Doctor Who: The First Doctor Adventures Doctor Who: The First Doctor Adventures The First Doctor Adventures is a Big Finish Productions audio play series based on the British television programme "Doctor Who". It sees the return of David Bradley as the First Doctor, a role originated by William Hartnell from 1963 to 1966, as well as by Bradley on television in the episodes "The Doctor Falls" and "Twice Upon a Time". David Bradley also portrayed William Hartnell in the BBC bio-drama, "An Adventure in Space and Time". Also appearing are Claudia Grant as Susan Foreman, Jemma Powell as Barbara Wright and Jamie Glover as Ian Chesterton.
The Doctor (Doctor Who) the regions" with a Scottish one, and so asked Tennant to affect the same accent he used for the earlier BBC period drama "Casanova". In contrast, Peter Capaldi was explicitly allowed to continue using his native Scottish accent as the Twelfth Doctor. In the Big Finish audio adventure "The Sirens of Time", the captain aboard a German U-boat assumes he is English because of the way he pronounces his words: "So, you speak German ... but you speak it like an English gentleman." The Doctor's clothing has been equally distinctive, from the distinguished Edwardian suits of the First Doctor to