Colin Baker

Personal Info

Birthday

June 8, 1943

(82 years old)

Place of Birth

Waterloo, London, England, UK

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

Doctor Who

Hustle

Casualty

Jonathan Creek

Public Eye

Blake's 7

Kingdom

Jim'll Fix It

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
Christmas at the Holly Day Inn
as Ben
Talking Doctor Who
as Self / The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
Buckle Up
as Nick
Secrets of a Wallaby Boy
as Bruce (voice)
2022
The Caller
as DS Rawlins (voice)
2021
The Ghosts of Borley Rectory
as Charles Sutton
You Might Get Lost
as Conrad
2019
Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner
as Himself
The Doctor Who Cookbook Revisited
as Self
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)
A Christmas Carol
as Charles Dickens
A Dozen Summers
as The Narrator
2014
Shadows of a Stranger
as William Fallon
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
as Self
2013
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: Tales from the TARDIS
as Self
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
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)
2007
Davros Connections
as (archival audio)
2005
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
as Self
2000
TravelWise
as Jonathan Pike
The Asylum
as Arbuthnot
1999
Adventures in Space and Time
as Himself
The Waiting Time
as Giles Fleming
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
as Chauvel
Soul's Ark
as Galico
1995
The Stranger: Eye of the Beholder
as The Stranger / Soloman
1994
The Stranger: Breach of the Peace
as The Stranger / Soloman
Doctor Who: The Colin Baker Years
as Self - Presenter
The Stranger: The Terror Game
as The Stranger / Soloman
The Zero Imperative
as Peter Russell
1993
30 Years in the TARDIS
as Himself
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as The 6th Doctor
Bigger Inside Than Out
as Narrator
The Airzone Solution
as Arnold Davies
The Stranger: In Memory Alone
as The Stranger
1992
Doctor Who: Cybermen - The Early Years
as Self - Host
The Stranger: More Than a Messiah
as The Stranger
1991
The Stranger: Summoned by Shadows
as The Stranger
1986
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
as The Doctor
1985
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Timelash
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Two Doctors
as The Doctor
A Fix with Sontarans
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen
as The Doctor
1984
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
as Sixth Doctor
1983
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
as Commander Maxil
1981
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
as William Lind
1975
Drive Carefully, Darling
as Brain
1972
The Moonstone
as John Herncastle