Colin Baker
Actor
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.
Filmography
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
as The Doctor (6) (archive footage) 2008
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
as The Doctor (6) (picture) (uncredited) 2015
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
as Self 2013
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
as Chauvel 1999
The Ghosts of Borley Rectory
as Charles Sutton 2021
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as The 6th Doctor 1993
You Might Get Lost
as Conrad 2021
Christmas at the Holly Day Inn
as Ben 2023
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited) 2025
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
as The Doctor 1984
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
as The Doctor 1985
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
as William Lind 1981
The Airzone Solution
as Arnold Davies 1993
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
as Self / The Doctor (archive footage) 2014
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
as The Doctor 1985
Doctor Who: The Two Doctors
as The Doctor 1985