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

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Doctor Who at the Proms

2024 ⭐ 7.2

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Christmas at the Holly Day Inn

2023 ⭐ 6.7

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Secrets of a Wallaby Boy

2023 ⭐ 10.0

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You Might Get Lost

2021 ⭐ 6.2

Career timeline

2025

A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage

Ebenezer Scrooge · 2025

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

The Doctor (archive footage) ( · 2025

⭐ 5.4

2024

Doctor Who at the Proms Notable

The Doctor (6) (archive footag · 2024

⭐ 7.2

2023

Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals

Self - archive · 2023

⭐ 4.7

Christmas at the Holly Day Inn

Ben · 2023

⭐ 6.7

Talking Doctor Who

Self / The Doctor (6) (archive · 2023

⭐ 5.0

2022

Minacious

DS Rawlins · 2022

⭐ 5.0

2021

The Ghosts of Borley Rectory

Charles Sutton · 2021

⭐ 4.8

You Might Get Lost

Conrad · 2021

⭐ 6.2

2020

The Big Night In Notable

Self · 2020

⭐ 9.0

2019

Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner

Himself · 2019

The Doctor Who Cookbook Revisited

Self · 2019

The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years

2019

2018

Remembering Deborah Watling Notable

Self · 2018

⭐ 8.0

2016

Last Man on Earth

Professor James Friedkin · 2016

2015

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song Notable

The Doctor (6) (picture) (uncr · 2015

⭐ 8.0

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens · 2015

⭐ 5.8

A Dozen Summers

The Narrator · 2015

⭐ 4.3

2014

Shadows of a Stranger

William Fallon · 2014

⭐ 6.0

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion Notable

Self / The Doctor (archive foo · 2014

⭐ 8.1

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison

Self · 2014

2013

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty Notable

Self · 2013

⭐ 9.0

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot Notable

Self · 2013

⭐ 7.8

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor Notable

The Doctor (6) (archive footag · 2013

⭐ 8.2

2008

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor Notable

The Doctor (6) (archive footag · 2008

⭐ 7.4

Trials and Tribulations

2008

The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord

2008

2007

Davros Connections

(archival audio) · 2007

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (documentary)

2007

2006

Built for War: The Sontaran Story Notable

2006

⭐ 7.0

Lords and Luddites: Making 'The Mark of the Rani'

2006

2005

Doctor Who: A New Dimension Notable

Self · 2005

⭐ 9.0

2003

The Story of Doctor Who Notable

2003

⭐ 8.0

Adventures in Time and Spain

(archive footage) · 2003

2002

Doctor Who: Real Time

The Doctor · 2002

⭐ 6.7

2001

The Home Whovian

2001

2000

TravelWise Notable

Jonathan Pike · 2000

⭐ 10.0

The Asylum

Arbuthnot · 2000

⭐ 5.7

Frequently appears with

Catherine Tate

Self - Host / Donna Noble

Ncuti Gatwa

The Doctor (15)

Millie Gibson

Ruby Sunday (archive foot

Karen Gillan

Amy Pond (archive footage

Christopher Eccleston

The Doctor (9) (archive f

Tamla Kari

Emma

Kevin Leslie

Oliver

Anita Dobson

Molly

Philip Martin Brown

Larry

Full filmography

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A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage

2025

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Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

2025 ⭐ 5.4

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Doctor Who at the Proms

2024 ⭐ 7.2

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Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals

2023 ⭐ 4.7

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Christmas at the Holly Day Inn

2023 ⭐ 6.7

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Talking Doctor Who

2023 ⭐ 5.0

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Buckle Up

2023 ⭐ 2.0

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Secrets of a Wallaby Boy

2023 ⭐ 10.0

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Minacious

2022 ⭐ 5.0

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The Ghosts of Borley Rectory

2021 ⭐ 4.8

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You Might Get Lost

2021 ⭐ 6.2

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The Big Night In

2020 ⭐ 9.0

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Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner

2019

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The Doctor Who Cookbook Revisited

2019

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The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years

2019

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Doctor Who: The Trial

2019

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Remembering Deborah Watling

2018 ⭐ 8.0

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Last Man on Earth

2016

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Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

2015 ⭐ 8.0

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A Christmas Carol

2015 ⭐ 5.8