The various children in the film are played by different actors as they age.

The film thus has same character played by two different actors.

They are, as a matter of fact, exactly the same, though spoken by different actors.

The role has been played by four different actors.

Tom has been played by 13 different actors since the character's birth in 1961.

Because of this the Doctor could be played by different actors.

Certainly characters come and go in any series, but the idea of having the very same person played by two different actors is frowned on.

Between 1963 and 1989 seven different actors played the part.

The mandates of the different actors must be clearly defined.

There were also several characters carried over from the movie, played by different actors.