Colin Baker
Known for: Acting
Born: June 8, 1943
Place of birth: Waterloo, London, England, UK
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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Filmography
92 movies · 42 TV shows, newest first
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A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage
2025
5.1
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
2025
7.2
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024
4.7
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
2023
6.7
Christmas at the Holly Day Inn
2023
5.0
Talking Doctor Who
2023
5.6
Tales of the Tardis
2023
2.0
Buckle Up
2023
10.0
Secrets of a Wallaby Boy
2023
5.4
Minacious
2022
7.0
Remembers…
2022
4.8
The Ghosts of Borley Rectory
2021
6.1
You Might Get Lost
2021
9.0
The Big Night In
2020
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Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner
2019
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The Doctor Who Cookbook Revisited
2019
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The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
2019
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Doctor Who: The Trial
2019
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Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
2018
8.0
Remembering Deborah Watling
2018
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Last Man on Earth
2016
8.0
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
2015
5.8
A Christmas Carol
2015
4.3
A Dozen Summers
2015
6.0
Shadows of a Stranger
2014
8.1
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
2014
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Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
2014
9.0
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013
7.8
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013
8.2
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
2013
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Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
2013
5.0
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
2013
7.5
Tipping Point: Lucky Stars
2013
6.4
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
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BBC Comedy Feeds
2012
6.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
6.3
Pointless Celebrities
2011
7.4
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
2008
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Trials and Tribulations
2008
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The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
2008
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Now, Get Out of That
2008
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Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
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The Ties That Bind Us
2008
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Davros Connections
2007
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (documentary)
2007
7.1
Kingdom
2007
7.0
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
2006
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Lords and Luddites: Making 'The Mark of the Rani'
2006
9.0
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
2005
8.1
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
7.7
Hustle
2004
8.0
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
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Adventures in Time and Spain
2003
6.5
The Afternoon Play
2003
6.7
Doctor Who: Real Time
2002
6.0
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
2002
8.0
Doctor Who: Real Time
2002
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The Home Whovian
2001
10.0
TravelWise
2000
5.7
The Asylum
2000
9.0
Adventures in Space and Time
1999
7.0
Carnival of Monsters
1999
7.0
The Waiting Time
1999
5.6
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
1999
8.2
The Harpist
1999
4.8
Sunburn
1999
10.0
Soul's Ark
1999
5.9
A Dance to the Music of Time
1997
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Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
1997
7.6
Jonathan Creek
1997
7.0
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
9.0
The Stranger: Eye of the Beholder
1995
7.0
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
1995
6.0
The Stranger: Breach of the Peace
1994
6.5
The Knock
1994
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Doctor Who: The Colin Baker Years
1994
7.2
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
1994
7.7
The Stranger: The Terror Game
1994
8.0
Stranger than Fiction
1994
7.9
30 Years in the TARDIS
1993
4.8
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993
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Bigger Inside Than Out
1993
5.3
The Airzone Solution
1993
8.0
The Stranger: In Memory Alone
1993
5.8
GMTV
1993
7.0
Doctor Who: Cybermen - The Early Years
1992
6.5
The Stranger: More Than a Messiah
19924.1
Pebble Mill
1991
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The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
1991
6.5
The Stranger: Summoned by Shadows
1991
8.0
The Stranger
1991
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The PanoptiCon Tapes V
1990
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The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
1990
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The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1990
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The PanoptiCon Tapes II
1990
5.7
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
1986
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The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
1986
4.7
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
1986
7.7
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
1986
6.2
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
1986
6.2
Casualty
1986
10.0
Who's Who
1986
8.7
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
1985
3.5
Doctor Who: Timelash
1985
7.3
Doctor Who: The Two Doctors
1985
3.0
A Fix with Sontarans
1985
6.0
Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani
1985
7.4
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
1985
7.0
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen
1985
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Doctor Who's Who's Who
1985
3.2
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
1984
9.8
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
19847.5
Swallows and Amazons Forever!
1984
7.2
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
1983
6.0
Countdown
1982
5.3
Wogan
1982
6.2
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
1981
7.3
Blake's 7
1978
4.5
Jim'll Fix It
1975
10.0
The Carnforth Practice
1974
7.0
Fall of Eagles
1974
6.8
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
6.2
The Edwardians
1972
7.1
War & Peace
1972
7.5
Villains
1972
4.0
The Brothers
1972
8.0
The Moonstone
1972
4.0
Cousin Bette
1971
5.0
The Adventures of Don Quick
1970
4.1
The Roads to Freedom
1970
5.0
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
1969
8.2
Public Eye
1965
7.9
Doctor Who
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Danny Boy
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