The First Doctor — Doctor Who: The Five Doctors Character Profile

About The First Doctor

The original incarnation summoned to the Death Zone. Meets the Master and Tegan, observing the Master's tactics. Ponders the tomb's inscription with the other Doctors and correctly deduces that immortality means eternal imprisonment. Declines the offer and departs to his timeline.

Character Facts

Played by

Richard Hurndall

Appears in

Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (1983)

Role

Supporting

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• The Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison)
• The Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee)
• The Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton)
• Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (Nicholas Courtney)
• The Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker)
• Romana (archive footage) (Lalla Ward)
• Cyber Lieutenant (Mark Hardy)
• The Castellan (Paul Jerricho)
• Cyber Leader (David Banks)
• Jamie McCrimmon (Frazer Hines)
• Chancellor Flavia (Dinah Sheridan)
• The First Doctor (William Hartnell)