Colin Baker
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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
Credits
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)
as The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song (2015)
as The Doctor (6) (picture) (uncredited)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert (1999)
as Chauvel
Minacious (2022)
as DS Rawlins
The Big Night In (2020)
as Self
Doctor Who at the Proms (2024)
as The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
Who's Who (1986)
Actor
Danny Boy (—)
as Fred
The Ghosts of Borley Rectory (2021)
as Charles Sutton
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor (2008)
as The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Mindwarp (1986)
as The Doctor
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (2013)
as Self
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War (2025)
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
You Might Get Lost (2021)
as Conrad
The Harpist (1999)
Actor
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks (1985)
as The Doctor
A Christmas Carol (2015)
as Charles Dickens
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison (2014)
as Self
Talking Doctor Who (2023)
as Self / The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty (2013)
as Self
30 Years in the TARDIS (1993)
as Himself
The Ties That Bind Us (2008)
as The Sixth Doctor / Commander Maxil (archive footage)
Doctor Who: A New Dimension (2005)
as Self
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids (1986)
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS (2013)
as Self
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond (1995)
Actor
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma (1984)
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Timelash (1985)
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion (2014)
as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani (1984)
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals (2023)
as Self - archive
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective (1981)
as William Lind
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993)
as The 6th Doctor
A Dozen Summers (2015)
as The Narrator
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen (1995)
Actor
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet (1986)
as The Doctor
PROBE: The Zero Imperative (1994)
as Peter Russell
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity (1983)
as Commander Maxil
The Airzone Solution (1993)
as Arnold Davies
Buckle Up (2023)
as Nick
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor (2013)
as Self
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI (1986)
Actor
Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani (1985)
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos (1985)
as The Doctor
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe (1986)
as The Doctor
The Stranger: More Than a Messiah (1992)
as The Stranger
A Fix with Sontarans (1985)
as The Doctor
The Stranger: The Terror Game (1994)
as The Stranger / Soloman
Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner (2019)
as Himself
Adventures in Space and Time (1999)
as Himself
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (documentary) (2007)
Actor
The Asylum (2000)
as Arbuthnot
Christmas at the Holly Day Inn (2023)
as Ben
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 (2008)
Actor
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV (1990)
Actor
The PanoptiCon Tapes II (1990)
Actor
TravelWise (2000)
as Jonathan Pike
The Story of Doctor Who (2003)
Actor
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen (1985)
as The Doctor
A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage (2025)
as Ebenezer Scrooge
Doctor Who: Real Time (2002)
as The Doctor
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up (1997)
Actor
The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event (1991)
Actor
Doctor Who: The Two Doctors (1985)
as The Doctor
The PanoptiCon Tapes III (1990)
Actor
Built for War: The Sontaran Story (2006)
Actor
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord (2008)
Actor
Soul's Ark (1999)
as Galico
The Stranger: Summoned by Shadows (1991)
as The Stranger
Last Man on Earth (2016)
as Professor James Friedkin
The Waiting Time (1999)
as Giles Fleming
Carnival of Monsters (1999)
Actor
Secrets of a Wallaby Boy (2023)
as Bruce (voice)
The Stranger: Eye of the Beholder (1995)
as The Stranger / Soloman
Davros Connections (2007)
as (archival audio)
The PanoptiCon Tapes V (1990)
Actor
The Stranger: In Memory Alone (1993)
as The Stranger
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years (2019)
Actor
Now, Get Out of That (2008)
Actor
The Stranger: Breach of the Peace (1994)
as The Stranger / Soloman
The Doctor Who Cookbook Revisited (2019)
as Self
Doctor Who: The Colin Baker Years (1994)
as Self - Presenter
Doctor Who: Cybermen - The Early Years (1992)
as Self - Host
Doctor Who: The Trial (2019)
as Self
Stranger than Fiction (1994)
Actor
Trials and Tribulations (2008)
Actor
The Home Whovian (2001)
Actor
Remembering Deborah Watling (2018)
as Self
Bigger Inside Than Out (1993)
as Narrator
Adventures in Time and Spain (2003)
as (archive footage)
Lords and Luddites: Making 'The Mark of the Rani' (2006)
Actor
Shadows of a Stranger (2014)
as William Fallon