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
Doctor Who: The Adventure Games Doctor Who: The Adventure Games Doctor Who": "The Adventure Games is a series of episodic third-person adventure games, based on the BBC TV series "Doctor Who" and developed by Sumo Digital. Charles Cecil served as executive producer and worked with Sean Millard and Will Tarratt on the design. Each episode was made available for free download to residents of the UK via the BBC's official "Doctor Who" website; a UK internet address is required to both download and install them, though several of the games subsequently were made available for international sale. The first one was released on 5 June