William Hartnell: (On being Doctor Who) There was the occasion when I arrived at an air display in the TARDIS and the kids were convinced I had flown it there!
William Hartnell: I was so pleased to be offered the part of Doctor Who. To me kids are the greatest audience and the greatest critics in the world.
William played the role of the first Doctor Who between 1963 and 1966, clocking up more than 30 stories on the show, and more than 100 episodes.
He played Ned Fletcher in The Way Ahead.
Hartnell reprised the role in the 10th Anniversary story The Three Doctors (1973) with the help of cue cards but appeared only in pre-filmed inserts.
He appeared first on television in The Army Game from 1957–1961
Hartnell usually played comic characters.
William entered the theatre in 1924.
Hartnell married the actress Heather McIntyre.
At one time he shared the same agent as Nicholas Courtney, who later became a regular in "Doctor Who" (1963) as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.
He always claimed he was born in Seaton, Devon, England but he was actually born in St. Pancras, London, England.
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