List of Doctor Who supporting characters

Over its nearly-thirty-year history, the television series Doctor Who had many changes of cast. In addition to seven different actors in the lead role alone, the following characters played ongoing supporting roles:

with the first Doctor

 * Susan Foreman (Carole Ann Ford)
 * Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill)
 * Ian Chesterton (William Russell)
 * Vicki (Maureen O'Brien)
 * Steven Taylor (Peter Purves)
 * Katarina (Adrienne Hill)
 * Dorothea "Dodo" Chaplet (Jackie Lane)
 * Ben Jackson (Michael Craze)
 * Polly (Anneke Wills)

with the second Doctor

 * Ben Jackson
 * Polly
 * James Robert "Jamie" McCrimmon (Frazer Hines)
 * Victoria Waterfield (Deborah Watling)
 * Zoe Herriot (Wendy Padbury)

with the third Doctor

 * Liz Shaw (Caroline John)
 * Josephine "Jo" Grant (Katy Manning)
 * Sarah Jane Smith (Elizabeth Sladen)

with the fourth Doctor

 * Sarah Jane Smith
 * Harry Sullivan (Ian Marter)
 * Leela (Louise Jameson)
 * K-9 (voice of John Leeson; voice of David Brierley)
 * Romanadvoratrelundar ("Romana") (Mary Tamm; Lalla Ward)
 * Adric (Matthew Waterhouse)
 * Nyssa (Sarah Sutton)
 * Tegan Jovanka (Janet Fielding)

with the fifth Doctor

 * Adric
 * Nyssa
 * Tegan Jovanka
 * Vislor Turlough (Mark Strickson)
 * Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown (Nicola Bryant)

with the sixth Doctor

 * Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown
 * Melanie "Mel" Bush (Bonnie Langford)

with the seventh Doctor

 * Melanie "Mel" Bush
 * Dorothy "Ace" McShane (Sophie Aldred)

Recurring Villains

 * The Meddling Monk (Peter Butterworth)
 * The Master (Roger Delgado; Peter Pratt; Geoffrey Beevers; Anthony Ainley; Eric Roberts)
 * Davros (Michael Wisher; David Gooderson; Terry Molloy)
 * The Black Guardian (Valentine Dyall)
 * The Rani (Kate O'Mara)

Other Recurring Characters

 * Brigadier Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Nicholas Courtney)
 * Borusa (John Arnatt; Philip Latham; Angus McKay; Leonard Sachs)