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
An Adventure in Space and Time from "The Daleks' Master Plan" using original actress Jean Marsh to play the increasingly aging Sara, and to use Super 8 footage of a recreation of the "Radio Times" publicity photo-shoot for "The Three Doctors", but the budget did not accommodate these ambitions. Principal photography for the film began in February 2013. Filming primarily took place at Wimbledon Studios in London, and the BBC Television Centre; it was the final drama to be recorded at the latter, which closed one month after filming concluded. Location filming took place on 17 February 2013, on Westminster Bridge in London. This involved replicas