Thus far, there have only been three Doctor Who films produced.

Of these movies, two different actors have portrayed the Doctor.

Loosely based upon the Doctor Who story "The Daleks", this motion picture was produced in 1965. There were several changes made to the overall story line. The major character changes was turning the character of the Doctor into Doctor Who. This version was actually a human inventor. Susan Foreman simply became Susan (I suppose we could assume her name was Susan Who). The roles of Ian and Barbara underwent changes as well. They were no longer Susan's teachers from school. Barbara was suddenly another granddaughter of Doctor Who and was accompanied by her boyfriend, Ian. In this film, TARDIS has just been invented and has never been used yet. The basic concept of the TARDIS from the television show remained...a traveling device that looks like a police telephone box which is actually larger on the inside than the outside. In the film version, TARDIS is just a single room inside. From there, we pretty much follow the same story line as the television serial. After encountering the Daleks, we learn that they have mutated from anti-radiation drugs and require the Thals for experimentation. This persona of the Doctor would rather save the Thals than to leave them on their own at the hands of the Daleks. Of course, Doctor Who manages to stop the Daleks from detonating a neutron bomb that would destroy all Thal life on Skaro and leave the Daleks the only inhabitants.

Doctor Who....Peter Cushing

Susan............Roberta Tovey

Barbara..........Jennie Linden

Ian.................Roy Castle

The second of the Hartnell-era films, this was produced in 1966. This movie was based upon the Doctor Who story "The Dalek Invasion of Earth". Like its predecessor, this film strayed a bit from the original television story. Doctor Who and Susan remain from the first film, but Barbara and Ian have been replaced by Louise (Doctor Who's niece) and Tom Campbell (a police officer). They all journey to the year 2150 and uncover a Dalek plot to overthrow the Earth. The plot remains pretty much the same as it did on television, but some of the names were changed around for not-so-obvious reasons. At the end of the film, all four travelers leave for home, instead of Susan staying behind to marry David (she was much too young for marriage in the films).

Doctor Who....Peter Cushing

Susan............Roberta Tovey

Louise............Jill Curzon

Tom...............Bernard Cribbins

**On a more personal note, I remember seeing these black and white movies late at night on television when I was a teenager.

The last in the Doctor Who series of television and film productions, this was produced in 1996. Unlike the previous two movies, this film continued the story line of the television series. This film was also the only production of Doctor Who made in the United States. At the film's start, we are introduced to the seventh Doctor who is returning to Gallifrey with the remains of his archrival, the Master. The Master was imprisoned on Skaro and executed for his crimes, but he requested that the Doctor return his remains back to Gallifrey. Enroute, the Master causes the TARDIS to malfunction and crash land on Earth in 1999. Unfortunately for the Doctor, he emerges in the middle of a gang shooting and is critically wounded. He is taken to the hospital and placed into surgery at the hands of Dr. Grace Holloway. The Doctor tries desperately to avert the operation, but is anesthetized. She inserts a heart probe into the Doctor's chest after learning of his anomalous heartsbeat. The Doctor wakes up and causes Dr. Holloway to panic. As she frantically attempts to remove the heart probe, it breaks off inside the Doctor's chest, killing him. Later, the Doctor's body is placed in cold storage in the morgue. During this period, he regenerates into his eighth incarnation. Chang Li, who accompanied the Doctor to the hospital, steals the Doctor's possessions and heads to the TARDIS. By this time, the Master has taken over the body of the ambulance driver, Bruce and killed Bruce's wife. The Master finds Chang Li in the TARDIS and convinces him that the Doctor is completely evil. Grace, meanwhile, has left the hospital and encounters the new Doctor, who is suffering from amnesia. She is still skeptical, but the Doctor manages to get her to see the truth as to his identity. The Master opens the TARDIS' Eye of Harmony, causing major problems with Earth's molecular density and weather patterns. It is here when we learn that the Doctor is actually half-human (on his mother's side). The plot becomes a race against time fro the Doctor to get the timing mechanism from an atomic clock before midnight. At the same time, he must also stay one step ahead of the Master, who is trying to capture the Doctor in order for him to be able to steal the Doctor's remaining lives. Eventually, the Doctor gets the timing mechanism, but is taken prisoner by the Master inside the TARDIS. The Master kills Chang Li, chains the Doctor to the Cloister Room's balcony and begins to siphon his lives away. He is soon thwarted by Grace who loses her life in the struggle. The Doctor and the Master fight it out and the Doctor wins when the Master is sucked into the Eye of Harmony. Before the Eye closes, it restores life to both Grace and Chang Li. Together, all three manage to restart the TARDIS and set things right again. After they return to Earth, the Doctor parts company with Grace and Chang Li.

The Doctor................Sylvester McCoy

The Doctor................Paul McGann

The Master................Eric Roberts

Dr. Grace Holloway....Daphne Ashbrook

Chang Li...................Yee Jee Tso