Colin Baker
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Colin Baker (born 8 June 1943) is an English actor who played Paul Merroney in the BBC drama series The Brothers from 1974 to 1976 and the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1984 to 1986. Baker's tenure as the Doctor proved to be a controversial era for the series, which included a hiatus in production and his subsequent replacement on the orders of BBC executive Michael Grade.
Known for
Credits
Minacious (2022)
as DS Rawlins
Danny Boy (—)
as Fred
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)
as The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
The Harpist (1999)
Actor
PROBE: The Zero Imperative (1994)
as Peter Russell
Doctor Who at the Proms (2024)
as The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
The Big Night In (2020)
as Self
Doctor Who: Mindwarp (1986)
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS (2013)
as Self
Who's Who (1986)
Actor
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song (2015)
as The Doctor (6) (picture) (uncredited)
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (2013)
as Self
TravelWise (2000)
as Jonathan Pike
Doctor Who: A New Dimension (2005)
as Self
The Ties That Bind Us (2008)
as The Sixth Doctor / Commander Maxil (archive footage)
Talking Doctor Who (2023)
as Self / The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor (2008)
as The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
The Airzone Solution (1993)
as Arnold Davies
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids (1986)
as The Doctor
A Fix with Sontarans (1985)
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma (1984)
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War (2025)
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks (1985)
as The Doctor
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV (1990)
Actor
A Christmas Carol (2015)
as Charles Dickens
Adventures in Space and Time (1999)
as Himself
Stranger than Fiction (1994)
Actor
The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event (1991)
Actor
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective (1981)
as William Lind
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (documentary) (2007)
Actor
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor (2013)
as Self
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI (1986)
Actor
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion (2014)
as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert (1999)
as Chauvel
Doctor Who: Timelash (1985)
as The Doctor
A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage (2025)
as Ebenezer Scrooge
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993)
as The 6th Doctor
Doctor Who: The Two Doctors (1985)
as The Doctor
A Dozen Summers (2015)
as The Narrator
The Story of Doctor Who (2003)
Actor
The PanoptiCon Tapes V (1990)
Actor
Drive Carefully, Darling (1975)
as Brain
You Might Get Lost (2021)
as Conrad
Doctor Who: The Colin Baker Years (1994)
as Self - Presenter
30 Years in the TARDIS (1993)
as Himself
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity (1983)
as Commander Maxil
Buckle Up (2023)
as Nick
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty (2013)
as Self
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond (1995)
Actor
The Moonstone (1972)
as John Herncastle
The PanoptiCon Tapes II (1990)
Actor
Bigger Inside Than Out (1993)
as Narrator
Davros Connections (2007)
as (archival audio)
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison (2014)
as Self
Carnival of Monsters (1999)
Actor
Secrets of a Wallaby Boy (2023)
as Bruce (voice)
The PanoptiCon Tapes III (1990)
Actor
The Waiting Time (1999)
as Giles Fleming
Doctor Who: Real Time (2002)
as The Doctor
Christmas at the Holly Day Inn (2023)
as Ben
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe (1986)
as The Doctor
The Ghosts of Borley Rectory (2021)
as Charles Sutton
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos (1985)
as The Doctor
The Stranger: Summoned by Shadows (1991)
as The Stranger
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals (2023)
as Self - archive
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up (1997)
Actor
The Doctor Who Cookbook Revisited (2019)
as Self
The Stranger: The Terror Game (1994)
as The Stranger / Soloman
The Home Whovian (2001)
Actor
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen (1985)
as The Doctor
The Asylum (2000)
as Arbuthnot
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani (1984)
as The Doctor
The Stranger: Breach of the Peace (1994)
as The Stranger / Soloman
Now, Get Out of That (2008)
Actor
Trials and Tribulations (2008)
Actor
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen (1995)
Actor
Shadows of a Stranger (2014)
as William Fallon
Doctor Who: Cybermen - The Early Years (1992)
as Self - Host
Soul's Ark (1999)
as Galico
The Stranger: Eye of the Beholder (1995)
as The Stranger / Soloman
Lords and Luddites: Making 'The Mark of the Rani' (2006)
Actor
Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani (1985)
as The Doctor
Remembering Deborah Watling (2018)
as Self
Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner (2019)
as Himself
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord (2008)
Actor
The Stranger: In Memory Alone (1993)
as The Stranger
The Stranger: More Than a Messiah (1992)
as The Stranger
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet (1986)
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Trial (2019)
as Self
Last Man on Earth (2016)
as Professor James Friedkin
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years (2019)
Actor
Adventures in Time and Spain (2003)
as (archive footage)
Built for War: The Sontaran Story (2006)
Actor
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 (2008)
Actor