The Doctor (Doctor Who) credits Tennant as "Doctor Who". The credit reverted to "The Doctor" for 2005's Christmas special "The Christmas Invasion" and all subsequent stories at Tennant's request. Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi and Jodie Whittaker have continued to be credited as "The Doctor". John Hurt plays a mysterious past incarnation of the Doctor in the 50th anniversary special "The Day of the Doctor", with minor roles in "The Name of the Doctor" and mini-episode "The Night of the Doctor", created as a "mayfly Doctor" by Steven Moffat. In the television episodes, he is credited as "The Doctor", but he is introduced as "The
First Doctor him to repair his damaged TARDIS, and in "The Great White Hurricane" the TARDIS crew are separated when they arrive in New York just before the Great Blizzard of 1888. Images of the First Doctor appear in "The Power of the Daleks", "Day of the Daleks", "The Brain of Morbius", "Earthshock", "Mawdryn Undead", "Resurrection of the Daleks", "The Next Doctor", "The Eleventh Hour", "The Vampires of Venice", "Vincent and the Doctor", "The Lodger", "Nightmare in Silver" and "The Sarah Jane Adventures" story "Death of the Doctor". In the episode "The Name of the Doctor", he is seen stealing a TARDIS