Colin Baker

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-06-08 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Waterloo, London, England, UK

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.

Acting

2014

Shadows of a Stranger

as William Fallon

2000

TravelWise

as Jonathan Pike

2015

A Dozen Summers

as The Narrator

1999

The Waiting Time

as Giles Fleming

2021

2023

Secrets of a Wallaby Boy

as Bruce (voice)

2023

Buckle Up

as Nick

1993

The Airzone Solution

as Arnold Davies

1999

Soul's Ark

as Galico

1993

2023

Talking Doctor Who

as Self / The Doctor (6) (archive footage)

2013

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor

as The Doctor (6) (archive footage)

2022

The Caller

as DS Rawlins (voice)

1994

The Zero Imperative

as Peter Russell

2014

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion

as Self / The Doctor (archive footage)

2000

The Asylum

as Arbuthnot

2015

A Christmas Carol

as Charles Dickens

1972

The Moonstone

as John Herncastle

1986

1985

1994

The Stranger: The Terror Game

as The Stranger / Soloman

1994

The Stranger: Breach of the Peace

as The Stranger / Soloman

1995

The Stranger: Eye of the Beholder

as The Stranger / Soloman

2007

Davros Connections

as (archival audio)

2016

Last Man on Earth

as Professor James Friedkin

1983

Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity

as Commander Maxil

2021

2002

2024

Doctor Who at the Proms

as The Doctor (6) (archive footage)

2008

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor

as The Doctor (6) (archive footage)

2015

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song

as The Doctor (6) (picture) (uncredited)

1993

1985

2008

The Ties That Bind Us

as The Sixth Doctor / Commander Maxil (archive footage)

2025

Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War

as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

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