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)
- A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage as Ebenezer Scrooge
- Doctor Who: The Ultimate Evil as The 6th Doctor
- Doctor Who: Slipback as 6th Doctor
2024
- Doctor Who at the Proms as The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
2023
- Tales of the Tardis as The Doctor
- Buckle Up as Nick
- Christmas at the Holly Day Inn as Ben
- Talking Doctor Who as Self / The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
- Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals as Self - archive
- Secrets of a Wallaby Boy as Bruce (voice)
2022
- Remembers… as Self
- Minacious as DS Rawlins
2021
- The Ghosts of Borley Rectory as Charles Sutton
- You Might Get Lost as Conrad
2020
- The Big Night In as Self
2019
2018
- Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa as Self
- 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 Christmas Carol as Charles Dickens
- A Dozen Summers as The Narrator
2014
- Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
- Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison as Self
- Shadows of a Stranger as William Fallon
2013
- Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited as Self
- Tipping Point: Lucky Stars as Self - Contestant
- Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor as The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
- The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot as Self
- Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty as Self
- Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor as Self
- Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS as Self
- Doctor Who: Gallifrey as The Doctor
2012
2011
- Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
- Pointless Celebrities as Self
2008
- Doctor Who: The Next Doctor as The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
- The Ties That Bind Us as The Sixth Doctor / Commander Maxil (archive footage)
- Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
- Trials and Tribulations
- The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
- Now, Get Out of That
2007
- Kingdom as Mr. Dodds
- Davros Connections as (archival audio)
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (documentary)
2005
2004
- Hustle as Phil
2003
- The Afternoon Play as Judge
- The Story of Doctor Who
- 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
- Sunburn as John Buchanan
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert as Chauvel
- The Harpist
- The Waiting Time as Giles Fleming
- Adventures in Space and Time as Himself
- Soul's Ark as Galico
- 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
- The Knock as Donald Dewhurst
- PROBE: The Zero Imperative as Peter Russell
- The Stranger: The Terror Game as The Stranger / Soloman
- The Stranger: Breach of the Peace as The Stranger / Soloman
- Stranger than Fiction
- Doctor Who: The Colin Baker Years as Self - Presenter
1993
- GMTV as Self
- Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time as The 6th Doctor
- The Airzone Solution as Arnold Davies
- 30 Years in the TARDIS as Himself
- The Stranger: In Memory Alone as The Stranger
- 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: Terror of the Vervoids as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Mindwarp as The Doctor
- The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
- Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe as The Doctor
- Who's Who
1985
- Doctor Who's Who's Who as Doctor Who
- Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: The Two Doctors as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Timelash as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani as The Doctor
- A Fix with Sontarans as The Doctor
1984
- Swallows and Amazons Forever! as Dr. Dudgeon
- Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma as The Doctor
- Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani as The Doctor
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 as Bob Anderson
1973
- Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as George Barclay
1972
- The Brothers
- War & Peace as Anatole Kuragin
- The Edwardians as Joseph Laycock
- The Moonstone as John Herncastle
- Villains as Reporter
- The Moonstone as John Herncastle
1971
- Cousin Bette as Count Wenceslas Steinbock
1970
- The Roads to Freedom as Claude
- The Adventures of Don Quick as Rebel
1969
- The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder as Reigate
1965
- Public Eye as Town Hall Clerk
1963
- Doctor Who as Commander Maxil