The 32 greatest Doctor Who characters

EntertainmentTVDoctor WhoThe 32 greatest Doctor Who charactersWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. EntertainmentTVDoctor WhoThe 32 greatest Doctor Who charactersWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. (Image credit: BBC) Even after more than 60 years, Doctor Who stays timeless. With hundreds, maybe even thousands of characters filling its expansive universe, who among them is actually deserving of attention as the greatest Doctor Who characters of all time? Premiering in 1963, Doctor Who has endured as a staple of British popular culture with worldwide appeal. The series centers around the alien time traveler “The Doctor,” who hails from the planet Gallifrey and travels across time and space in a ship dubbed the “TARDIS” that is outwardly disguised as a classic British police box. (Don’t worry, it’s much bigger on the inside.) The series was originally intended as an educational program where its premise of time travel would invite children to explore history and science. But with the introduction of monsters, like the terrifying Daleks, Doctor Who evolved into a pulpy, exciting science fiction adventure for all ages, unofficially becoming Britain’s answer to America’s sci-fi hit Star Trek. To get around the illness of original Doctor Who star William Hartnell, the show introduced the concept of “regeneration,” in which a new actor could become The Doctor. After actor Patrick Troughton took over from Hartnell, the show stumbled upon an especially unique way of reinventing itself, flowing with the cultural zeitgeist as one flows through the river of time. Aside from an extended break period between the 1980s and 1990s, Doctor Who has enjoyed prominence as one of the longest-running and most popular science fiction shows of all time. In celebration of Doctor Who’s storied and evergreen history, here are 32 of the greatest Doctor Who characters of all time (and space). 32. Chang Lee (Yee Jee Tso) (Image credit: BBC) 31. Osgood (Ingrid Oliver) (Image credit: BBC) Ingrid Oliver made quite the impression on Doctor Who fans, even though she’s only appeared as UNIT scientist and Doctor fangirl Petronella Osgood for just four episodes. Debuting in the 2013 special The Day of the Doctor, Osgood is an intelligent and resourceful ally of the Doctor who proudly wears a strikingly familiar scarf as part of her ensemble. Despite her limited appearances on the Doctor Who TV series, Osgood has saved the world countless times in other Doctor Who media like comics and audio dramas. It’s just a good idea to have someone like Osgood on your side. 30. Madame de Pompadour (Sophia Myles) (Image credit: BBC) Sign up for the Total Film Newsletter Bringing all the latest movie news, features, and reviews to your inbox 29. Wilfred Mott (Bernard Cribbins) (Image credit: BBC) 28. K-9 (Image credit: BBC) Even Time Lords love dogs. Enter: K-9, the metallic mutt who comes to The Doctor’s aid during the Fourth and Tenth Doctor’s eras. Essentially an R2-D2 for The Doctor, K-9 is remembered for his trademark catchphrase “Affirmative” and unwavering loyalty to The Doctor. Although K-9 is closely associated with companion Sarah Jane Smith, who aided the Fourth Doctor, K-9 made only a handful of appearances on the spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures. But K-9 enjoyed the spotlight in his own animated series titled K9, although its connections to Doctor Who were obscured for legal reasons. 27. The Brigadier (Nicholas Courtney) (Image credit: BBC) 26. Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman) (Image credit: BBC) There’s quite nothing like a girl who is “impossible.” After the book closed on Amy Pond and Rory Williams, the Eleventh Doctor met Clara Oswald, as well as two other versions of her in Oswin Oswald (whose real identity is one of the biggest twists in modern Doctor Who) and Clara Oswin Oswald, a Victorian governess. The third time became the charm when The Doctor meets Clara Oswald of the 21st century, a school teacher who joins Eleven on new adventurers. (She stays through his regeneration into Twelve.) While Clara dies in the episode “Face the Raven,” some complicated scheming allows Clara more time to roam the universe with former enemy Ashildir in a stolen TARDIS. Perhaps one day, fans will run into her again. 25. Graham O’Brien (Bradley Walsh) (Image credit: BBC) 24. Ashildr/Me (Maisie Williams) (Image credit: BBC) 23. First Doctor (William Hartnell) (Image credit: BBC) In 2013, David Bradley played William Hartnell in An Adventure in Space and Time, a television movie about the making of Doctor Who at the BBC in 1963. Bradley “reprised” his role in the 2017 special “Twice Upon a Time,” playing the First Doctor alongside Peter Capaldi’s then-current Twelfth Doctor in a team-up for the ages. 22. Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) (Image credit: BBC) After Doctor Who successfully relaunched in 2005, there came the inevitable departure of Billie Piper as Rose Tyler. Rose’s popularity left big shoes to fill for the next companion. Fortunately, Freema Agyeman was up to the task. Medical student Martha Jones joins the Tenth Doctor in the Season 3 premiere “Smith and Jones,” the fun of their pairing being that she’s arealdoctor in training while The Doctor is, well, not. While Martha develops romantic feelings for The Doctor, they are unrequited, which compels Martha to leave. Before the Tenth Doctor’s run ended, Martha made several return appearances as a new member of UNIT. She also guest starred in Torchwood, the darker, adult-oriented spin-off centered around Doctor ally Jack Harness. 21. Grant Gordon/The Ghost (Justin Chatwin) (Image credit: BBC) 20. The War Doctor (John Hurt) (Image credit: BBC) 19. Twelfth Doctor (Peter Capaldi) (Image credit: BBC) 18. Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) (Image credit: BBC) 17. Ace (Sophie Aldred) (Image credit: BBC) Talk about Ace’s hardwares. Beginning with the serial “Dragonfire” in 1987, Sophie Aldred made her mark in Doctor Who history as Ace, the companion to the Seventh Doctor. Unlike most female companions who ride with The Doctor, Ace is physically confrontational and not one to scream for help; her preferred armaments are baseball bats and homemade explosives, to The Doctor’s chagrin. Despite their philosophically opposing ideas regarding problem solving, Ace’s toughness, resourcefulness, and fierce independence endeared her to a generation of Whovians. Both Aldred and Seventh Doctor actor Sylvester McCoy reprised their roles in the 2022 special “The Power of the Doctor” and in Tales From the TARDIS. 16. “Missy” (Michelle Gomez) (Image credit: BBC) Truly, The Master has never looked better. In 2014, The Doctor’s great rival The Master saw a new incarnation that often feels like her own completely separate character. In the episode “Deep Breath,” Michelle Gomez debuted as a new version of The Master, a Time Lord villain who represents a darker side to The Doctor’s alien detachment from humanity. While “Missy,” as this incarnation is nicknamed, is similarly charismatic and conniving as all other iterations of The Master, Missy has a cranked-up flamboyance to her that makes her an immediate scene-stealer. It’s quite a bit of poetry that the only person who could stop Missy was, well, The Master, with John Simm returning as his version of The Master who preceded Gomez. 15. Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) (Image credit: BBC) The charismatic immortal time traveler Captain Jack Harkness, the first openly queer character in Doctor Who’s history, is still beloved today as an amoral philanderer willing to take measures that The Doctor would never dare. After his debut during the Ninth Doctor’s era, Barrowman made recurring appearances throughout the Tenth Doctor’s run before starring in his spin-off series Torchwood - a darker, more mature alternative to the more family-friendly programming of mainline Doctor Who. While Harkness is a devoted ally to The Doctor, his dashing heroism and willingness to punch out baddies make him a memorable thematic rival to The Doctor. 14. Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) (Image credit: BBC) After Jodie Whitaker made franchise history as the first female Doctor, Ncuti Gatwa became the first Black actor to be The Doctor – and boy did Fifteen arrive in style. Marking a bold new era for Doctor Who (as a co-production between the BBC andDisney), the Fifteenth Doctor came packing a vivid wardrobe and an even bigger personality than all Doctors before him. In contrast to other Doctors who wear their quirks on their sleeves, Gatwa’s incarnation wields quiet confidence and smoldering glares that don’t just grab your attention but fiercely hold onto it. But for all the new designs on The Doctor, this run of Doctor Who felt old school, with a throwback TARDIS set and a vintage logo that quietly suggested that all that’s old is new again. 13. Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) (Image credit: BBC) The ambitious gamble that was the 2005 relaunch of Doctor Who wasn’t only dependent on who the Ninth Doctor was, but who would travel beside him. Alongside actor Christopher Eccleston as the new Doctor was Billie Piper as Rose Tyler, an ordinary girl from working-class London who is whisked away on the ride of a lifetime. Rose Tyler was instrumental in properly reintroducing The Doctor to a modern audience, her contemporary point-of-view allowing an accessible window into this strange figure from science fiction’s past. Needless to say, if audiences didn’t fall in love with Rose falling in love with The Doctor, Doctor Who might not be the impossibly successful, universally beloved TV show it is now. 12. Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whitaker) (Image credit: BBC) In 2017, Doctor Who made history when it cast Jodie Whitaker as the new Doctor, marking the first actress to play a female incarnation of the iconic character. While it was inevitable that some corners of the internet had an issue with this, Whitaker admirably shouldered her run on the series, especially during the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the Thirteenth Doctor, Whitaker imbued The Doctor with deep curiosity and endless enthusiasm, a heroine eager to surround herself with a tight-knit circle of trusted companions. (Her “Fam,” as she often called them.) Proving that 13 doesn’t have to be an unlucky number, Whitaker’s Doctor breathed new life into a show comfortably coasting on its coattails. 11. Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) (Image credit: BBC) She was the girl who waited. After The Doctor regenerated into Matt Smith’s Eleven, he crash-landed in the backyard of little, lonely Amy Pond, who affectionately called the lost Time Lord “raggedy man.” When The Doctor returned, he met an adult-age Amy Pond (Karen Gillan), who chose to travel with The Doctor on the eve of her wedding to Rory (Arthur Darvill). Amy and Rory’s adventures with The Doctor still make up the show’s most epic stories of all time, with both characters proving their unyielding love for each other that transcends time and space. Their exit from the series is quite dark, a bittersweet casualty in The Doctor’s limits to save everyone including his closest friends. Since leaving Doctor Who, Karen Gillan has become one of the show’s most successful veterans with leading roles in blockbusters like Guardians of the Galaxy, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, and Avengers: Endgame. 10. Eighth Doctor (Paul McGann) (Image credit: BBC) 9. Leela (Louise Jameson) (Image credit: BBC) 8. River Song (Alex Kingston) (Image credit: BBC) The Doctor has had many companions, but he’s only married one of them. Alex Kingston’s enigmatic and lively River Song enjoys a nonlinear romantic history with The Doctor, having been involved with several of his incarnations. After her debut in the Tenth Doctor episode “Silence in the Library,” her subsequent appearances only unraveled more lore than the audience and The Doctor could believe was possible. (You’ll also never guess who her parents are.) Witty, intelligent, and carrying something of a Lara Croft vibe, River Song is the only person in all of time and space to steal The Doctor’s heart(s). 7. Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) (Image credit: BBC) 6. The Rani (Kate O’Mara) (Image credit: BBC) 5. Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) (Image credit: BBC) 4. The Master (John Simm) (Image credit: BBC) 3. Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) (Image credit: BBC) 2. Tenth/Fourteenth Doctor (David Tennant) (Image credit: BBC) 1. Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) (Image credit: BBC) No one can wear a scarf like the Fourth Doctor can. While Tom Baker was not the man to launch an icon, he undeniably cemented it as the legendary Fourth Doctor, taking over for Jon Pertwee in 1974. Remembered as a brooding individual capable of immense warmth and righteous wrath, the Fourth Doctor’s singular eccentricity, humor, and signature knit scarf have all made him more than just a fan-favorite incarnation, but perhapsTheDoctor for all time. His length of seven consecutive seasons is still one of the longest runs any actor has had as The Doctor, which ensures that even when much time has passed, his legacy stays written in the stars. 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