Doctor Who Doctor's nature, somewhere between the twelfth and final incarnation. On rare occasions, other actors have stood in for the lead. In "The Five Doctors", Richard Hurndall played the First Doctor due to William Hartnell's death in 1975; 34 years later David Bradley similarly replaced Hartnell in "Twice Upon a Time". In "Time and the Rani", Sylvester McCoy briefly played the Sixth Doctor during the regeneration sequence, carrying on as the Seventh. For more information, see the list of actors who have played the Doctor. In other media, the Doctor has been played by various other actors, including Peter Cushing in
David Bradley (English actor) he appeared in the film "Another Year", which earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor from the London Film Critics Circle Awards. In 2011, 2013 and 2016, Bradley appeared as Lord Walder Frey in the HBO series "Game of Thrones". In January 2017, it was confirmed that Bradley would appear in the seventh season of the show later that year. Bradley played Solomon, a ruthless buccaneer, in the 2012 "Doctor Who" episode "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship". He previously provided voice work for "The Sarah Jane Adventures" serial "Death of the Doctor". It was announced in January 2013 that Bradley