Peter

Peter — or sometimes the shortened Pete — is a first name common to many individuals. As a surname it is often styled in the possessive as with Peters. Less commonly, it is seen as a place name.

For ease of use, this list has been highly sectionalised, then alphabetised by last name.

As only name

 * Peter of Galilee, an early Christian leader (PROSE: Byzantium!)
 * Peter (Dear Great Uncle Peter), great uncle of a boy named Alex, whom the Fourth Doctor and Leela met. (PROSE: Dear Great Uncle Peter)
 * Peter (Strange England) (PROSE: Strange England)
 * Peter (Timechase) (PROSE: Timechase)
 * Peter (Invasion of the Cat-People) (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People)
 * Peter (Verdigris) (PROSE: Verdigris)
 * Pete (Doctor Who), a morgue attendant at Walker General Hospital, who was the first human seen by the Eighth Doctor. (TV: Doctor Who)
 * Pete (The Eight Doctors), a member of Basil Bailey's gang at Coal Hill School. (PROSE: The Eight Doctors)
 * Peter the Winder a hybrid human/Smiler. (TV: The Beast Below)
 * Piotr (Cold War), a Soviet sailor onboard the Firebird (TV: Cold War

As first name

 * Peter Dalton, a man who nearly married Sarah Jane Smith. (TV: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith)
 * Peter Dickson, butler for Sir George Harding, and one-time assistant to the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler. (PROSE: The Clockwise Man)
 * Peter Hamilton (Death to the Daleks), member of the Marine Space Corps expedition to Exxilon. (TV: Death to the Daleks)
 * Peter Haydon, a man who died during Professor Parry's expedition to Telos. (TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen)
 * Peter Moore, a student who the Second Doctor, Ben and Polly met in a haunted house. (PROSE: Invasion of the Cat-People)
 * Peter Rabbit, a hero of human childrens' fiction, of whom the Fourth Doctor, Romana II, and K9 Mark II all have knowledge. (TV: The Creature from the Pit)
 * Peter Richley, survivor of four shipwrecks (PROSE: Of the Mermaid and Jupiter)
 * Dr. Peter Russell (The Zero Imperative), a businessman of Liz Shaw's acquaintance. (HOMEVID: The Zero Imperative)
 * Lt. Peter Sandoz (AUDIO: Winter for the Adept)
 * Peter Streete, architect of the Globe Theatre, whom the Tenth Doctor met at Bedlam Royal Hospital. (TV: The Shakespeare Code)
 * Peter Summerfield, son of Bernice Summerfield and Adrian Wall. (PROSE: Life During Wartime)
 * Peter Tracey, son of George Tracey. (TV: A Girl's Best Friend)
 * Pete Tyler, biological father of Rose Tyler, who died in a car accident in the 1980s. (TV: Father's Day)
 * Pete Tyler (Pete's World), another version of Pete Tyler, who did not have any natural children until the birth of Tony Tyler. (TV: Army of Ghosts, et al)
 * Peter Warmsly, an archaeologist whom the Seventh Doctor and Ace met near Carbury, England. (TV: Battlefield)

As surname

 * Sergeant Peters, a British military NCO who once liased with UNIT. (TV: The Invasion)
 * Peters, an employee of a space station whom Jamie, Zoe and the Second Doctor encountered. (COMIC: The Forgotten)
 * Denis Peters, a brief companion of the Third Doctor during the latter's exile on Earth. (COMIC: The Celluloid Midas)
 * Charles "Chick" Peters, a computer journalist who once witnessed the actions of the Sixth Doctor and Peri in and around Maryland. (PROSE: Blue Box)

As place name

 * Pete's World, an unofficial designation for an alternate world occasionally encountered by the Tenth Doctor. (TV: Army of Ghosts, Journey's End, et al)
 * The Blue Peter garden, a part of the BBC Television Centre through which Beep the Meep chased Tom Baker, Izzy and the Eighth Doctor. (COMIC: TV Action!)
 * Also seen non-fictionally in Doctor Who Confidential, Series 3, Episode 10.

Regular

 * Peter Cushing, who played Dr. Who in Dr. Who and the Daleks, and its sequel.
 * Peter Davison (born Peter Moffett), who played the Fifth Doctor
 * Peter Purves, who played companion, Steven Taylor

Guest

 * Peter Birrel, who played the Draconian prince in TV: Frontier in Space
 * Peter Butterworth, who originated the role of The Monk (TV: The Time Meddler, The Daleks' Master Plan)
 * Peter Capaldi, who played Caecilius in TV: The Fires of Pompeii and John Frobisher in TV: Children of Earth
 * Peter Jeffrey, who played Count Grendel in The Androids of Tara
 * Peter Kay, who was the featured villain in TV: Love & Monsters
 * Peter Mayock, who played Ibrahim Namin in TV: Pyramids of Mars and Solis in The Deadly Assassin
 * Peter Miles, who played Nyder in Genesis of the Daleks, and several other roles in televised and audio Doctor Who
 * Peter Pratt, who played the Master (TV: The Deadly Assassin)
 * Peter Stephens, who played Cyril and several other parts in TV: The Celestial Toymaker and Lolem in The Underwater Menace
 * Peter Wyngarde, who played Timanov in TV: Planet of Fire

Featured

 * Peter Barkworth who played Clent in TV: The Ice Warriors
 * Peter Bathurst, who played Hensell in TV: The Power of the Daleks and Horatio Chinn in The Claws of Axos
 * Peter Benson, who played Bor in TV: Terminus
 * Peter Bourke, who played Mr. Chambers in TV: Human Nature
 * Peter Brooke, who played a builder in TV: Daleks in Manhattan
 * Peter Burroughs, who played the Jester in TV: The King's Demons
 * Peter Cellier, who played Andrews in TV: Time-Flight
 * Peter Childs, who played Jack Ward in TV: The Mark of the Rani
 * Peter Copley, who played Dr. Warlock in TV: Pyramids of Mars
 * Peter Craze an actor who played a number of small parts in the 1963 version of Doctor Who
 * Peter Czajkowski, who played Sgt. Prozorov in TV: The Curse of Fenric
 * Peter Dahlsen, who played Horton in TV: Time-Flight
 * Peter Hamilton Dyer, who played Embery in TV: Remembrance of the Daleks
 * Peter Fraser, who played Susan Foreman's future husband, David Campbell, in TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
 * Peter Gilmore, who played Brazen in TV: Frontios
 * Peter Howell (actor), who played the Investigator in TV: The Mutants
 * Peter Halliday, an actor who played a number of parts in the 1963 version of Doctor Who, but perhaps most famously Packer in The Invasion
 * Peter Laird, who played Chang in TV:The Wheel in Space
 * Peter Lawrence, who played Vizier in TV: Marco Polo
 * Peter O'Brien, who played Ed Gold in TV: The Waters of Mars
 * Peter Russell, who played Eldred in TV: The Time Meddler
 * Peter Rutherford, who played Roth in TV: The Sontaran Experiment
 * Peter Sallis, who played Elric Penley in TV: The Ice Warriors
 * Peter Sanders, who played Sita in TV: The Space Museum
 * Peter Straker, who played Commander Sharrel in TV: Destiny of the Daleks
 * Peter Thomas, who played Captain Edal in TV: The Savages
 * Peter Walker, who played Jean-Pierre in TV: The Reign of Terror
 * Peter Welch, who played small roles in TV: The Highlanders and The Android Invasion
 * Peter Whitaker, who played Inspector Gascoigne in TV: The Faceless Ones

Monster specialists

 * Peter Badger, who played a Roboman in TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
 * Peter Noel Cook, who played an alien space captain in TV: The Ambassadors of Death
 * Peter Forbes-Robertson, whose biggest role in Doctor Who was that of Chief Sea Devil in The Sea Devils
 * Peter Glaze, who payed a Sensorite, in TV: The Sensorites
 * Peter Greene, who played a Cyberman in TV: The Moonbase
 * Peter Langtry, a robot in TV: The Robots of Death
 * Peter Murphy, a Dalek operator during the William Hartnell era
 * Peter Stenson, who played a few monsters in Doctor Who of the 1960s
 * Peter Thompson, a monster actor in the late 1960s and early 1970s
 * Peter Thornton, who played a Cyberman in TV: The Invasion

Extra

 * Peter Baldock, who was an acolyte in TV: The Face of Evil
 * Peter Ducrow, who played a guard in TV: Fury from the Deep
 * Peter Hill who played the manager in TV: Day of the Daleks
 * Peter Holmes, an uncredited extra in several serials during the William Hartnell era
 * Peter Mantle, who played a Kaled guard in TV: Genesis of the Daleks
 * Peter Pocock, an uncredited soldier in TV: The Tenth Planet
 * Peter Walshe, who played Erak in TV: The Sontaran Experiment, and a Pikeman in The Masque of Mandragora

Vocal

 * Peter Forbes, who has voiced many roles for many of Big Finish Productions' audios, but perhaps is most famous for Culver in the Dalek Empire series
 * Peter Guinness, who voiced Mister Dread in TV: Dreamland
 * Peter Hawkins, a Dalek and Cyberman vocal artist during the 1960s
 * Peter Jurasik who played Peter Sandoz in AUDIO: Winter for the Adept
 * Peter Sowerbutts, who has voiced many roles for Big Finish Productions' audios
 * Peter Trapani, an actor in AUDIO: The Shadow of the Scourge and Neverland; and HOMEVID: Auton 2: Sentinel and Auton 3: Awakening
 * Peter Tuddenham, a voice actor in TV: The Ark in Space, The Masque of Mandragora, and Time and the Rani

As surname

 * Luan Peters, an actor who played Chicki in The Macra Terror, and Sheila in Frontier in Space
 * Steve Peters, an actor who played a variety of monsters during the first seven years of the 1963 version of Doctor Who
 * Clarke Peters, an actor who voiced Night Eagle in TV: Dreamland

Cameramen

 * Peter Bartlett, a film cameraman for TV: The Abominable Snowmen
 * Peter Chapman, a film cameraman mostly during Season 19 of Doctor Who
 * Peter Hall, a film cameraman during the 1970s
 * Peter Hamilton, a film cameraman during the 1960s and 1970s
 * Peter Sargent, a film cameraman for TV: The Power of the Daleks

Designers

 * Peter Brachacki, a production designer on TV: An Unearthly Child
 * Peter Kindred, a production designer on TV: The Tenth Planet and Fury from the Deep
 * Peter McKinstry, a concept designer for Doctor Who (2005), and Torchwood

Directors

 * Peter Grimwade was a director and writer of several televised adventures in the JNT era; from the Barry Letts to the Graham Williams eras, he was a production assistant
 * Peter Moffatt, director of six stories for Doctor Who during the early 1980s, perhaps most famously The Five Doctors

Lighting

 * Peter Catlett was in charge of studio lighting for TV: The Brain of Morbius and The Awakening
 * Peter Murray was in charge of studio lighting for TV: The Sensorites and The Keys of Marinus
 * Peter Smee was in charge of studio lighting for TV: The King's Demons and Warriors of the Deep
 * Peter Winn was in charge of studio lighting for TV: The Space Pirates

Producers

 * Peter Bennett, a producer during the Steven Moffat era of Doctor Who, who also had a variety of roles during the Russell T Davies era of Doctor Who, and on Torchwood
 * Peter Bryant, who was the producer and sometime script editor of Doctor Who for roughly the last year of the Patrick Troughton era
 * Peter V. Ware, who produced Doctor Who (1996)

Sound design, effects, music

 * Peter Howell, a sound engineer most famous for arranging the "Doctor Who theme" as used in Seasons 18-22; also composed incidental music and special sounds
 * Peter Jeffreys, a BBC Wales dubbing mixer

Visual Effects

 * Peter Day, a visual effects designer in the 1960s and 1970s
 * Peter Logan, a visual effects artist during the 1963 version of Doctor Who
 * Peter Pegrum, a visual effects artist, mostly active in the 1970s
 * Peter Wragg, a visual effects artist during the Peter Davison and Colin Baker eras

Writers

 * Peter J. Hammond, author of TV: Small Worlds and From Out of the Rain
 * Peter Ling, writer of TV: The Mind Robber
 * Peter R. Newman, writer of TV: The Sensorites'

Other

 * Peter Chester, a best boy on the BBC Wales version of Doctor Who
 * Peter Cregeen, the BBC Head of Series responsible for "resting" Doctor Who in 1989
 * Peter Diamond, a fight arranger during the 1960s and 1970s, who was occasionally used as an actor, as with the role of Delos in TV: The Romans
 * Peter Evans, a film editor on TV: Carnival of Monsters

Print

 * Peter Anghelides, a prolific prose author of Doctor Who and Torchwood fiction
 * Peter Brookes, a cover illustrator for Target Books
 * Peter Darvill-Evans, a key player in the creation of the Virgin New Adventures line of novels and an author himself
 * Peter Griffiths, an interviewer for Doctor Who Magazine
 * Peter Haining, a prolific author of Doctor Who non-fiction prior to the release of TV: Doctor Who (1996)
 * Peter Ware, an assistant editor of Doctor Who Magazine