The current Doctor is the tenth.
The incumbent Doctor is the Twelfth Doctor , played by Peter Capaldi , who succeeded Matt Smith in the role in the 2013 Christmas special `` The Time of the Doctor '' after he was granted a new `` cycle '' of regenerations by the Time Lords .	Matt Smith	Matt Smith (actor)	Peter Capaldi	Peter Capaldi	Twelfth	Twelfth Doctor	Twelfth Doctor	Twelfth Doctor	The Time of the Doctor	The Time of the Doctor
