Colin Baker

Born: 1943-06-08, Waterloo, London, England, UK

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

• Casualty (1986)
• Blake's 7 (1978)
• Jonathan Creek (1997)
• Jim'll Fix It (1975)
• Public Eye (1965)
• Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973)
• The Knock (1994)
• The Afternoon Play (2003)
• The Brothers (1972)
• War & Peace (1972)
• A Dance to the Music of Time (1997)
• Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)
• The Roads to Freedom (1970)
• The Adventures of Don Quick (1970)
• The Carnforth Practice (1974)
• Die Harfenspielerin (1999)
• Minacious (2022)
• Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song (2015)
• Doctor Who at the Proms (2024)
• The Ghosts of Borley Rectory (2021)
• The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert (1999)
• You Might Get Lost (2021)
• Doctor Who: The Next Doctor (2008)
• TravelWise (2000)
• Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993)
• Who's Who (1986)
• Adventures in Space and Time (1999)
• Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity (1983)
• Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos (1985)
• Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War (2025)