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The Changing Face of Doctor Who

William Hartnell (1963-66, 1973)

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'The [...] illustration [...] portrays the first DOCTOR WHO whose physical appearance was later transformed when he discarded his worn-out body in favour of a new one'

Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet

Peter Cushing (1965 & 1966)

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The illustration portrays the film DR. WHO, who was pre-emptively destroyed by Daleks from the big-screen adaptation of The Chase following his failure to pick up a time scanner from The Space Museum

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Brian Proudfoot

The Reign of Terror (1964) & The Space Museum (1965)

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The illustrations portray the out-and-about DOCTOR WHO, the first actor to appear on location in Who

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Paddy Smith

Dr Who & the Daleks (1965)

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The illustration portrays the film DR. WHO's regular driver and stand-in. And already I can think of nothing to add to that

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Edmund Warwick

The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964) & The Chase (1965)

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The illustrations portray the robot DOCTOR WHO, indistinguishable and interchangeable with the original, whose physical appearance was altered when the Doctor battered him in the head and pulled out his innards

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Albert Ward

The Romans (1965), The Celestial Toymaker, The Smugglers (1966)

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The illustrations portray the hand of DOCTOR WHO -- because Hartnell could spot a thankless task a mile off

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Gordon Craig

The Smugglers & The Tenth Planet (both 1966)

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The illustration portrays the slumped DOCTOR WHO, when Hartnell really was ill

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Patrick Troughton (1966-69, 1973, 1983, 1985)

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'The [...] illustration [...] portray[s] the second DOCTOR WHO whose physical appearance was later altered by the Time Lords'

Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen

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Barry Ashton

The Evil of the Daleks (1967)

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The illustration portrays the second DOCTOR WHO's stand-in hand thanklessly taking on another uncredited role in the same episode

Doctor Who - The Complete History - Stories 34-37; p.105

KR Morgan/Peter Diamond (?)

The Enemy of the World (1968)

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The illustration portrays the second second DOCTOR WHO whose physical appearance reverted when Salamander got sucked out into space

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Doctor Who - The Complete History - Stories 38-41, p.105

Chris Jeffries

The Wheel in Space, The Dominators (both 1969)

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The illustration portrays the Dominators' DOCTOR WHO -- because there's a limit to what even Troughton would rescue

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Tom Laird

The Seeds of Death (1969)

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The illustration portrays the unconscious DOCTOR WHO, who really was transmatted into space by the Ice Lord Slaar

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Jon Pertwee (1970-74, 1983, 1993)

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The illustration portrays the third DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance was transformed with the help of a transcendental monk

Jack Silk

The Daemons (1971)

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The illustration portrays the jump-and-roll DOCTOR WHO whose physical appearance changed on the soft soft grass

Terry Walsh

Inferno (1970), The Curse of Peladon, Day of the Daleks, The Sea Devils (all 1972), The Three Doctors, Carnival of Monsters, Frontier in Space, The Green Death (all 1973), The Time Warrior, The Monster of Peladon, Planet of the Spiders (all 1974), The Sontaran Experiment, Revenge of the Cybermen (both 1975), Planet of Evil, The Android Invasion, The Seeds of Doom (all 1976), The Masque of Mandragora,The Deadly Assassin (both 1977), The Androids of Tara (1978), The Creature from the Pit (1979), Dimensions in Time (1993)

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This illustration portrays the stunt DOCTOR WHO whose physical appearance resolutely didn't change over 9 years and two Doctors

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Doctor Who - The Complete History 90, p.95

Bill Burridge

Frontier in Space (1973)

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The illustration portrays the Draconian DOCTOR WHO -- because Jon Pertwee ain't getting in no mask however much he likes the design

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Michael Pinder

Planet of the Spiders (1974)

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The illustration portrays the hovercraft-driving (and, it turns out, -owning and -loaning) DOCTOR WHO, who doesn't trust Pertwee with his toys

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John Scott Martin (?) & Michael Wisher (voice)

Frontier in Space (1973)

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The illustration portrays the Dalek DOCTOR WHO -- because Jon Pertwee ain't getting in no tin can, especially when he hates the design

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Trevor Martin

Seven Keys to Doomsday (1974)

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The illustration portrays the stage DOCTOR WHO whose physical appearance was irrelevant the moment Robot came on the telly

Tom Baker (1974-81, 1993, 2013)

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'This [...] portrays the fourth incarnation of Doctor Who, whose physical appearance later changed when he lost an argument with gravity'

The Pirate Planet

Christopher Baker, Robert Holmes, Graeme Harper, Douglas Camfield, Philip Hinchcliffe, Robert Banks Stewart, George Gallaccio & Christopher Barry

The Brain of Morbius (1973)

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The illustrations portray the earliest incarnations of DOCTOR WHO -- because Peter Davison was the last

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Alan Chuntz (?)

Planet of Evil (1975)

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The illustration will portray a miscellaneous stunt DOCTOR WHO, as soon as I find him

Doctor Who - The Complete History - Stories 81-84; p.31

Eddie Powell (?)

The Deadly Assassin (1977)

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The illustration portrays the falling DOCTOR WHO -- because Tom Baker had already done his collarbone once on the job

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Stuart Fell (?)

The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1977)

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The illustration portrays the dangling DOCTOR WHO  -- because Tom Baker had already done his collarbone once on the job

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Steve Lucas

Destiny of the Daleks (1979)

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The illustration portrays special effects assistant and one-time legs of DOCTOR WHO

Doctor Who - The Complete History - Stories 102-4; p.118

Gareth Milne (?)

Black Orchid (1982), Warriors of the Deep & The Caves of Androzani (both 1984)

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The illustration portrays the nuclear reactor-triggering DOCTOR WHO, who remarkably reverts to Davison the moment he hits the freezing cold water

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Richard Hurndall

The Five Doctors (1983)

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The illustration portrays the anniversary DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance was never expected to fool anyone

Colin Baker (1984-86, 1993, 2022)

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The illustration portrays the sixth DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance changed after he fell off an exercise bike. And before he regenerated

Michael Jayston & Geoffrey Hughes (1986)

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The illustrations portray the evil DOCTOR WHO who exists between his twelfth and final regeneration. That has a rather different meaning now to at the time

Sylvester McCoy (1987-96, 2022)

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The illustration portrays the seventh DOCTOR WHO. whose physical appearance changed the moment he ventured beyond the Home Counties

Tip Tipping

Remembrance of the Daleks (1988), The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (1988/9) & Survival (1989)

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The illustration portrays the bike-riding DOCTOR WHO, whose professional ethics led him to walk when the crew employed a non-Equity member

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Paul Heason

Silver Nemesis (1988)

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The illustration portrays the wet DOCTOR WHO, whose appearance had to change because Sylvester McCoy had a cold

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David Banks

The Ultimate Adventure (1989)

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The illustration portrays the understudy DOCTOR WHO whose physical appearance changed when Pertwee got better

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Mike Langlois (?)

Doctor Who (1996)

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The illustration portrays the 'Old' DOCTOR WHO, I'm guessing when he falls over.

Doctor Who - The Complete History - Doctor Who [The TV Movie]; p.124

Paul McGann (1996-2005, 2013, 2022)

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The illustration portrays the eighth DOCTOR WHO whose physical appearance changed when McGann finally got his say on the wig and then more radically when spurned by Cass

Charles Andre (?)

Doctor Who (1996)

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The illustration portrays the riding-a-bike-for-the-first-time-ever DOCTOR WHO -- because Philip Segal's never heard of Jon Pertwee, who this was dedicated to, or Sylvester McCoy, who's in this

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Jamie Jones (?)

Doctor Who (1996)

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The illustration portrays the descending-by-firehose DOCTOR WHO. This could easily be Paul McGann, but that really doesn't look like Daphne Ashbrook.

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Nicholas Briggs

The Final Chapter, Wormwood (1998) & Exile (2003)

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The illustration portrays the comic DOCTOR WHO, who reveals himself to actually be Shayde. But then he was a future Doctor in Party Animals (1991), confronted Sargol, Justyce and more in the Audio Visuals (1985-88) and played the fifth unbound DOCTOR WHO, so he's on the list

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Rowan Atkinson

The Curse of Fatal Death (1999)

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The illustration portrays the Comic Relief DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance changed when he was hit by ricocheting Dalek fire

Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant & Joanna Lumley

The Curse of Fatal Death (1999)

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The illustrations portray more Comic Relief DOCTORS WHO, whose physical appearances change when they repeatedly mess up some rewiring

Geoffrey Bayldon

Auld Mortality (2003) & A Storm of Angels (2005)

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The illustration portrays the first unbound DOCTOR WHO, who makes a right mess of travelling through space and time

David Collings

Full Fathom Five (2003)

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The illustration portrays the third unbound DOCTOR WHO, who comes to a brutal end

Arabella Weir

Exile (2003)

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The illustration portrays the sixth unbound DOCTOR WHO, who makes a better job of living on Earth than Pertwee

Richard E Grant

The Curse of Fatal Death (1999), Scream of the Shalka (2003)

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The illustration portrays the animated DOCTOR WHO, who was definitely official however much they subsequently tried to brush him under the carpet

David Warner

Sympathy for the Devil (2003), Masters of War (2008) & The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield (2016-22). Once and Future (2023)

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The illustration portrays the second unbound DOCTOR WHO, who lets down the Brig, the Earth and a whole other universe

Ian Brooker

Full Fathom Five (2003)

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The illustration portrays the fourth unbound DOCTOR WHO, who comes to a brutal end

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Christopher Eccleston (2005)

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The illustration portrays the ninth DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance changed when he finally got to kiss Rose

Phil Jay

Rose (2005)

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The illustration portrays the shuffling DOCTOR WHO, a bone fide magician

DWM Special: Series One

William Willoughby (?)

Rose (2005), Evolution of the Daleks, Daleks in Manhattan (both 2007), The Pandorica Opens (2010) The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (2011), Dinosaurs on a Spaceship & A Town Called Mercy (2012)

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The illustration portrays the swinging DOCTOR WHO. From this point on, this is going to get quite onerous

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Jamie Edgell (?)

The End of the World, The Empty Child & The Doctor Dances (all 2005)

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The illustration portrays the hands of DOCTOR WHO again. He's a stuntman. That's how tight filming's getting

DWM Special: Series One

Frank Rozelaar-Green (?)

The Doctor Dances (2005)

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The illustration portrays the dancing DOCTOR WHO, because it turns out the Doctor doesn't actually dance

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Paul Newbolt (?)

Bad Wolf & The Parting of the Ways (both 2005)

 

The illustration portrays the mid-regeneration DOCTOR WHO but then again it might just be a CGI artefact . He's in the episode somewhere... 

DWM Special: Series One

David Tennant (2005-10, 2013, 2022-3)

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The illustration portrays the tenth DOCTOR WHO, who put off his change of physical appearance for about nine hours' screentime

Glenn Foster

New Earth (2006)

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The illustration portrays the drug-laden DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance changes when he starts hugging everyone

DWM Special: Series 2

Peter Miles

The Girl in the Fireplace (2006)

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The illustration portrays the riding DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance changes along with his horse, which becomes a rolling wooden scaffold for Tennant's in-door convenience

Ray De-Haan 

The Idiot's Lantern (2006)

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The illustration portrays the first moped-riding DOCTOR WHO

DWM Special: Series 2

Pat Deacy (?)

The Idiot's Lantern (2006)

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The illustration portrays the second moped-riding DOCTOR WHO

Martyn Darby (?)

The Idiot's Lantern (2006)

The illustration portrays the third moped-riding DOCTOR WHO -- because it seems that scooter was a right bugger

Jon Culshaw

The Kingmaker (2006), Doctors Assemble (2020)

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The illustration portrays the breach-of-contract DOCTOR WHO,  writer of The Doctor Who Dinosaur Book and the subsequent Doctor Who Discovers series​

Daniel Geoff

The Runaway Bride (2006)

The illustration portrays the Smartcar DOCTOR WHO whose physical appearance changed because Julie Gardner didn't like the car they'd originally used

DWM Special: Series Three

Gordon Seed

The Idiot's Lantern (2006), The Sound of Drums, The Last of the Time Lords, Voyage of the Damned (all 2007), Partners in Crime, The Next Doctor (both 2008), The Waters of Mars (2009), The End of Time (2009-10), A Christmas Carol (2010), Let's Kill Hitler, Closing Time, The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (all 2011), The Rings of Akhaten, Hide, The Name of the Doctor, The Day of the Doctor, The Time of the Doctor (all 2013), Time Heist, The Caretaker, Kill the Moon (2014)

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The illustrations portray the most prolific stunt DOCTOR WHO, usurping Terry Walsh's crown

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The Doctor Who Companion: The Twelfth Doctor: Volume Two

David Bednall

The Lazarus Experiment (2007)

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The illustration portrays the key-stroking DOCTOR WHO -- because playing the organ's difficult

DWM Special: Series Three

Mark Archer

Voyage of the Damned (2007)

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The illustration portrays the floor-busting DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance changed on sight of Alonso

DWM Special: Series Three

Colum Sanson-Regan

Voyage of the Damned (2007), The Sontaran Stratagem, The Poison Sky, Turn Left, The Stolen Earth & Journey's End (all 2008)

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The illustration portrays the human DOCTOR WHO and the Time Lord DOCTOR WHO, interchangeable as necessary

DWM Special: Series Three

Oliver Cullen

Journey's End (2008)

The illustration portrays the second second DOCTOR WHO -- because Tennant also needed time to switch costumes

DWM Special: Series Three

Chris Goding

The End of Time (2009-10)

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The illustration portrays the hand of DOCTOR WHO. Hartnell was actually well ahead of his time

DWM Special: The Companion Specials

Matt Smith (2010-13, 2014)

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The illustration portrays the eleventh DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance was later transformed when he discarded his worn-out body in favour of a whole new regeneration cycle

Toby Jones

Amy's Choice (2010)

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The illustration portrays the drug-induced DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance, oddly, occasionally resembles the Stig

Andy Jones

The Pandorica Opens (2010), The Impossible Astronaut, The Almost People (both 2011)

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The illustration portrays the ganger DOCTOR WHO, who reverts to cum upon sonicking the Flesh

Daniel Anthony

The Death of the Doctor (2010)

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The illustration portrays the body-invading DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance is... underage?

Matthew Humphries

Let's Kill Hitler, The Girl Who Waited, The God Complex, The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (all 2011), The Power of Three, The Angels Take Manhattan (both 2012), Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS, The Crimson Horror & Nightmare in Silver (all 2013)

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The illustration portrays the rearshot DOCTOR WHO, whose appearance made The Girl Who Waited a Doctor-light

DWM Special: The Eleventh Doctor 4

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Terry Molloy

The Curse of Davros (2012)

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The illustration portrays the sixth DOCTOR WHO when swapped into the body of Davros

Matthew Doman (?)

The Bells of St John (2013)

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The illustration portrays the stillshot DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance is making me regret what i thought was a nice conceit when doubles were a relative rarity

DWM Special: The 2013 Series

Andy Godbold

The Bells of St John (2013)

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The illustration portrays the biker DOCTOR WHO whose physical appearance is somewhere behind Clara's double

DWM Special: The 2013 Series

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Kevin Legg

The Name of the Doctor & The Day of the Doctor (both 2013)

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The illustration portrays the first inside-the-Doctor's-mind (?) DOCTOR WHO, who seems to have been picked for his resemblance to Richard Hurndall

DWM Special: The 2013 Series

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Simon Challis

The Name of the Doctor (2013)

 

The illustration portrays the second in-the-Doctor's-past DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance changes when he's transported to the Death Zone

DWM Special: The 2013 Series

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Thomas Taylor

The Name of the Doctor & The Day of the Doctor (both 2013)

 

The illustration portrays the fourth inside-the-Doctor's-mind (?) DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance boils down to a hat and scarf

DWM Special: The 2013 Series

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Neil Rogers

The Name of the Doctor (2013)

 

The illustration portrays the fifth inside-the-Doctor's-mind (?) DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance boils down to an odd coat and running

DWM Special: The 2013 Series

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Stephen Coggins

The Name of the Doctor & The Day of the Doctor (both 2013)

 

The illustration portrays the sixth in-the-Doctor's-past DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance boils down to a wig and coat (maybe JN-T was on to something?)

DWM Special: The 2013 Series

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Liam Hanley

The Name of the Doctor (2013)

 

The illustration portrays the eighth in-the-Doctor's-past DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance boils down to a cravat and having barely any screentime

DWM Special: The 2013 Series

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Simon Ward

The Name of the Doctor & The Day of the Doctor (both 2013)

 

The illustration portrays the ninth inside-the-Doctor's-mind (?) DOCTOR WHO whose physical appearance isn't helped by a freezeframe

DWM Special: The 2013 Series

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John Hurt 

The Name of the Doctor & The Day of the Doctor (2013)

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The illustration portrays the war(th) DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance was transformed when he discarded his worn-out body in favour of a new one

Adrian Gibbs

Logopolis (1981)

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The illustration portrays the voyeur DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance changed when he shot himself all over Tom Baker's face 

Peter Davison (1981-84, 1993, 2007, 2022)

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The illustration portrays the fifth DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance changed when he gave Peri all his milk

Ian William George

The Rebel Flesh, The Almost People  (both 2011), The Angels Take Manhattan (2012), The Bells of St John, The Rings of Akhaten, Cold War, Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS, Nightmare in Silver, The Name of the Doctor, The Day of the Doctor, The Time of the Doctor (all 2013)

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The illustration portrays the voice and flesh double DOCTOR WHO. I presume the voice double bit was only for the studio..?

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Andy McInnes 

Fiftieth anniversary trailer (2013)

 

The illustration portrays the first trailer DOCTOR WHO whose physical appearance was changed with photoshop

DWM Special Edition: The Year of the Doctor

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Stephen Rose 

Fiftieth anniversary trailer (2013)

 

The illustration portrays the second trailer DOCTOR WHO whose physical appearance might have been changed with photoshop

DWM Special Edition: The Year of the Doctor

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Jon Crowley 

Fiftieth anniversary trailer (2013)

 

The illustration portrays the third trailer DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance wasn't changed with photoshop

DWM Special Edition: The Year of the Doctor

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Paul Hughes 

Fiftieth anniversary trailer (2013)

 

The illustration portrays the fourth trailer DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance was changed with photoshop

DWM Special Edition: The Year of the Doctor

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Nic Zabilowicz & Robert Ratajczak

Fiftieth anniversary trailer (2013)

 

The illustration portrays the fifth and ninth trailer DOCTORS WHO, whose physical appearances were changed with photoshop. Apparently that's not a double for Seven

DWM Special Edition: The Year of the Doctor

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Chris Laurens 

Fiftieth anniversary trailer (2013)

 

The illustration portrays the sixth trailer DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance was less significantly not changed with photoshop

DWM Special Edition: The Year of the Doctor

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Jim Ewan & Josh Sutherland

Fiftieth anniversary trailer (2013)

 

The illustration portrays the war and tenth trailer DOCTORS WHO -- guess which one was changed with photoshop

DWM Special Edition: The Year of the Doctor

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Robert David Cashin

Fiftieth anniversary trailer (2013)

 

The illustration portrays the eleventh trailer DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance was changed with photoshop

DWM Special Edition: The Year of the Doctor

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William Russell 

The Light at the End (2013)

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The illustration portrays the first DOCTOR WHO, trapped in an exploding Tardis with his two successors

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Damian Lynch 

Ghost in the Machine (2013)

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The illustration portrays the third DOCTOR WHO in the body of Benjamin Chikoto

tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Damian_Lynch

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Frazer Hines 

The Light at the End (2013)

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The illustration portrays the second DOCTOR WHO, trapped in an exploding Tardis with his predecessor and successor

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Katy Manning 

Ghost in the Machine (2013)

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The illustration portrays the third DOCTOR WHO in the body of Jo Grant

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Tim Treloar 

The Light at the End (2013), The Third Doctor Adventures (2015-)

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The illustration portrays the third DOCTOR WHO, trapped in an exploding Tardis with his predecessors

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John Guilor

The Day of the Doctor (2013)

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The illustration portrays the voice of the first DOCTOR WHO calling the War Council of Gallifrey. He in no way physically appears

Philip Crean

The Day of the Doctor (2013)

 

The illustration doesn't portray the 'other' DOCTOR WHO's double

Doctor Who - The Complete History - Stories 240-241; p.94

Harry Frankin-Williams

The Day of the Doctor (2013)

 

The illustration doesn't portray the tenth DOCTOR WHO's double

Doctor Who - The Complete History - Stories 240-241; p.95

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Stephen Walsh (?)

The Time of the Doctor (2013)

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The illustration portrays the stunt DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance is entirely academic in this shot

DWM Special: The Year of the Doctor

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Peter Capaldi (2013-17)

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The illustration portrays the twelfth DOCTOR WHO, who put off his change of physical appearance for a mere hours' screentime, pre-emptively curtailing a potentially dangerous precedent for outgoing showrunners

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Adam Francis (?)

Deep Breath (2014)

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The illustration portrays the horseriding DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance doesn't even seem to involve white hair

guide.doctorwhonews.net/story.php?story=DeepBreath&detail=cast

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Glen Lean (?)

Deep Breath (2014)

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The illustration portrays the horseriding DOCTOR WHO, whose physical resemblance to Adam Francis is excellent

The Doctor Who Companion: The Twelfth Doctor: Volume One

Nicola Bryant

The Widow's Assassin (2014)

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The illustration portrays the sixth DOCTOR WHO in Peri's body

tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Widow%27s_Assassin_(audio_story)

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Paul Kasey 

Deep Breath (2014)

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The illustration portrays the disguised DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance changes when Capaldi does a Mission: Impossible and peels it off

tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Paul_Kasey

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Rob Pavey (?) 

Deep Breath, Into the Dalek, Flatline, Dark Water & Death in Heaven (2014), The Woman Who Lived (2015)

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The illustration portrays the skydiving DOCTOR WHO, and marks the point when Doctor Who can achieve 1970s James Bond stunts

The Doctor Who Companion: The Twelfth Doctor: Volume One

Doctor Who - The Complete History - Stories 257-8, p.50

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Michael Jones/ Samuel Robson-Brown 

Listen (2014)

The illustration portrays the child DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance was much later transformed when he discarded his worn-out body in favour of a new one

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Gareth Weekley 

Time Heist, Last Christmas (2014), Under the Lake/ Before the Flood (2015), Smile, Thin Ice, Knock Knock, Oxygen, Extremis, World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls (2017)

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The illustration portrays the hunched DOCTOR WHO, who must have made one hell of an impression in that trailer.

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Doctor Who - The Complete History - Stories 255-6, p.73; Stories 266-8, p.41, p.81, p.124; Stories 269-71, p.53, p.97; Stories 275-6, p.64

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Steve Phelps 

Flatline, Dark Water & Death in Heaven (2014)

 

The illustration portrays the Thing DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance changes with his size

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Terence Meredith

The Witch's Familiar (2015)

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The illustration portrays another first DOCTOR WHO. 

Doctor Who - The Complete History - Stories 253-4, p.142

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Eamon Corbett 

The Witch's Familiar (2015)

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The illustration portrays another fourth DOCTOR WHO. 

Doctor Who - The Complete History - Stories 253-4, p.142

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Ian Van Temperley

The Day of the Doctor (2013)

 

The illustration portrays the riding tenth DOCTOR WHO's double

Doctor Who - The Complete History - Stories 240-241; p.95

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Richard Highgate, Scott Stevenson, Phil Brown, Dominic Kynaston & Mickey Lewis

The Day of the Doctor (2013)

The illustration portrays the second, eighth, seventh, fifth and third (and others) DOCTORS WHO, all photoshopped

DWM Special Edition: The Year of the Doctor

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Matt Crook

Under the Lake (2015)

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The illustration portrays the water-sliding DOCTOR WHO. 

Doctor Who - The Complete History - Stories 255-6, p.73

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Corey Taylor

Before the Flood (2015)

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The illustration portrays the Slipknot chords behind one of the elements blended together to make the Fisher King's roar, which also came out of the dead DOCTOR WHO at some point I can't remember

tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Before_the_Flood_(TV_story)

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Steffan Morris

The Girl Who Died (2015)

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The illustration portrays the immortality tile-wielding DOCTOR WHO. 

Doctor Who - The Complete History - Stories 255-6, p.127

Andy Smart

The Zygon Inversion (2015)

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According to The Complete History, the theft of the van is an action sequence and Andy Smart's hands double for DOCTOR WHO driving. As far as I can tell, the theft of the van involves walking up to it and there are no shots of the Doctor's hands driving. None-the-less...

Doctor Who - The Complete History - Stories 257-8, p.128

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Leo Woodruff (?)

Heaven Sent (2015)

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The illustration portrays the diving DOCTOR WHO, who looks so like Capaldi I'm not actually sure he isn't 

tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Leo_Woodruff

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Tom Williams

Hell Bent (2015)

 

The illustration portrays yet another hand of WHO

Doctor Who - The Complete History - Stories 262-3, p.54

Chris Wilkinson

The Husbands of River Song (2015)

 

The illustration doesn't portray Husbands's standard double for DOCTOR WHO

Doctor Who - The Complete History - Stories 262-3, p.116

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Gareth Jones

The Woman Who Lived, The Husbands of River Song (2015)

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The illustration portrays Husbands's foot double for DOCTOR WHO

Doctor Who - The Complete History - Stories 257-8, p.50; Stories 262-3, p.116

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Glyn Evans (?)

The Return of Doctor Mysterio (2016), Oxygen, The Pyramid at the End of the World (2017)

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The illustration probably doesn't portray an actual doctor who also provided the hand of DOCTOR WHO.

Doctor Who - The Complete History - Stories 264-265, p.52; Stories 269-71, p.53, p.143

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David Bradley 

The Doctor Falls, Twice Upon a Time (both 2017), Doctors Assemble (2020), The Power of the Doctor (2022)

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The illustration portrays the third (credited) first DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance was later transformed when he discarded his worn-out body in favour of a new one

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Rob Jarman

The Magician's Apprentice/ The Witch's Familiar, The Husbands of River Song (2015)

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The illustration portrays Husbands's stunt double for DOCTOR WHO

Doctor Who - The Complete History - Stories 253-4, p.142; Stories 262-3, p.116

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Troy Kenchington (?)

The Return of Doctor Mysterio (2016), Thin Ice, Extremis, The Lie of the Land, World Enough and Time/The Doctor Falls, Twice Upon a Time (2017)

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The illustration portrays the dangling DOCTOR WHO

Doctor Who - The Complete History - Stories 264-265, p.52; Stories 266-8, p.81; Stories 269-71, p.98; Stories 272-4, p.44; Stories 275-6, p.64

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Tim Bentinck

Shada (2017)

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The illustration portrays the basis-for-animation DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance was drawn all over

tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Tim_Bentinck

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Jodie Whittaker (2017-2022)

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The illustration portrays the thirteenth DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance finally delivers on a promise first teased in 1981

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Belinda McGinley

The Ghost Monument, Rosa, The Witchfinders, Spyfall (2018-20)

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The illustration portrays the first female stunt DOCTOR WHO. In the 70s, Gordon Seed would have just got a new wig 

tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Belinda_McGinley

Maria McClurg

The Runaway (2019)

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The illustration portrays the motion-captured Doctor, whose physical appearance was all CGed over. 

https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Maria_McClurg

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Spyfall, Can You Hear Me?, The Timeless Children (2020)

 

The illustration portrays the first pre-Doctor DOCTOR WHO, whose physical appearance changed when she fell off a cliff playing.

tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Timeless_Child

Jo Martin is Doctor Who

Jo Martin

Fugitive of the Judoon, The Timeless Children (2020), Once, Upon Time (2021), The Power of the Doctor (2022)

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The illustration portrays the second post-inserted past DOCTOR WHO. Maybe. It's all still a bit fresh

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Grace Nettle (3), Leo Tang (4), Jac Jones (5), Jesse Deyi (7) & others

The Timeless Children (2020)

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imdb.com/name/nm10256848 (?)

The illustrations portray the second to seventh pre-Doctor DOCTORS WHO, whose physical appearances change as Tectuan repeatedly kills them (?) in pursuit of the secret of regeneration 

tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Timeless_Child

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Evan McCabe & others

Ascension of the Cybermen (2020)

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The illustrations portray the fictional clue BRENDAN WHO, snuck into the Matrix by Tectuan and transmitted into the Doctor's brain by the Master so the secret story of her origins and pre-Hartnell life wouldn't be lost (??)

tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Brendan_(Ascension_of_the_Cybermen)

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Chris Walker-Thompson, Angus Villiers-Stuart, Wink Taylor, Jonathon Carley, Pete Walsh, Elliott Crossley, Jacob Dudman & Debra Stephenson

Doctors Assemble (2020)

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The illustration portrays the second, sixth/eighth, seventh, war/twelfth, ninth, tenth, eleventh and thirteenth DOCTORS WHO, none visible

Scott Baker

Twice Upon a Time (2017)

 

The illustration doesn't portray the double for the first DOCTOR WHO.

Doctor Who - The Complete History - Stories 275-6; p.64

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Ian Pead 

Twice Upon a Time (2017)

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The illustration portrays the stunt double for the first DOCTOR WHO.

Doctor Who - The Complete History - Stories 275-6; p.64

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Sacha Dhawan

The Power of the Doctor (2022)

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The illustration portrays the Master DOCTOR WHO, mutter inside the Doctor's body mutter crude gag mutter mutter

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Jonathon Carley 

The War Doctor Begins (2021-)

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The illustration portrays the war DOCTOR WHO in his young days

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Stephen Noonan 

The First Doctor Adventures (202)

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The illustration portrays the bound first DOCTOR WHO

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Michael Troughton 

The Second Doctor Adventures (2022-)

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The illustration portrays the second DOCTOR WHO. This will never end

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Ncuti Gatwa (2023-)

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The illustration portrays the fourteenth / fifteenth (??) DOCTOR WHO, who might have the greatest first line of all Doctors Who

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