Peter during his time as the Doctor.

A recent shot of Peter and me at Bluebox in 2001.

The 5th Doctor: Peter Davison

The 5th Doctor joined at the start of Season 19, and lasted almost to the end of Season 21. Peter is the youngest actor to play the Doctor, and his Doctor has often been criticised for his apparent weakness. His Doctor does however have a high sense of morals, which are displayed in Resurrection of the Daleks, and is the only Doctor to have allowed the Master to die, as shown in Planet of Fire. The era also had its twentieth anniversary, and a special episode, The Five Doctors, was produced to commemorate this.

I liked Davison as the Doctor- he is my 4th favourite Doctor. He makes mistakes, but don't we all? He does use violence, but you can see that he really doesn't want to. I have met Peter Davison at the Bluebox 4 convention in Bristol 2001, and whilst he is a bit quite, he is polite and nice.

  • Total number of stories= 20
  • Total number of episodes= 70
  • Longest story= All of equal length, save Black Orchid, The King's Demons, The Five Doctors, The Awakening, Ressurrection of the Daleks, which were shorter. The others were all 4 episodes
  • Shortest story= The Five Doctors (1 episode, 90 mintues long)
  • First story= Castrovalva
  • Last story= The Caves of Androzani

    • Click here to read about the stories starring the 5th Doctor.

    Peter Davison is currently signed up with Big Finish to make new Dr Who adventures from his era.

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