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
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
2024
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Self - archive
2023
Christmas at the Holly Day Inn
Ben
2023
Talking Doctor Who
Self / The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
2023
Tales of the Tardis
The Doctor · (1 episode)
2023
Buckle Up
Nick
2023
Secrets of a Wallaby Boy
Bruce (voice)
2023
The Caller
DS Rawlins (voice)
2022
The Ghosts of Borley Rectory
Charles Sutton
2021
You Might Get Lost
Conrad
2021
Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner
Himself
2019
The Doctor Who Cookbook Revisited
Self
2019
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
2019
Doctor Who: The Trial
Self
2019
Remembering Deborah Watling
Self
2018
Classic Doctor Who Comic-Con Panel
Self
2017
Last Man on Earth
Professor James Friedkin
2016
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
The Doctor (6) (picture) (uncredited)
2015
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
2015
A Dozen Summers
The Narrator
2015
Shadows of a Stranger
William Fallon
2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
Self
2014
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Self
2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Self
2013
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
2013
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
Self
2013
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Self
2013
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
Self · (11 episodes)
2013
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant · (1 episode)
2011
Pointless Celebrities
Self · (1 episode)
2011
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
2008
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
2008
Trials and Tribulations
2008
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
The Ties That Bind Us
The Sixth Doctor / Commander Maxil (archive footage)
2008
Davros Connections
(archival audio)
2007
Kingdom
Mr. Dodds · (1 episode)
2007
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
2006
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Self
2005
Doctor Who Confidential
(10 episodes)
2005
Hustle
Phil · (1 episode)
2004
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Doctor Who: Real Time
The Doctor
2002
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Self · (13 episodes)
2002
Doctor Who: Real Time
The Doctor · (6 episodes)
2002
The Home Whovian
2001
TravelWise
Jonathan Pike
2000
The Asylum
Arbuthnot
2000
Adventures in Space and Time
Himself
1999
Carnival of Monsters
1999
The Waiting Time
Giles Fleming
1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
Chauvel
1999
The Harpist
1999
Sunburn
John Buchanan · (1 episode)
1999
Soul's Ark
Galico
1999
A Dance to the Music of Time
Canon Fenneau · (4 episodes)
1997
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
1997
Jonathan Creek
Hedley Shale · (1 episode)
1997
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
The Stranger: Eye of the Beholder
The Stranger / Soloman
1995
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
1995
The Stranger: Breach of the Peace
The Stranger / Soloman
1994
The Knock
(1 episode)
1994
Doctor Who: The Colin Baker Years
Himself
1994
The Zero Imperative
Peter Russell
1994
The Stranger: The Terror Game
The Stranger / Soloman
1994
Stranger than Fiction
1994
30 Years in the TARDIS
Himself
1993
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
The 6th Doctor
1993
Bigger Inside Than Out
Narrator
1993
The Airzone Solution
Arnold Davies
1993
The Stranger: In Memory Alone
The Stranger
1993
GMTV
Self · (1 episode)
1993
Doctor Who: Cybermen - The Early Years
Host
1992
The Stranger: More Than a Messiah
The Stranger
1992
Pebble Mill
Self · (1 episode)
1991
The Stranger: Summoned by Shadows
The Stranger
1991
The Stranger
(8 episodes)
1991
Myth Makers 19: Colin Baker
1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes V
1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes II
1990
The PanoptiCon Tapes
1990
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
The Doctor
1986
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
1986
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
The Doctor
1986
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
The Doctor
1986
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
The Doctor
1986
Casualty
Colin Miles · (1 episode)
1986
Casualty
David Vincent · (1 episode)
1986
Who's Who
1986
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
The Doctor
1985
Doctor Who: Timelash
The Doctor
1985
Doctor Who: The Two Doctors
The Doctor
1985
A Fix with Sontarans
The Doctor
1985
Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani
The Doctor
1985
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
The Doctor
1985
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen
The Doctor
1985
Doctor Who's Who's Who
Doctor Who · (1 episode)
1985
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
The Doctor
1984
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
Sixth Doctor
1984
Swallows and Amazons Forever!
Dr. Dudgeon · (8 episodes)
1984
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
Commander Maxil
1983
Countdown
(6 episodes)
1982
Wogan
Self · (1 episode)
1982
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
William Lind
1981
Blake's 7
Bayban · (1 episode)
1978
Jim'll Fix It
Doctor Who · (1 episode)
1975
Drive Carefully, Darling
Brain
1975
The Carnforth Practice
(1 episode)
1974
Fall of Eagles
Crown Prince Willie · (1 episode)
1974
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
George Barclay · (1 episode)
1973
The Edwardians
Joseph Laycock · (1 episode)
1972
War & Peace
Anatole Kuragin · (3 episodes)
1972
The Brothers
(92 episodes)
1972
The Moonstone
John Herncastle
1972
Cousin Bette
Count Wenceslas Steinbock · (5 episodes)
1971
The Roads to Freedom
Claude · (13 episodes)
1970
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
Reigate · (1 episode)
1969
Public Eye
Town Hall Clerk · (1 episode)
1965
Doctor Who
Commander Maxil · (3 episodes)
1963
Doctor Who
The Doctor · (30 episodes)
1963