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
- "Name-drops": Historical or mythological characters who the Doctor has claimed to have met, but who have not been seen on screen.
All but the "Name-drops" are listed with a reference to the story they appeared in and the actor who played them.
Contents
List of historical figures
- 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.
Expanded Universe
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
- 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 |
| Chronos | Marc Boyle (physical performance) |
3rd | The Time Monster |
| Ingrid Bower (voice) |
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| 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
- 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 |
Name-drops
- W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan in The Edge of Destruction
- Pyrrho in The Keys of Marinus
- King Henry VIII in The Sensorites
- Beau Brummel in The Sensorites
- Hans Christian Andersen in The Romans
- James Watt in The Space Museum
- Joseph Lister in The Moonbase
- King Edward VII in Inferno
- Sir Walter Raleigh in The Mind of Evil
- Chairman Mao Zedong in The Mind of Evil
- Genghis Khan in The Dæmons (possibly) and "Rose" (at least his assembled hordes)
- Napoleon Bonaparte in Day of the Daleks
- Horatio Nelson in The Sea Devils
- John L. Sullivan in Carnival of Monsters
- Harry Houdini in Planet of the Spiders, Revenge of the Cybermen, Planet of the Ood and The Vampires of Venice
- William Shakespeare in Planet of Evil, City of Death and The Mark of the Rani
- Marie Antoinette in Pyramids of Mars
- John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough in The Android Invasion
- Leonardo da Vinci in The Masque of Mandragora, City of Death and Doctor Who (1996)
- Florence Nightingale in The Masque of Mandrgora
- William Tell in The Face of Evil
- Bede in The Talons of Weng-Chiang
- Galileo in The Sun Makers
- Ulysses in Underworld
- Jason in Underworld
- Maskelyne (unspecified which one) in The Ribos Operation
- Sir Isaac Newton in The Pirate Planet and Shada
- Allan Ramsay in The Stones of Blood (implied only)
- Albert Einstein in The Stones of Blood (pre-dating Time and the Rani)
- John Aubrey in The Stones of Blood (implied only)
- Izaak Walton in The Androids of Tara
- José Raúl Capablanca in The Androids of Tara
- Alexander Alekhine in The Androids of Tara
- Dame Nellie Melba in The Power of Kroll
- Theseus in The Creature from the Pit and The Horns of Nimon
- Thomas Huxley in Logopolis
- Sir Francis Drake in Four to Doomsday
- Puccini in Doctor Who (1996)
- Sigmund Freud in Doctor Who (1996) and in "The Curse of the Black Spot"
- Marie Curie in Doctor Who (1996)
- David Lloyd George in "Aliens of London"
- Cleopatra in "The Girl in the Fireplace" and "The Wedding of River Song"
- Benjamin Franklin in "Smith and Jones"
- Emmeline Pankhurst in "Smith and Jones"
- Janis Joplin in "Gridlock"
- Ludwig van Beethoven in "The Lazarus Experiment"
- Thomas Jefferson in a deleted scene from "The Lazarus Experiment" (included on the DVD release of the 2007 season)
- Virginia Woolfe in "Time of Angels"
- Giacomo Casanova in "The Vampires of Venice"
- Michelangelo and Pablo Picasso in "Vincent and the Doctor"
- Marilyn Monroe in "A Christmas Carol"
- Stevie Wonder in "A Good Man Goes to War"
- John F. Kennedy in "The Wedding of River Song"
See also List of Doctor Who supporting characters.
Footnotes
- ↑ 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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