Sylvester McCoy, the Seventh Doctor, and David Tennant, the Tenth Doctor, are the only Scottish actors to have "officially" played the Doctor, though many companions and side-characters have been Scottish.
UPDATE: As of 2014, Peter Capaldi has taken on the role of the Twelfth Doctor becoming the third Scottish actor to "officially" play the Doctor.
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Out of all the actors who have played Doctor Who only 3 of them have died. Those 3 are: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee.
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The cast of Cashmere Is Scottish - 1973 includes: Joanna Lumley as Model Bryden Murdoch as Narrator
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1:William Hartnell2:Patrick Troughton3:Jon Pertwee4:Tom Baker5:Peter Davison6:Colin Baker7:Sylvester McCoy8:Paul McGann9:Christopher Eccleston10:David Tennant11:Matt Smith12: Peter Capaldi: will be starting his role as the doctor in December 2013.Peter Cushing played the Doctor in three feature films.