The Doctor (Doctor Who) and therefore cannot be spoken. The character played by Peter Cushing in the films "Dr. Who and the Daleks" and "" referred to himself as "Dr. Who". However, these films are not considered part of the same narrative continuity as the television programme, as they were based upon two television serials featuring William Hartnell and made considerable alterations to the characters of the Doctor and his companions. Quite apart from his name, why the Doctor uses the title "The Doctor" has never been fully explained on screen. The Doctor, at first, said that he was not a physician, often referring
The Chase (Doctor Who) Assassin" (1976) and Vogel in "Revelation of the Daleks" (1985). He also played Roderick Allingham in the audio play "The Fearmonger". Dennis Chinnery later played Gharman in "Genesis of the Daleks" (1975) and Sylvest in "The Twin Dilemma" (1984). Roger Hammond later played Dr. Runciman in "Mawdryn Undead" (1983) and Harold Withers in the audio play "The Eternal Summer". Morton Dill, the young man from Alabama whom the travellers meet at the top of the Empire State Building, was played by Peter Purves, who would appear in the last episode as Steven Taylor. Earlier drafts of the story used the