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
Lost in Time (Doctor Who) on the DVD), "The Ice Warriors" (a condensed version, on the VHS release and as an extra on the DVD) and "The Web of Fear" (the still missing episode three, on iTunes and the DVD) – as well as being produced unofficially by fans. Lost in Time (Doctor Who) Doctor Who – Lost in Time is a BBC three-disc boxset DVD released in 2004. It is a collection of restored "Doctor Who" episodes and clips from stories that are incomplete or missing from the Corporation's archives. There were, at the time of release, 108 missing episodes, all from the black-and-white