Tristan as the 10th Doctor.
In 1963, William Hartnell began a tradition that would last 50 years when he starred as the Doctor in the very first episode of Doctor Who. Hartnell’s illness would lead the writers to find a creative way to let Hartnell’s Doctor leave the show but not the Doctor himself. Thus, regeneration, or renewal as it was called back then, was born and Patrick Troughton became the second Doctor. One simple fix for a sick actor lead to the ability for Doctor Who to live on to see its 50th Anniversary this year.
One bit of exciting news for this anniversary is that five of the past Doctors and a few of their companions will be returning for an audio adventure entitled The Light at the End. Tom Baker(4th), Peter Davison(5th), Colin Baker(6th), Sylvester McCoy(7th) and Paul McGann(8th) have all been confirmed to voice their version of the Doctor. The companions who have been confirmed to voice their characters so far are Louise Jameson(Leela), Sarah Sutton(Nyssa), Nicola Bryant(Peri), Sophie Aldred(Ace), and India Fisher(Charley Pollard). In addition, Geoffrey Beevers, the Master from 1981, will voice the Master in this episode.
The geek in me has to share this list I put together for my son of the Doctors. I wanted to show him why most of the anniversary specials would either be novels or audio if they were to include the Doctors prior to the 9th.
| Doctor # | Actor | Start Year | End Year | Age Then | Age Now |
| 1 | William Hartnell | 1963 | 1966 | 55 | Deceased |
| 2 | Patrick Troughton | 1966 | 1969 | 46 | Deceased |
| 3 | Jon Pertwee | 1970 | 1974 | 51 | Deceased |
| 4 | Tom Baker | 1974 | 1981 | 40 | 78 |
| 5 | Peter Davison | 1982 | 1984 | 31 | 61 |
| 6 | Colin Baker | 1984 | 1986 | 41 | 69 |
| 7 | Sylvester McCoy | 1987 | 1996 | 44 | 69 |
| 8 | Paul McGann | 1996 | Unknown | 38 | 53 |
| 9 | Christopher Eccleston | Unknown | 2005 | 41(TV) | 48 |
| 10 | David Tennant | 2005 | 2010 | 34 | 41 |
| 11 | Matt Smith | 2010 | Present | 28 | 30 |
T also received a few Doctor Who gifts for Christmas. I got him the shirt he is wearing in the picture called 10th Doctor Costume Tee from ThinkGeek. His aunt visited from England and gave him Doctor Who Mini Figure Set of 11 Doctors and the Doctor Who Time Lord Psychic Container. He has a wish list a mile wide from the products at ThinkGeek.
ADDled Adventures 
Leave a Reply