has died aged 99. In a statement to The Independent ... “An Unearthly Child”, in 1963, greeting William Hartnell, who introduced himself as “the Doctor”, with the famous question ...

William Hartnell was the first actor to play the Doctor on television, appearing in the BBC show from 1963 to 1966. Hartnell, who died in 1975, had previously appeared in TV's The Army Game and ...