Alex

Alex is a first name common to many individuals. It is a shortened form of Alexander and Alexandra. As a surname it is often used. 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 King of Macedon from 336 BC to 323 BC
 * Alexandra (PDA: The Wages of Sin)
 * Alex (EDA: Father Time)
 * Alexander (PDA: Relative Dementias)

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)
 * Alex, the human father of the Tenza boy George. (DW: Night Terrors)
 * 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

 * Alexandra "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 voices Mr Smith in The Sarah Jane Adventures and Sarah Jane's Alien Files, as well as in DW: The Stolen Earth and Journey's End.
 * 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 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.