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Colin Baker

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Colin Baker

Born June 8, 1943 in Waterloo, London, England, UK44 films

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.

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Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song posterFirst watchDoctor Who: The Husbands of River Song20158.0as The Doctor (6) (picture) (uncredited)It’s Christmas Day on a remote human colony and the Doctor is hiding from Christmas Carols and Comedy Antlers. But when a crashed spaceship calls upon the Doctor for help, he finds himself…View film

Filmography

44 films as actor
  1. TBADanny BoyFred
  2. 2025A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on StageEbenezer Scrooge
  3. 2023Christmas at the Holly Day InnBen
  4. 2023Buckle UpNick
  5. 2023Secrets of a Wallaby BoyBruce (voice)
  6. 2022MinaciousDS Rawlins
  7. 2021The Ghosts of Borley RectoryCharles Sutton
  8. 2021You Might Get LostConrad
  9. 2016Last Man on EarthProfessor James Friedkin
  10. 2015Doctor Who: The Husbands of River SongThe Doctor (6) (picture) (uncredited)
  11. 2015A Christmas CarolCharles Dickens
  12. 2015A Dozen SummersThe Narrator
  13. 2014Shadows of a StrangerWilliam Fallon
  14. 2002Doctor Who: Real TimeThe Doctor
  15. 2000TravelWiseJonathan Pike
  16. 2000The AsylumArbuthnot
  17. 1999The Waiting TimeGiles Fleming
  18. 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the DesertChauvel
  19. 1999The Harpist
  20. 1999Soul's ArkGalico
  21. 1995The Stranger: Eye of the BeholderThe Stranger / Soloman
  22. 1994The Stranger: Breach of the PeaceThe Stranger / Soloman
  23. 1994PROBE: The Zero ImperativePeter Russell
  24. 1994The Stranger: The Terror GameThe Stranger / Soloman
  25. 1993Doctor Who: Dimensions in TimeThe 6th Doctor
  26. 1993The Airzone SolutionArnold Davies
  27. 1993The Stranger: In Memory AloneThe Stranger
  28. 1992The Stranger: More Than a MessiahThe Stranger
  29. 1991The Stranger: Summoned by ShadowsThe Stranger
  30. 1986Doctor Who: The Ultimate FoeThe Doctor
  31. 1986Doctor Who: Terror of the VervoidsThe Doctor
  32. 1986Doctor Who: MindwarpThe Doctor
  33. 1986Doctor Who: The Mysterious PlanetThe Doctor
  34. 1985Doctor Who: Revelation of the DaleksThe Doctor
  35. 1985Doctor Who: TimelashThe Doctor
  36. 1985Doctor Who: The Two DoctorsThe Doctor
  37. 1985A Fix with SontaransThe Doctor
  38. 1985Doctor Who: The Mark of the RaniThe Doctor
  39. 1985Doctor Who: Vengeance on VarosThe Doctor
  40. 1985Doctor Who: Attack of the CybermenThe Doctor
  41. 1984Doctor Who: The Twin DilemmaThe Doctor
  42. 1984Doctor Who: The Caves of AndrozaniThe Doctor
  43. 1983Doctor Who: Arc of InfinityCommander Maxil
  44. 1981Dangerous Davies: The Last DetectiveWilliam Lind