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Actors Considered for the Role of the Doctor and/or Auditioned for the Role

Here is a list of actors considered for the role of the Doctor, here's the link to the website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_actors_considered_for_the_part_of_the_Doctor

First Doctor: 

Geoffrey Bayldon, Hugh David, Alan Webb, Leslie French

Second Doctor:

Brian Blessed, Rupert Davies, Valentine Dyall, Sir Michael Hordern

Third Doctor: 

Ron Moody

Fourth Doctor:

Graham Crowden, Michael Bentine, Bernard Cribbins, Fulton Mackay, Richard Hearne, Jim Dale

Fifth Doctor:

Richard Griffiths

Sixth Doctor:

No other actors were considered, Colin Baker was first choice

Seventh Doctor:

Ken Campbell, Chris Jury, Dermot Crowley

Eighth Doctor:

Richard Griffiths, Peter Cook, Rowan Atkinson, Liam Cunningham, Mark McGann, Robert Lindsay, Eric Idle, Tim McInnerny, Nathaniel Parker, Peter Woodward, John Sessions, Anthony Head, Rik Mayall, Tony Slattery, Billy Connolly, Peter Capaldi

Ninth Doctor:

Hugh Grant, Judi Dench

Tenth Doctor:

No other actors were considered, David Tennant was first choice 

Eleventh Doctor:

Russel Tovey 

Twelfth Doctor:

Ben Daniels 

*I'm sure there were more actors considered, but this list was a more complete one*