Doctor Who: 10 Actors Who Could Or Should Have Been The Doctor

thirteen!) chosen for the part was the right one for the job. That€™s not to say they were the only ones for the job, though. When a series runs for fifty years, there are bound to be a few roads that are never explored and there's lots of interesting tidbits out there if you take the time to look for them. A little behind the scenes digging reveals a veritable alternative line-up of Doctors who never quite made it to the screen - some were very nearly cast, some turned the coveted role down completely and there's ore who might have existed only on the printed page. The show everybody knows and love would be dramatically different had any of the following men won the role. In true Doctor Who fashion, though, there are endless parallel universes on which they did.