Alex (disambiguation)

Alex is a first name common to many individuals. It is a shortened form of Alexander and Alexandra. These lengthened forms are more common to surnames than given names. Alexa, Alexei, and Alexis are the minor forms of the names. It is also often seen as a place name.

For ease of use, this list has been highly sectionalised, then alphabetised by last name. This page lists both Alexander and Alexandra along with Alex.

As only name

 * Alexander the Great, the 4th century BC King of Macedon
 * Alex (Father Time), from EDA: Father Time
 * Alex (Night Terrors), the father in DW: Night Terrors
 * Alexander (Relative Dementias), from PDA: Relative Dementias
 * Alexandra, from PDA: The Wages of Sin

As first name

 * Alex Arwyn, an estate agent and member of Pilgrim. (TW: They Keep Killing Suzie)
 * Alexander Graham Bell, a human scientist born on Earth. He was best known for his invention of the telephone. (DW: Father's Day)
 * Alex Bannen (NA: Lucifer Rising)
 * Alex Campbell, son of Susan Campbell and David Campbell, and great-grandson of the Doctor.
 * Alexander Christian, a human astronaut who travelled to Mars as part of the United Kingdom's 1970s Mars missions. (NA: The Dying Days)
 * Alexander Denes, Controller of the Central European Zone and Giles Kent's last ally in his fight against Ramón Salamander. (DW: The Enemy of the World)
 * Alex Grainger, a boy whose father Patrick Grainger was killed by an agent of Cell 114. (TW: Sleeper)
 * Alex Grayle, a boy that Charley Pollard met in England in 1930. (BFA: Seasons of Fear)
 * Alexander Hartford (EDA: Time Zero)
 * Alexander Helios (MA: State of Change)
 * Alex Hopkins, the leader of Torchwood Three in 1999. (TW: Fragments, TWA: In the Shadows)
 * Alex Klein, the senior aide to Harriet Jones in Downing Street in 2006. (DW: The Christmas Invasion)
 * Alexander Lullington-Smythe (PDA: Salvation)
 * Alex Marlowe, a geneticist who tried to genetically engineer a new strain of Krynoid. (BFA: Hothouse)
 * Alexander McLaren, the son of Colin McLaren and the brother of Kirsty McLaren. (DW: The Highlanders)
 * Alexander Peterssen, an employee of the Governor of Kentucky's office in the 21st century. (TW: The New World)
 * Alexander Richards (PDA: Eye of Heaven)
 * Alexander Shuttleworth (NA: Human Nature, Happy Endings)
 * Alex Storm (PDA: The Indestructible Man)
 * Alexander Vishenkov (EDA: Emotional Chemistry)
 * Alex Volpe (EDA: Grimm Reality)
 * Alex Whitbread (PDA: Island of Death)

As surname

 * Hugh Alexander (EDA: The Turing Test)
 * Natasha Alexander, a special operative with UNIT. (BBV: Auton 2: Sentinel and BBV: Auton 3: Awakening)

As place name

 * Alexandra Palace, situated in Muswell Hill, North London, Alexandra Palace served as headquarters for BBC Television in the 1950s. (DW: The Idiot's Lantern)

Regular

 * Alex Kingston, who played River Song in Doctor Who, beginning with DW: Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead in Series 4.

Guest

 * Alexander Armstrong, who voiced Mr Smith in The Sarah Jane Adventures and played Reg Arwell in DW: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
 * Alex MacIntosh, a BBC news reporter, played himself. (DW: Day of the Daleks)

Featured

 * Alexandra Moen, who played Lucy Saxon in DW: The Sound of Drums, Last of the Time Lords, and The End of Time.
 * Alex Price, who played Francesco in DW: The Vampires of Venice. He also provided the narration for the fifth series of Doctor Who Confidential.

Extra

 * Alex Harries, who played the second burglar in TW: Sleeper.
 * Alex Midwood, who played Joshua McAvoy in Forest of the Dead.
 * Alex Parry, who played Eddie Gwynne in TW: Day One

Vocal

 * Alex Lowe, a voice actor for Big Finish Productions.
 * Alexander Siddig, sometimes credited as Siddig El Fadil, a Sudanese-born English actor, who voiced the character of Rosto in two consecutive Big Finish Productions audio dramas.

As surname

 * Eva Alexander, who played the nurse in the Doctor Who story Let's Kill Hitler.
 * Geraldine Alexander, who played Areta in DW: Vengeance on Varos.
 * Jake Alexander, who played a Son in the K9 episode The Bounty Hunter
 * Natasha Alexander, who played a female refugee in DW: Last of the Time Lords.
 * Paul Alexander, who played a Soldier in DW: The Mind Robber.
 * Terence Alexander, who played Lord Ravensworth in The Mark of the Rani.

Designers

 * Alex Foot, a Designer for Doctor Who Insider.
 * Alex Kubalsky, who, along with Paul Tams, designed the new K9 for K9.

Producers

 * Alex Beaton, one of the executive producers of Doctor Who {1996).
 * Alexandra Todd, a Production Assistant for the Doctor Who serial The Greatest Show in the Galaxy.

Visual effects

 * Alex Fort, a digital and practical matte painter for many episodes during the first four series of the BBC Wales version of Doctor Who, and on the first episode of Torchwood.

Other

 * Alex Bridcut, the assistant floor manager for part 4 of DW: Full Circle. He was uncredited.

Prose

 * Alexander Leithes, who wrote the Short Trips stories The Fear, The End and The Baron Wastes.

comics

 * Alex Fowles, the writer of the Brief Encounter story A Romantic Evening.

Audio

 * Alex Mallinson, a cover artist for several Big Finish Productions CD covers. He also played two characters in BFA: The Four Doctors.