List of Doctor Who historical characters
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This is a list of historical, mythical and fictional characters who have been portrayed in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, or who have supposedly encountered the time traveller known as Doctor.
This list is divided into four parts:
- Historical characters who have appeared on the programme
- Characters from mythology who have appeared on the programme
- Characters from fictional works who have appeared on the programme
List of historical figures[edit]
- The following are listed in a historical order by known or approximate date of birth due to some historical figures having appeared in multiple episodes. This list includes only those historical figures who have been represented through a named actor, thus excluding self-portrayals in celebrity cameo appearances and historical figures who have only been represented on Doctor Who through stock footage and body doubles. Note the names of those listed follows standard convention, rather than as credited in particular episodes, which differ slightly in some cases.
Spin Offs[edit]
Outside the main series, the Doctor as well other spin-off characters have encountered other historical figures in the Expanded Universe in novels, comics, audios and short stories.
List of mythological characters[edit]
- The following are listed alphabetically. Note the names of those listed follows standard convention, rather than as credited in particular episodes, which differ slightly in some cases.
| Mythological character | Actor(s) | Doctor | Episode/Serial(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Achilles | Cavan Kendall | 1st | The Myth Makers |
| Agamemnon | Francis de Wolff | 1st | The Myth Makers |
| Cassandra | Frances White | 1st | The Myth Makers |
| Cressida (Vicki) |
Maureen O'Brien | 1st | The Myth Makers |
| Kronos | Marc Boyle (physical performance) |
3rd | The Time Monster |
| Ingrid Bower (voice) | |||
| Hector | Alan Haywood | 1st | The Myth Makers |
| Horus | Gabriel Woolf (voice) |
4th | Pyramids of Mars |
| Lancelot | John Greenwood | 2nd | The Mind Robber |
| Medusa | Sue Pulford | 2nd | The Mind Robber |
| Menelaus | Jack Melford | 1st | The Myth Makers |
| Minotaur | David Prowse | 3rd | The Time Monster |
| Mordred | Christopher Bowen | 7th | Battlefield |
| Morgan le Fay | Jean Marsh | 7th | Battlefield |
| Odysseus | Ivor Salter | 1st | The Myth Makers |
| Paris | Barrie Ingham | 1st | The Myth Makers |
| Priam | Max Adrian | 1st | The Myth Makers |
| Robin Hood | Tom Riley | 12th | "Robot of Sherwood" |
| Set | Gabriel Woolf | 4th | Pyramids of Mars |
| Troilus | James Lynn | 1st | The Myth Makers |
Fictional characters[edit]
- The following are listed alphabetically. Note the names of those listed follows standard convention, rather than as credited in particular episodes, which differ slightly in some cases.
| Fictional character | Work of fiction (original) |
Author | Actor(s) | Doctor | Episode/Serial(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D'Artagnan | The Three Musketeers | Alexandre Dumas | John Greenwood | 2nd | The Mind Robber |
| Lemuel Gulliver | Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan Swift | Bernard Horsfall | 2nd | The Mind Robber |
| Rapunzel | "Rapunzel" (Children's and Household Tales) |
Brothers Grimm | Christine Pirie | 2nd | The Mind Robber |
Footnotes[edit]
- ↑ Shakespeare also appears in the Virgin Missing Adventures novel The Empire of Glass and the Big Finish Productions audio dramas The Kingmaker and The Time of the Daleks.
- ↑ Napoleon also appears in the Past Doctor Adventures novel World Game and the Big Finish Productions audio dramas Mother Russia and The Curse of Davros.
- ↑ Queen Victoria also appears in the Past Doctor Adventures novels Empire of Death and Imperial Moon.
- ↑ Churchill also appears in the Past Doctor Adventures novels Players and The Shadow in the Glass.
- ↑ Hitler also appears in the Past Doctor Adventures novels Players and The Shadow in the Glass and the Virgin New Adventures novel Timewyrm: Exodus.
- ↑ Marlowe also appears in the Virgin Missing Adventures novel The Empire of Glass.
- ↑ Fawkes and Catesby also appear in the Virgin Missing Adventures novel The Plotters.
- ↑ Cromwell also appears in the Past Doctor Adventures novel The Roundheads and the Virgin New Adventures novel Nightshade.
- ↑ Wellesley also appears in the Past Doctor Adventures novel World Game.
- ↑ Rasputin also appears in the Past Doctor Adventures novel The Wages of Sin.
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