Why Every Doctor Actor Quit Doctor Who

Out Now: Doctor Who Magazine Questions Whether Billie Piper Is Really the Next Doctor

The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine is out now and asks whether Billie Piper, who previously played Ninth and Tenth Doctor companion, Rose Tyler, is really the Sixteenth Doctor. The issue deals with a lot of the repercussions of Wish World/ The Reality War, including a section with showrunner, Russell T Davies, looking back at how the Fifteenth Doctor’s (Ncuti Gatwa) two seasons developed. Plus, Varada Sethu chats about her time playing late…

Why Every Doctor Actor Quit Doctor Who

Over the 60-year history of Doctor Who, 18 different actors have played as many versions of the Doctor, most moving on from the series after a few years in the titular role. Doctor Who first premiered in the UK in November 1963, starring William Hartnell as the time-traveling Time Lord, alongside Susan Foreman (Carole Ann Ford), Ian Chesterton (William Russell), and Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill) as his first companions. Since then, the Doctor…