Colin Baker

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.

Known For

Shadows of a Stranger
Shadows of a Stranger
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
A Dozen Summers
A Dozen Summers
The Waiting Time
The Waiting Time
You Might Get Lost
You Might Get Lost
Secrets of a Wallaby Boy
Secrets of a Wallaby Boy

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 Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
as Self - archive
2023 Christmas at the Holly Day Inn
as Ben
2023 Talking Doctor Who
as Self / The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
2023 Tales of the Tardis
as The Doctor
2023 Buckle Up
as Nick
2023 Secrets of a Wallaby Boy
as Bruce (voice)
2022 The Caller
as DS Rawlins (voice)
2021 The Ghosts of Borley Rectory
as Charles Sutton
2021 You Might Get Lost
as Conrad
2019 Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner
as Himself
2019 The Doctor Who Cookbook Revisited
as Self
2019 The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
as
2019 Doctor Who: The Trial
as Self
2018 Remembering Deborah Watling
as Self
2017 Classic Doctor Who Comic-Con Panel
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)
2015 A Christmas Carol
as Charles Dickens