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Doctor Who

Doctor Who

BBC One 2005

The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
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The Top 10 Actors and Characters of Doctor Who (Ranked Cast in 2024)

Jenna Coleman

#1 - Jenna Coleman (Jasmine Thomas)

Jenna-Louise Coleman, since 2013 credited as Jenna Coleman, is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Jasmine Thomas in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale (2005–2009), Clara Oswald in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (2012–2015, 2017), Queen Victoria in the ITV period drama Victoria (2016–2019), Joanna Lindsay in the crime miniseries The Cry (2018), and Marie-Andrée Leclerc in the crime miniseries The Serpent (2021). She landed the part of Jasmine Thomas in Emmerdale in 2005 and, for it, she was nominated for the "Best Newcomer" award at British Soap Awards in 2007, and at the National Television Awards in 2006, she was nominated for the "Most Popular Newcomer" award. She received a nomination for the "Best Actress" award from the TV Choice Awards. In 2011, she made her feature film debut in Captain America: The First Avenger. She played Susan Brown in a BBC Four television adaptation of the John Braine novel Room at the Top in 2012. Also in 2012, she landed the part of Annie Desmond in a mini-series Titanic. She provided the voice for the character Melia in the English dub of the 2011 video game Xenoblade Chronicles. In 2012, she was cast as Rosie in Dancing on the Edge. She starred as Lydia Wickham in the adaptation of Death Comes to Pemberley (2013). She made a surprise appearance on Doctor Who in the first episode of the seventh series as Oswin Oswald, a guest character, but she debuted as a series regular in the Christmas special episode "The Snowmen" as Clara Oswin Oswald. She plays eleventh's and twelve's Doctor companion until 2015. In 2016, she starred in ITV's drama Victoria.

Jenna Coleman plays as Jasmine Thomas in Doctor Who.
Jenna Coleman is the top #1 member of the cast and appears in 3568 episodes.

Bradley Walsh

#2 - Bradley Walsh (Himself - Host)

Bradley Walsh (born 4 June 1960) is an English light entertainer, television actor, comedian and former professional footballer. He is best known as companion Graham O'Brien in Doctor Who, as detective Ronnie Brooks in Law and Order: UK, as Danny Baldwin in Coronation Street and as the presenter of the ITV gameshow The Chase and the variety show Sunday Night at the London Palladium.

Bradley Walsh plays as Himself - Host in Doctor Who.
Bradley Walsh is the top #2 member of the cast and appears in 1393 episodes.

Mandip Gill

#3 - Mandip Gill (Phoebe Jackson, Phoebe McQueen)

Mandip Kaur Gill is an English actress. Her first television role came in 2012 when she was cast as Phoebe McQueen in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks. After departing the series in 2015, Gill went on to have guest roles in Cuckoo, Doctors, The Good Karma Hospital and Casualty. In October 2017, the BBC announced that Gill had been cast as companion Yasmin Khan in the long-running BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who.

Mandip Gill plays as Phoebe Jackson, Phoebe McQueen in Doctor Who.
Mandip Gill is the top #3 member of the cast and appears in 1041 episodes.

Freema Agyeman

#4 - Freema Agyeman (Helen Sharpe)

Freema Agyeman (born 20 March 1979) is an English actress who is known for playing Martha Jones and Adeola Oshodi in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who and reprising the role of Jones in its spin-off series Torchwood, Amanita Caplan in the Netflix science fiction drama Sense8, and Dr Helen Sharpe in the NBC medical procedural series New Amsterdam. She held a starring role as Alesha Phillips in the crime procedural drama Law & Order: UK between 2009 and 2012. In 2013, she made her US television debut on The CW's teen drama The Carrie Diaries as Larissa Loughlin, a style editor at Interview magazine. Other television appearances include Old Jack's Boat, Silent Witness, and Survivors. She also appeared as Penny in the 2015 film North v South. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Freema Agyeman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Freema Agyeman plays as Helen Sharpe in Doctor Who.
Freema Agyeman is the top #4 member of the cast and appears in 40 episodes.

Karen Gillan

#5 - Karen Gillan (Amy Pond)

Karen Gillan (born 28 November 1987) is a Scottish actress, director, and screenwriter from Inverness, Scotland. She played the role of Amy Pond, companion to the Eleventh Doctor, in the BBC One science fiction series Doctor Who (2010–2013). In film, she portrayed Nebula in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019), and also played Ruby Roundhouse in the box-office hit Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017). In 2018, she released her first feature film as writer and director, titled The Party's Just Beginning. Description above from the Wikipedia article Karen Gillan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Karen Gillan plays as Amy Pond in Doctor Who.
Karen Gillan is the top #5 member of the cast and appears in 39 episodes.

Arthur Darvill

#6 - Arthur Darvill (Rip Hunter)

Thomas Arthur Darvill (born 17 June 1982), known professionally as Arthur Darvill, is an English actor and musician. He is known for playing Rory Williams, one of the Eleventh Doctor's companions in the television series Doctor Who, and as Rev. Paul Coates in Broadchurch (2013–present). In 2013-2014 he appeared in the lead role in the theater musical Once in the West End and on Broadway. He portrays Rip Hunter in Legends of Tomorrow.

Arthur Darvill plays as Rip Hunter in Doctor Who.
Arthur Darvill is the top #6 member of the cast and appears in 33 episodes.

Tosin Cole

#7 - Tosin Cole (Ryan Sinclair)

Tosin Cole is a British actor known for his roles in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) as Lieutenant Bastian, EastEnders: E20 (2010) as Sol Levi, and Hollyoaks (1995) as Neil Cooper. Cole began his acting career in 2009 around the age of 17, in a modern day stage reproduction of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. His professional breakthrough occurred in 2010 when he cast in the BBC teen drama The Cut (2009) as Noah Achebe. In 2015 Cole made an appearance in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, as an X-Wing pilot. On 22 October 2017, it was announced that Cole joined the cast for the eleventh series of Doctor Who (2005) in the role of Ryan Sinclair, sharing the screen with Jodie Whittaker.

Tosin Cole plays as Ryan Sinclair in Doctor Who.
Tosin Cole is the top #7 member of the cast and appears in 20 episodes.

Matt Lucas

#8 - Matt Lucas (Self - Host)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Matthew Richard "Matt" Lucas (born 5 March 1974) is an English comedian, screenwriter and actor. He is perhaps best known for his acclaimed work with David Walliams in the television show Little Britain and spoof interview series Rock Profile, as well as for his portrayal of the surreal scorekeeping baby George Dawes in the Reeves and Mortimer comedy panel game Shooting Stars. In 2009 Lucas played Chancellor Donold David Dongalor, on the BBC/Comedy Central series Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire. More recently, Lucas and Walliams have written and starred in another spoof show, Come Fly with Me. In May 2007, he was placed eighth in the list of the UK's 100 most influential gays and lesbians, in fields as diverse as entertainment, business, politics, and science, by British newspapers The Independent and The Daily Mail.

Matt Lucas plays as Self - Host in Doctor Who.
Matt Lucas is the top #8 member of the cast and appears in 10 episodes.

David Tennant

#9 - David Tennant (Phileas Fogg)

David John Tennant (né McDonald; born 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. He was the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in the sci-fi series Doctor Who (2005–2010; 2013), returning to the show as the fourteenth incarnation of the character in 2022. His other notable roles include Giacomo Casanova in the comedy-drama serial Casanova (2005), Barty Crouch Jr. in the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Peter Vincent in the horror remake Fright Night (2011), DI Alec Hardy in the crime drama series Broadchurch (2013–2017), Kilgrave in the superhero series Jessica Jones (2015–2019), Crowley in the fantasy series Good Omens (2019–present), Angus in The Loud House Movie (2021), and Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days (2021).

David Tennant plays as Phileas Fogg in Doctor Who.
David Tennant is the top #9 member of the cast and appears in 8 episodes.

Billie Piper

#10 - Billie Piper (Suzie Pickles)

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Billie Paul Piper (born Lianne Piper, 22 September 1982, in Swindon, Wiltshire) is an English singer and actress. She began her career in the late 1990s as a pop singer and then switched to acting. Her most famous role is as Rose Tyler, companion to the Doctor in the television series Doctor Who from 2005 to 2006, a role she reprised in 2008 and 2010. In 2007, Broadcast magazine listed Piper at no. 6 in its "Hot 100" list of influential on-screen performers, the top woman on the list. Since 2007 she has starred as the high-flying escort Belle de Jour in the TV series Secret Diary of a Call Girl. Description above from the Wikipedia article Billie Piper, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Billie Piper plays as Suzie Pickles in Doctor Who.
Billie Piper is the top #10 member of the cast and appears in 8 episodes.

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