Colin Baker
Born: 1943-06-08 in Waterloo, London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2025
- Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
- Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
2023
- Buckle Up as Nick
- Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals as Self - archive
- Tales of the Tardis as The Doctor
- Christmas at the Holly Day Inn as Ben
- Secrets of a Wallaby Boy as Bruce (voice)
- Talking Doctor Who as Self / The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
2022
- Location Location Location: Season 22 as Self
- In Conversation: Colin Baker as Self
- The Caller as DS Rawlins (voice)
- La Fiesta del Mal (The Feast of Evil) as Self
2021
- The Ghosts of Borley Rectory as Charles Sutton
- The Doctor's Table: Season 23 as Self
- You Might Get Lost as Conrad
2019
2018
- Remembering Deborah Watling as Self
2016
- Last Man on Earth as Professor James Friedkin
2015
- Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song as The Doctor (6) (picture) (uncredited)
- A Dozen Summers as The Narrator
- A Christmas Carol as Charles Dickens
2014
- Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
- Shadows of a Stranger as William Fallon
- Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison as Self
2013
- Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor as Self
- The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot as Self
- Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty as Self
- Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited as Self
- Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor as The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
- Doctor Who: Yellow Fever and How to Cure It as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Gallifrey as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS as Self
2012
2011
- Pointless Celebrities as Self
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
2009
- Look 100 Years Younger as Self
- The Cold War as Self
2008
- Doctor Who: The Next Doctor as The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
- Trials and Tribulations
- The Ties That Bind Us as The Sixth Doctor / Commander Maxil (archive footage)
- The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
- Now, Get Out of That
- Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
- The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord: Part One, Mysterious Planet as Self
- The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord: Part Two, Mindwarp as Self
2007
- Davros Connections as (archival audio)
- Kingdom as Mr. Dodds
- Anti-Matter from Amsterdam as Self
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as Self
2006
2005
2004
- Hustle as Phil
2003
- The Story of Doctor Who
- The Afternoon Play as Judge
- Adventures in Time and Spain as (archive footage)
2002
- I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! as Self
- Doctor Who: Real Time as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Real Time as The Doctor
2001
2000
- TravelWise as Jonathan Pike
- The Asylum as Arbuthnot
1999
- The Harpist
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert as Chauvel
- Soul's Ark as Galico
- Sunburn as John Buchanan
- Adventures in Space and Time as Himself
- The Waiting Time as Giles Fleming
- Carnival of Monsters
1997
- Jonathan Creek as Hedley Shale
- A Dance to the Music of Time as Canon Fenneau
- Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
1995
1994
- PROBE: The Zero Imperative as Peter Russell
- The Knock
- The Stranger: Breach of the Peace as The Stranger / Soloman
- Doctor Who: The Colin Baker Years as Self - Presenter
- Stranger than Fiction
- The Stranger: The Terror Game as The Stranger / Soloman
1993
- GMTV as Self
- Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time as The 6th Doctor
- The Airzone Solution as Arnold Davies
- The Stranger: In Memory Alone as The Stranger
- 30 Years in the TARDIS as Himself
- Bigger Inside Than Out as Narrator
1992
- The Stranger: More Than a Messiah as The Stranger
- Doctor Who: Cybermen - The Early Years as Self - Host
1991
- Pebble Mill as Self
- The Stranger as The Stranger
- The Stranger: Summoned by Shadows as The Stranger
- The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
1990
1986
- Casualty as Colin Miles
- Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Mindwarp as The Doctor
- Who's Who
- The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
1985
- Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: The Two Doctors as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani as The Doctor
- Doctor Who's Who's Who as Doctor Who
- A Fix with Sontarans as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Timelash as The Doctor
1984
- Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma as The Doctor
- Swallows and Amazons Forever! as Dr. Dudgeon
1983
- Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity as Commander Maxil
1981
- Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective as William Lind
1978
- Blake's 7 as Bayban
1975
- Jim'll Fix It as Doctor Who
- Drive Carefully, Darling as Brain
1974
- Fall of Eagles as Crown Prince Willie
- The Carnforth Practice
1973
- Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as George Barclay
1972
- The Moonstone as John Herncastle
- The Edwardians as Joseph Laycock
- The Brothers
- War & Peace as Anatole Kuragin
- The Moonstone as John Herncastle
1971
- Cousin Bette as Count Wenceslas Steinbock
1970
- The Adventures of Don Quick as Rebel
- The Roads to Freedom as Claude
1969
- The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder as Reigate
1965
- Public Eye as Town Hall Clerk
1963
- Doctor Who as Commander Maxil