2
Alonso Frame Russell Tovey 2
Novice Hame Anna Hope 2
Doctor Malohkeh Richard Hope 2
Adam Mitchell Bruno Langley 2
Oliver Morgenstern Ben Righton 2
Craig Owens James Corden 2
The Shadow Architect Kelly Hunter 2
Liz Ten Sophie Okonedo 2
Vincent Van Gogh Tony Curran 2
Madame Vernet Chrissie Cotterill 2
Santa Claus Nick Frost 2
Sophie Daisy Haggard 2

1The voice of Ood Sigma was provided by Silas Carson.

Additional villains

Character Actor #
Madame Kovarian Frances Barber 7
Margareth Blaine Annette Badland 3
Lucy Saxon Alexandra Moen 3
Walter Simeon Richard E. Grant 3
Edwin Bracewell Bill Paterson 2
Miss Dexter Elize Du Toit 2
Cassandra O'Brien Zoë Wanamaker 2
Seb Chris Addison 2

Journalists

Character Actor #
Trinity Wells Lachele Carl 9
Male Newsreader Jason Mohammad 4
Female Newsreader Olivia Hill 2

Alien races

Returning races

New races