Which Doctor Who are you most closely connected to?

Question

It's a Time Lord convention this week as we look at many of The Doctor's incarnations (plus his wife!), starting with the first Doctor, William Hartnell, and the tenth (and fourteenth) incarnation and arguably one of the most popular Doctors, David Tennant. 

Here are more Doctor Who alumni to check your connection to:

• 2nd, Patrick Troughton
• 3rd, John Pertwee
• 4th, Tom Baker
• 5th, Peter Davison
• 8th, Paul McGann
• 8 1/2, John Hurt
• 12th, Peter Capaldi
• 13th, Jodie Whittaker
• Dr. Who, Peter Cushing
• The Doctor's Wife (River Song), 

  Alex Kingston

(If your favorite Doctor isn't listed, it's because that one isn't connected yet.)

Which of these is closest to you on our single family tree? If you're one of the 32.4 million of us who are connected to each other on our big tree, you can check with the Connection Finder. On any WikiTree profile, you can select "Connection to Me" from the pull-down menu.

MyConnections can find your relationships to any of our Featured Connections and in any category on WikiTree such as Doctor Who, Carry On Films, and British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Click the green button you'll see in the upper right hand corner of the category page if you are logged in.

Let us know how you're related below. If you want to share your connection on social media with cousins and friends, click the "get shareable image" button below your connection path. (Please refrain from sharing your connection on the featured profiles. It can clutter important conversations on research and collaboration. Thanks!)

P.S. Play this week's Connection Combat game! Are you closer to the first Doctor (William Hartnell) or the tenth Doctor (David Tennant)? Can your connection be verified with reliable sources? The one with the closest verified connection wins ... and there are other fun categories of winners too.

P.P.S. Help us find and improve the profiles for next week's feature: Dune.

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Answer 1

21 degrees from Jon Pertwee (CC2017)
21 degrees from Peter Davison (CC124)
22 degrees from David Tennant (CC151)
23 degrees from Thomas Baker (CC300)
23 degrees from Peter Cushing (CC346)
25 degrees from William Hartnell (CC124)
25 degrees from Alex Kingston (CC139)
29 degrees from John Hurt (CC137)
30 degrees from Jodie Whittaker (CC97)
30 degrees from Peter Capaldi (CC96)
31 degrees from Patrick Troughton (CC164)
32 degrees from Paul McGann (CC126)
edit: added their current connection counts

Answer 2

How come River Song who appears in the above list is not on the Connection Finder, but Alex Kingston who is not in the list is on the Connection Finder?

Edited to add: To answer my own question, Alex Kingston plays River Song. The discrepancy is that all the others have the actor's name, so "River Song" in the above list is different from the other entries. That still means there are only two women in the theme.

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The others are all called "the Doctor", and can only be distinguished by the order of their appearance.

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To be far there has been only one other Female Doctor (Jo Martin, The Fugitive Doctor) and she does not appear to have a WikiTree Profile.

Most of the other Females in the Doctor Who category are companions or associated with the production. I suspect the only reason we got Alex Kingston in the list was because her character was married to the Doctor.

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The post seeking ideas did ask for companions not just actors playing the Doctor, and a number of women were nominated. Gender balance would have been helped if some of those had been selected in addition to Jodie Whitaker and Alex Kingston.

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Don't forget the Doctor-Donna (Donna Noble, played by Catherine Tate). And if you count actresses who played the TARDIS / channeled the TARDIS, then add Suranne Jones & Billie Piper.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Tate (born Catherine Jane Ford) - Catherine (Ford) Tate in WikiTree (looks like 0 connections)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suranne_Jones - didn't find a profile for her
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Piper - Billie P. Piper in WikiTree (9 connections)

Answer 3

Even though I have Scottish/English ancestry I am anywhere from 22 degrees to 37 degrees removed from all the doctors.

Which is unfortunate as this is one of my favorite shows...

Answer 4

20 degrees from William Hartnell,

23 degrees from Thomas Baker,

32 degrees from Peter Capaldi,

20 degrees from Peter Cushing,

27 degrees from Peter Davison,

30 degrees from John Hurt,

23 degrees from Alex Kingston,

38 degrees from Paul McGann,

14 degrees from Jon Pertwee,

25 degrees from David Tennant,

39 degrees from Patrick Troughton

and 34 degrees from Jodie Whittaker.

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I'm also 14 degrees from Jon Pertwee - through his mother.

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Something off topic,
Richard Burton is 22 Degrees
Sean Connery is 26 Degrees
Patrick Swayze is 25 Degrees

Answer 5

I am 24 degrees from Thomas Baker

25 degrees from Ale Kingston

26 degrees from Peter Cushing

26 degrees from Jon Pertwee

29 degrees from Peter Davison

30 degrees from William Hartnell

30 degrees from David Tennant

36 degrees from Jodie Whittaker

36 degrees from John Hurt

37 degrees from Peter Capaldi

38 degrees from Paul McGann

40 degrees from Patrick Troughton

I think this must be the firsttime l'm not related cousins to anyone

Answer 6

Despite having almost 100% Scottish, English, and Irish ancestry, I am not related to any Dr. Who.  My closet connection is Peter Cushing at 20 degrees. I will admit that I have never seen the show.

Ancestors and Cousins

None.

Connections

• 20 degrees from Peter Cushing – 3 branches (3-7-11)
• 21 degrees from Peter Davison – 4 branches (1-8-10-3)
• 21 degrees from Tom Baker – 3 branches (1-9-12)
• 22 degrees from David Tennant – 4 branches (1-9-10-3)
• 22 degrees from Alexandra Kingston – 6 branches (1-6-4-2-2-8)
• 23 degrees from John Pertwee – 7 branches (4-3-2-4-1-6-4)
• 24 degrees from William Hartnell,  – 6 branches (1-6-5-3-7-3)
• 28 degrees from Jodie Whittaker – 6 branches (5-3-7-3-8-3)
• 31 degrees from Paul McGann – 6 branches (6-6-6-7-4-3)
• 31 degrees from Peter Capaldi – 6 branches (5-5-10-3-4-5)
• 32 degrees from John Hurt – 5 branches (10-6-4-6-7)
• 33 degrees from Peter Troughton – 5 branches (1-6-9-9-9)

 

 

Answer 7

I am most closely connected to Thomas Baker and Peter Cushing at 22 degrees of separation.

No Relationship Found

• 22 degrees from Thomas Baker
• 22 degrees from Peter Cushing
• 23 degrees from Jon Pertwee
• 24 degrees from William Hartnell
• 24 degrees from Alex Kingston
• 24 degrees from Peter Davison
• 25 degrees from David Tennant
• 29 degrees from Peter Capaldi
• 29 degrees from Jodie Whittaker
• 30 degrees from John Hurt
• 33 degrees from Paul McGann
• 36 degrees from Patrick Troughton

Answer 8

Ancestors and Cousins:

None

Connections:

20 degrees - Jon Pertwee
22 degrees - Peter Davison
23 degrees - Thomas Baker
23 degrees - David Tennant
24 degrees - Peter Cushing
24 degrees - Alex Kingston
25 degrees - William Hartnell
29 degrees - Jodie Whittaker
30 degrees - John Hurt
30 degrees - Paul McGann
31 degrees - Peter Capaldi 
 

Answer 9

Peter Cushing is closest by a good margin, at 17 degrees.

Answer 10

21 degrees from Peter Davison. 9th cousin 1 time removed of his wife, Sandra  (Searles) Dickinson. MRCA  Sarah (Colby) Bagley (1635 - 1663).

22 degrees from William Hartnell.

22 degrees from David Tennant. 10th cousin of his wife, Georgia (Moffett) Tennant. MRCA Sarah (Colby) Bagley (1635 - 1663).

23 degrees from Peter Cushing.

23 degrees from Thomas Baker.    

23 degrees from; Alex Kingston.

23 degrees from Jon Pertwee.

28 degrees from Jodie Whittaker.

29 degrees from Paul McGann.

31 degrees from Peter Capaldi.

31 degrees from John Hurt.

35 degrees from Patrick Troughton.

Answer 11

Cousins
None??? I need a Tardis to travel back and find cousin relationships

Connections
Peter Davison - 24 degrees
Peter Cushing - 25 degrees
Jon Pertwee - 25 degrees
David Tennant - 25 degrees
William Hartnell - 26 degrees
Thomas Baker - 26 degrees
Alex Kingston - 27 degrees
Peter Capaldi - 31 degrees
Jodie Whittaker - 33 degrees
John Hurt - 34 degrees
Paul McGann - 35 degrees
Patrick Troughton - 38 degrees

Answer 12

My closest by degrees are Thomas Baker and  Alex Kingston at 20 (but no known relationship in either case).

I had no luck on any known relationships to any of them.

Answer 13

Connections (no cousins)

• 22 degrees - Peter Cushing
• 22 degrees - Peter Davison
• 23 degrees - Jon Pertwee
• 23 degrees - David Tennant
• 24 degrees - Thomas Baker
• 24 degrees - Alex Kingston
• 28 degrees - William Hartnell
• 31 degrees - Peter Capaldi
• 31 degrees - John Hurt
• 32 degrees - Paul McGann
• 33 degrees - Jodie Whittaker
• 36 degrees - Patrick Troughton

Answer 14

Oh wow, I am really far from the Doctors: closest is Jon Pertwee at 27 degrees (8-2-5-2-6-4). All others between 30 and 44 (!) degrees. No time travel for me, I guess ... :(

Answer 15

I am most closely connected to Jon Pertwee at 21 degrees.

Answer 16

Been a fan of Dr. Who ever since the early series was aired on PBS. My favorite Doctors include David Tennant and Peter Davison so I was delighted to find I have a 22 degree connection to Tennant and a 21 degree connection to Davison!

This is because David Tennant is married to Davison's daughter Georgia and she is my 11th cousin thru her mother Sandra Dickinson.

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and Georgia played David's (Dr Who's) daughter it all get's a little bit much LOL, like a parallel time thingie..

I kinda wish they'd brought in the Master (or Missy!)

Answer 17

My closest connection - 14 degrees to Jon Pertwee, much to my surprise.

• 14 degrees from Jon Pertwee
• 19 degrees from Thomas Baker
• 20 degrees from Alex Kingston
• 20 degrees from Peter Cushing
• 21 degrees from William Hartnell
• 26 degrees from David Tennant
• 26 degrees from John Hurt
• 27 degrees from Peter Davison
• 28 degrees from Jodie Whittaker
• 29 degrees from Peter Capaldi
• 32 degrees from Patrick Troughton
• 37 degrees from Paul McGann

Answer 18

No family connection to any for once, but my closest connection is to my favorite Doctor, Tom Baker, at 20 Degrees.

However, his wife, Lalla Ward (Romana) is my 12th cousin three times removed

Answer 19

I'm only 10 degrees from Peter Capaldi, my closest ever featured connection I think.

Answer 20

Not weeviled out YET...

Just wanted to share as I found it hilarious! I checked the whole list; I am connected to each, by varying degrees, and they all are patrilineal! Most go through the same ancestor granny Boone, but not a single cousin among them.

So far David Tennant and Tom Baker are closest at 24°, but Tom's wife, Lalla Ward, is my 9th cousin four times removed.