Doctor Who Season by Season Recurring Characters

Season 1

1st Doctor: 42 episodes
Ian Chesterton: 42 episodes
Barbara Wright: 42 episodes
Susan Foreman: 42 episodes

Season 2

1st Doctor: 39 episodes
Ian Chesterton: 35 episodes
Barbara Wright: 35 episodes
Vicki: 25 episodes
Susan Foreman: 10 episodes
Steven Taylor: 5 episodes
The Monk: 4 episodes

Season 3

1st Doctor: 44 episodes
Steven Taylor: 40 episodes
Dodo Chaplet: 19 episodes
Sara Kingdom: 9 episodes
Vicki: 8 episodes
Katarina: 8 episodes
The Monk:7 episodes
Ben Jackson: 4 episodes
Polly Wright: 4 episodes
Malpha: 4 episodes
Jeff Garvey: 2 episodes

Season 4

2nd Doctor: 36 episodes
Ben Jackson: 33 episodes
Polly Wright: 33 episodes
Jamie McCrimmon: 29 episodes
1st Doctor: 8 episodes
Victoria Waterfield: 6 episodes

Season 5

2nd Doctor: 40 episodes
Jamie McCrimmon: 40 episodes
Victoria Waterfield: 34 episodes
Professor Travers: 10 episodes
Tanya Lernov: 6 episodes
Zoe Heriot: 5 episodes
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart: 4 episodes

Season 6

2nd Doctor: 44 episodes
Jamie McCrimmon: 44 episodes
Zoe Heriot: 43 episodes
Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart: 7 episodes
Sergeant Benton: 6 episodes
Tanya Lernov: 1 episode
Chancellor Goth: 1 episode

Season 7

3rd Doctor: 25 episodes
Liz Shaw: 25 episodes
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart: 25 episodes
Sergeant Benton: 9 episodes

Season 8

3rd Doctor: 25 episodes
Jo Grant: 25 episodes
The Master: 22 episodes
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart: 21 episodes
Captain Mike Yates: 19 episodes
Sergeant Benton: 18 episodes
Corporal Bell: 5 episodes

Season 9 

3rd Doctor: 26 episodes
Jo Grant: 26 episodes
The Master: 12 episodes
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart: 10 episodes
Sergeant Benton: 8 episodes
Captain Mike Yates: 7 episodes
Alpha Centuri: 4 episodes

Season 10

3rd Doctor: 26 episodes
Jo Grant: 26 episodes
Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart: 10 episodes
Sergeant Benton: 7 episodes
1st Doctor: 4 episodes
2nd Doctor: 4 episodes
The Master: 4 episodes
Captain Mike Yates: 3 episodes

Season 11

3rd Doctor: 26 episodes
Sarah Jane Smith: 26 episodes
Captain Mike Yates: 12 episodes
Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart: 10 episodes
Sergeant Benton: 8 episodes
Alpha Centuri: 6 episodes
4th Doctor: 1 episode

Season 12

4th Doctor: 20 episodes
Sarah Jane Smith: 20 episodes
Harry Sullivan: 20 episodes
Davros: 6 episodes
Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart: 4 episodes
Sergeant Benton: 4 episodes

Season 13

4th Doctor: 26 episodes
Sarah Jane Smith: 26 episodes
Harry Sullivan: 7 episodes
Sergeant Benton: 7 episodes
Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart: 4 episodes

Season 14

4th Doctor: 26 episodes
Leela: 14 episodes
Sarah Jane Smith: 8 episodes
The Master: 4 episodes
Chancellor Goth: 4 episodes
Boruca: 3 episodes

Season 15

4th Doctor: 26 episodes
Leela: 26 episodes
K9: 20 episodes
Boruca: 5 episodes

Season 16

4th Doctor: 26 episodes
Rommana I: 26 episodes
K9: 22 episodes
The White Guardian: 2 episodes
The Black Guardian: 1 episode

Season 17

4th Doctor: 20 episodes
Rommana II: 20 episodes
K9: 12 epiosdes
Davros: 4 episodes

Season 18

4th Doctor: 28 episodes
Rommana II: 20 episodes
K9: 20 episodes
Adric: 20 episodes
The Master: 8 episodes
Nyssa: 6 episodes
Tegan Jovenka: 4 episodes
5th Doctor: 1 episode

Season 19

5th Doctor: 26 episodes
Tegan Jovenka: 26 episodes
Nyssa: 26 episodes
Adric: 22 episodes
The Master: 8 episodes

Season 20

5th Doctor: 23 episodes
Tegan Jovenka: 23 episodes
Nyssa: 16 episodes
Turlough: 15 episodes
The Black Guardian: 12 episodes
Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart: 5 episodes
Boruca = 5 episodes
The Castellan: 5 episodes
The Master: 3 episodes
Kamelion: 2 episodes
The White Guardian: 2 episodes
1st Doctor: 1 episode
2nd Doctor: 1 episode
3rd Doctor: 1 episode
4th Doctor: 1 episode
Sarah Jane Smith: 1 episode
Susan Foreman: 1 episode
Rommana II: 1 episode
K9: 1 episode
Rassalon: 1 episode

Season 21

5th Doctor: 20 episodes
Turlough: 16 episodes
Tegan Jovenka: 12 episodes
Peri Brown: 12 episodes
6th Doctor: 5 episodes
The Master: 4 episodes
Kamelion: 3 episodes
Davros: 2 episodes
Lytton: 2 episodes

Season 22

6th Doctor: 13 episodes
Peri Brown: 13 episodes
2nd Doctor: 3 episodes
Jamie McCrimmon: 3 episodes
The Master: 2 episodes
The Rani: 2 episodes
Davros: 2 episodes
Lytton: 2 episodes
Sil: 2 episodes

Season 23

6th Doctor: 14 episodes
The Inquisitor: 14 episodes
The Valeyard: 14 episodes
Peri Brown: 8 episodes
Mel Bush: 6 episodes
Sabalom Glitz: 6 episodes
Sil: 4 episodes
The Master: 2 episodes

Season 24

7th Doctor: 14 episodes
Mel Bush: 14 episodes
The Rani: 4 episodes
Ace: 3 episodes
Sabalom Glitz: 3 episodes
6th Doctor: 1 episosde

Season 25

7th Doctor: 14 episodes
Ace: 14 episodes
Davros: 1 episode

Season 26

7th Doctor: 14 episodes
Ace: 14 episodes
Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart: 4 episodes
The Master: 3 episodes

Series 1

9th Doctor: 13 episodes
Rose Tyler: 13 episodes
Micky Smith: 6 episodes
Jackie Tyler: 6 episodes
Jack Harkness: 5 episodes
Adam Mitchell: 2 episodes
Blon Fel Forch Pasameer Day Slitheen: 2 episodes
Harriet Jones: 2 episodes
Charles Dickens: 1 episode
Pete Tyler: 1 episode
Lady Cassandra: 1 episode
The Face of Boe: 1 episode
10th Doctor: 1 episode

Series 2

10th Doctor: 14 episodes
Rose Tyler: 14 episodes
Micky Smith: 8 episodes
Jackie Tyler: 7 episodes
Pete Tyler: 3 episodes
Jake Simmonds: 3 episodes
Sarah Jane Smith: 1 episode
K9: 1 episode
Harriet Jones: 1 episode
Lady Cassandra: 1 episode
The Face of Boe: 1 epiosde
Novice Hame: 1 episode
Donna Noble: 1 episode

Series 3

10th Doctor: 14 episodes
Martha Jones: 13 episodes
Francine Jones: 5 episodes
Tish Jones: 4 episodes
Clive Jones: 3 episodes
Leo Jones: 3 episodes
Jack Harkness: 3 episodes
The Master: 3 episodes
Miss Dexter: 2 episodes
Lucy Saxon: 2 episodes
Donna Noble: 1 episode
The Face of Boe: 1 episode
Novice Hame: 1 episode
Sylvia Noble: 1 episode
Queen Elizabeth I: 1 episode
Oliver Morganstan: 1 episode

Series 4

10th Doctor: 19 episodes
Donna Noble: 15 episodes
Wilfred Mott: 9 episodes
Sylvia Noble: 8 episodes
Rose Tyler: 7 episodes
Martha Jones: 6 episodes
Ood Sigma: 4 episodes
Jack Harkness: 3 episodes
Sarah Jane Smith: 3 episodes
Luke Smith: 3 episodes
Sergeant Harris: 3 episodes
Davros: 2 episodes
Micky Smith: 2 episodes
Jackie Tyler: 2 episodes
Captain Magambo: 2 episodes
Alonzo Frame: 2 episodes
The Master: 2 episodes
Rassalon: 2 episodes
Francine Jones: 2 episodes
River Song: 2 episodes
K9: 1 episode
Harriet Jones: 1 episode
Lucy Saxon: 1 episode
Oliver Morganstan: 1 episode
11th Doctor: 1 episode

Series 5

11th Doctor: 13 episodes
Amy Pond: 13 episodes
Rory Williams: 7 episodes
River Song: 4 episodes
Winston Churchill: 3 episodes
Liz 10: 2 episodes
Edwin Bracewell: 2 episodes
Vicent Van Goph: 2 episodes
Craig Owens: 1 episode
Sophie: 1 episode
Dannyboy: 1 episode
Malokeh: 1 episode
Dorium Mendalavor: 1 episode
Brian Williams: 1 episode

Series 6

11th Doctor: 14 episodes
Amy Pond: 14 episodes
Rory Williams: 14 episodes
Madam Kavarion: 7 episodes
River Song: 6 episodes
Canton Delaware: 3 episodes
Tescelata Captain: 2 episodes
Dorium Mendalavor: 2 episodes
Henry Avery: 2 episodes
Toby Avery: 2 episodes
Winston Churchill: 1 episode
Craig Owens: 1 episode
Sohie: 1 episode
Charles Dickens: 1 episode
Dannyboy: 1 episode
Malokeh: 1 episode
Madam Vastra: 1 episode
Jenny Flint: 1 episode
Strax: 1 episode

Series 7

11th Doctor: 17 episodes
Clara Osworld: 11 episodes
Amy Pond: 6 episodes
Rory Williams: 6 episodes
Artie Maitland: 4 episodes
Angie Maitland: 4 episodes
Madam Vastra: 3 episodes
Jenny Flint: 3 episodes
Strax: 3 episodes
The Great Intelligence: 3 episodes
River Song: 2 episodes
Brian Williams: 2 episodes
Kate Stewart: 2 episodes
The War Doctor: 2 episodes
12th Doctor: 2 episodes
The General: 2 episodes
10th Doctor: 1 episode
Rose Tyler: 1 episode
Queen Elizabeth I: 1 episode
Grannie Osworld: 1 episode

Series 8 

12th Doctor: 12 episodes
Clara Osworld: 12 episodes
Danny Pink: 10 episodes
The Master: 7 episodes
Courtney Woods: 3 episodes
Mr Armitage: 3 episodes
Seb: 3 episodes
Madam Vastra: 1 episode
Jenny Flint: 1 episode
Strax: 1 episode
11th Doctor: 1 episode
Grannie Osworld: 1 episode
Kate Stewart: 1 episode
Osgood: 1 episode
Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart: 1 episode