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

Doctor Who

Casualty

Casualty

Hustle

Wogan

GMTV

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

All Movies (94)

• A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage2025 · as Ebenezer Scrooge
• Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War2025 · as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Doctor Who at the Proms2024 · as The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
• Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals2023 · as Self - archive
• Christmas at the Holly Day Inn2023 · as Ben
• Talking Doctor Who2023 · as Self / The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
• Buckle Up2023 · as Nick
• Secrets of a Wallaby Boy2023 · as Bruce (voice)
• Minacious2022 · as DS Rawlins
• The Ghosts of Borley Rectory2021 · as Charles Sutton
• You Might Get Lost2021 · as Conrad
• The Big Night In2020 · as Self
• Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner2019 · as Himself
• The Doctor Who Cookbook Revisited2019 · as Self
• The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years2019
• Doctor Who: The Trial2019 · as Self
• Remembering Deborah Watling2018 · as Self
• Last Man on Earth2016 · as Professor James Friedkin
• Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song2015 · as The Doctor (6) (picture) (uncredited)
• A Christmas Carol2015 · as Charles Dickens
• A Dozen Summers2015 · as The Narrator
• Shadows of a Stranger2014 · as William Fallon
• Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion2014 · as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
• Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison2014 · as Self
• Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty2013 · as Self
• The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot2013 · as Self
• Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor2013 · as The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
• Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS2013 · as Self
• Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor2013 · as Self
• Doctor Who: The Next Doctor2008 · as The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
• Trials and Tribulations2008
• The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord2008
• Now, Get Out of That2008
• Celebration: Doctor Who in 19832008
• The Ties That Bind Us2008 · as The Sixth Doctor / Commander Maxil (archive footage)
• Davros Connections2007 · as (archival audio)
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (documentary)2007
• Built for War: The Sontaran Story2006
• Lords and Luddites: Making 'The Mark of the Rani'2006
• Doctor Who: A New Dimension2005 · as Self
• The Story of Doctor Who2003
• Adventures in Time and Spain2003 · as (archive footage)
• Doctor Who: Real Time2002 · as The Doctor
• The Home Whovian2001
• TravelWise2000 · as Jonathan Pike
• The Asylum2000 · as Arbuthnot
• Adventures in Space and Time1999 · as Himself
• Carnival of Monsters1999
• The Waiting Time1999 · as Giles Fleming
• The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert1999 · as Chauvel
• The Harpist1999
• Soul's Ark1999 · as Galico
• Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up1997
• The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond1995
• The Stranger: Eye of the Beholder1995 · as The Stranger / Soloman
• Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen1995
• The Stranger: Breach of the Peace1994 · as The Stranger / Soloman
• Doctor Who: The Colin Baker Years1994 · as Self - Presenter
• PROBE: The Zero Imperative1994 · as Peter Russell
• The Stranger: The Terror Game1994 · as The Stranger / Soloman
• Stranger than Fiction1994
• 30 Years in the TARDIS1993 · as Himself
• Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time1993 · as The 6th Doctor
• Bigger Inside Than Out1993 · as Narrator
• The Airzone Solution1993 · as Arnold Davies
• The Stranger: In Memory Alone1993 · as The Stranger
• Doctor Who: Cybermen - The Early Years1992 · as Self - Host
• The Stranger: More Than a Messiah1992 · as The Stranger
• The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event1991
• The Stranger: Summoned by Shadows1991 · as The Stranger
• The PanoptiCon Tapes V1990
• The PanoptiCon Tapes IV1990
• The PanoptiCon Tapes III1990
• The PanoptiCon Tapes II1990
• Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe1986 · as The Doctor
• The PanoptiCon Tapes VI1986
• Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids1986 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: Mindwarp1986 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet1986 · as The Doctor
• Who's Who1986
• Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks1985 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: Timelash1985 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: The Two Doctors1985 · as The Doctor
• A Fix with Sontarans1985 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani1985 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos1985 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen1985 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma1984 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani1984 · as The Doctor
• Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity1983 · as Commander Maxil
• Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective1981 · as William Lind
• Drive Carefully, Darling1975 · as Brain
• The Moonstone1972 · as John Herncastle
• Danny Boy— · as Fred

All TV Shows (45)

• Tales of the Tardis2023 · as The Doctor
• Remembers…2022 · as Self
• Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa2018 · as Self
• Tipping Point: Lucky Stars2013 · as Self - Contestant
• Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited2013 · as Self
• BBC Comedy Feeds2012
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip2011 · as Self - Participant
• Pointless Celebrities2011 · as Self
• Kingdom2007 · as Mr. Dodds
• Doctor Who Confidential2005
• Hustle2004 · as Phil
• The Afternoon Play2003 · as Judge
• I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!2002 · as Self
• Doctor Who: Real Time2002 · as The Doctor
• Sunburn1999 · as John Buchanan
• A Dance to the Music of Time1997 · as Canon Fenneau
• Jonathan Creek1997 · as Hedley Shale
• The Knock1994 · as Donald Dewhurst
• The Knock1994 · as Desmond Dewhurst
• GMTV1993 · as Self
• Pebble Mill1991 · as Self
• The Stranger1991 · as The Stranger
• Casualty1986 · as Colin Miles
• Casualty1986 · as David Vincent
• Doctor Who's Who's Who1985 · as Doctor Who
• Swallows and Amazons Forever!1984 · as Dr. Dudgeon
• Countdown1982
• Wogan1982 · as Self
• Blake's 71978 · as Bayban
• Jim'll Fix It1975 · as Doctor Who
• The Carnforth Practice1974 · as Bob Anderson
• Fall of Eagles1974 · as Crown Prince Willie
• Orson Welles' Great Mysteries1973 · as George Barclay
• The Edwardians1972 · as Joseph Laycock
• War & Peace1972 · as Anatole Kuragin
• Villains1972 · as Reporter
• The Brothers1972 · as Paul Merroney
• The Moonstone1972 · as John Herncastle
• Cousin Bette1971 · as Count Wenceslas Steinbock
• The Adventures of Don Quick1970 · as Rebel
• The Roads to Freedom1970 · as Claude
• The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder1969 · as Reigate
• Public Eye1965 · as Town Hall Clerk
• Doctor Who1963 · as Commander Maxil
• Doctor Who1963 · as The Doctor