Colin Baker
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Doctor Who
Commander Maxil
1963
Series
Doctor Who
The Doctor
1963
Series
Casualty
Colin Miles
1986
Series
Casualty
David Vincent
1986
Series
Wogan
Self
1982
Series
Hustle
Phil
2004
Series
Pointless Celebrities
Self
2011
Series
GMTV
Self
1993
Series
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
2011
Pebble Mill
Self
1991
Series
Blake's 7
Bayban
1978
Series
Remembers…
Self
2022
Series
Jonathan Creek
Hedley Shale
1997
Series
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Series
Public Eye
Town Hall Clerk
1965
Series
The Brothers
Paul Merroney
1972
Series
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
George Barclay
1973
Series
Kingdom
Mr. Dodds
2007
Series
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
Self
2018
Series
Jim'll Fix It
Doctor Who
1975
BBC Comedy Feeds
2012
Series
The Knock
Donald Dewhurst
1994
Series
The Knock
Desmond Dewhurst
1994
Series
The Afternoon Play
Judge
2003
Series
Tipping Point: Lucky Stars
Self - Contestant
2013
Series
Fall of Eagles
Crown Prince Willie
1974
Series
A Dance to the Music of Time
Canon Fenneau
1997
Series
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Self
2002
Film
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
2013
Series
Tales of the Tardis
The Doctor
2023
Series
The Edwardians
Joseph Laycock
1972
Series
War & Peace
Anatole Kuragin
1972
Series
Countdown
1982
Series
Cousin Bette
Count Wenceslas Steinbock
1971
Series
Villains
Reporter
1972
Series
Sunburn
John Buchanan
1999
Series
The Stranger
The Stranger
1991
Series
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
Self
2013
Series
The Moonstone
John Herncastle
1972
Film
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
The Doctor (6) (picture) (uncredited)
2015
Series
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
Reigate
1969
Series
The Adventures of Don Quick
Rebel
1970
Film
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
2024
Series
The Roads to Freedom
Claude
1970
Danny Boy
Fred
Film
The Big Night In
Self
2020
Series
The Carnforth Practice
Bob Anderson
1974
Film
Minacious
DS Rawlins
2022
Film
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
2008
Film
Who's Who
1986
Film
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
2014
Film
Talking Doctor Who
Self / The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
2023
Film
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Self
2013
Film
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
The Doctor
1986
Film
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
The Doctor
1985
Film
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Self
2005
Film
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Self
2013
Film
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
William Lind
1981
Film
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
The Doctor
1984
Film
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
Chauvel
1999
Series
Doctor Who's Who's Who
Doctor Who
1985
Film
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Self
2013
Film
The Ghosts of Borley Rectory
Charles Sutton
2021
Film
The Ties That Bind Us
The Sixth Doctor / Commander Maxil (archive footage)
2008
Film
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
Peter Russell
1994
Swallows and Amazons Forever!
Dr. Dudgeon
1984
Film
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
Film
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
Self
2013
Film
The Harpist
1999
Film
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
The Doctor
1986
Film
You Might Get Lost
Conrad
2021
Film
Adventures in Space and Time
Himself
1999
Film
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
Commander Maxil
1983
Film
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
The Doctor
1984
Film
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
2015
Film
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
The 6th Doctor
1993
Film
TravelWise
Jonathan Pike
2000
Film
Christmas at the Holly Day Inn
Ben
2023
Series
Doctor Who: Real Time
The Doctor
2002
Film
A Dozen Summers
The Narrator
2015
Film
Doctor Who: The Two Doctors
The Doctor
1985
Film
Buckle Up
Nick
2023
Film
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
The Doctor
1985
Film
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
1986
Film
Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani
The Doctor
1985
Film
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Self - archive
2023
Film
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
Film
30 Years in the TARDIS
Himself
1993
Film
The Airzone Solution
Arnold Davies
1993
Film
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
1990
Film
Last Man on Earth
Professor James Friedkin
2016
Film
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
Film
Adventures in Time and Spain
(archive footage)
2003
Film
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Film
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
The Doctor
1986
Film
Doctor Who: Timelash
The Doctor
1985
Film
The Moonstone
John Herncastle
1972
Film
The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
1991
Film
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
The Doctor
1986
Film
Davros Connections
(archival audio)
2007
Film
Secrets of a Wallaby Boy
Bruce (voice)
2023
Film
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (documentary)
2007
Film
Carnival of Monsters
1999
Film
The Stranger: More Than a Messiah
The Stranger
1992
Film
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen
The Doctor
1985
Film
A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage
Ebenezer Scrooge
2025
Film
A Fix with Sontarans
The Doctor
1985
Film
The Asylum
Arbuthnot
2000
Film
Lords and Luddites: Making 'The Mark of the Rani'
2006
Film
Drive Carefully, Darling
Brain
1975
Film
The PanoptiCon Tapes II
1990
Film
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
1997
Film
The Waiting Time
Giles Fleming
1999
Film
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
2006
Film
The Stranger: The Terror Game
The Stranger / Soloman
1994
Film
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
1995
Film
Trials and Tribulations
2008
Film
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
Self
2014
Film
The PanoptiCon Tapes V
1990
Film
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
2019
Film
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
2008
Film
The Stranger: Eye of the Beholder
The Stranger / Soloman
1995
Film
Doctor Who: Real Time
The Doctor
2002
Film
The Doctor Who Cookbook Revisited
Self
2019
Film
The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1990
Film
The Home Whovian
2001
Film
Doctor Who: The Colin Baker Years
Self - Presenter
1994
Film
Remembering Deborah Watling
Self
2018
Film
Now, Get Out of That
2008
Film
Stranger than Fiction
1994
Film
The Stranger: Breach of the Peace
The Stranger / Soloman
1994
Film
Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner
Himself
2019
Film
The Stranger: Summoned by Shadows
The Stranger
1991
Film
Shadows of a Stranger
William Fallon
2014
Film
Doctor Who: The Trial
Self
2019
Film
Soul's Ark
Galico
1999
Film
Bigger Inside Than Out
Narrator
1993
Film
The Stranger: In Memory Alone
The Stranger
1993
Film
Doctor Who: Cybermen - The Early Years
Self - Host
1992