Cast & creator
Colin Baker
Best known for Doctor Who, Doctor Who, Casualty
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.
93
film credits
46
television credits
139
1963–2025 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (139)
Showing 139 of 139 credits
Doctor Who
Commander Maxil
1963Doctor Who
The Doctor
1963
Casualty
Colin Miles
1986Casualty
David Vincent
1986
Wogan
Self
1982
GMTV
Self
1993
Hustle
Phil
2004Pebble Mill
Self
1991
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
2011
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
George Barclay
1973
Pointless Celebrities
Self
2011
Jonathan Creek
Hedley Shale
1997
Blake's 7
Bayban
1978
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
Public Eye
Town Hall Clerk
1965
Kingdom
Mr. Dodds
2007
Tipping Point: Lucky Stars
Self - Contestant
2013
Remembers…
Self
2022BBC Comedy Feeds
2012
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Self
2002
Jim'll Fix It
Doctor Who
1975
The Afternoon Play
Judge
2003
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
Self
2018
Fall of Eagles
Crown Prince Willie
1974
The Brothers
Paul Merroney
1972
Villains
Reporter
1972
Countdown
1982
Tales of the Tardis
The Doctor
2023
The Edwardians
Joseph Laycock
1972
The Knock
Donald Dewhurst
1994The Knock
Desmond Dewhurst
1994
War & Peace
Anatole Kuragin
1972
A Dance to the Music of Time
Canon Fenneau
1997
Sunburn
John Buchanan
1999
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
Reigate
1969
The Stranger
The Stranger
1991
Cousin Bette
Count Wenceslas Steinbock
1971
The Carnforth Practice
Bob Anderson
1974
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
2013
The Adventures of Don Quick
Rebel
1970
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
Self
2013
The Moonstone
John Herncastle
1972Happy Ever After
Receptionist
1969
The Roads to Freedom
Claude
1970
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Self
2013
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Self
2005
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
Chauvel
1999Danny Boy
Fred
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2025
The Big Night In
Self
2020
The Ghosts of Borley Rectory
Charles Sutton
2021
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
The Doctor (6) (picture) (uncredited)
2015
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
2024
Doctor Who's Who's Who
Doctor Who
1985
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
William Lind
1981
Doctor Who: Real Time
The Doctor
2002
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
2014
The Ties That Bind Us
The Sixth Doctor / Commander Maxil (archive footage)
2008
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Doctor (6) (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013Swallows and Amazons Forever!
Dr. Dudgeon
1984
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
2008
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
The Doctor
1985
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
The 6th Doctor
1993
Minacious
DS Rawlins
2022
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
The Doctor
1986
Doctor Who: The Two Doctors
The Doctor
1985
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
Peter Russell
1994
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
The Doctor
1986
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
The Doctor
1985
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
The Doctor
1984
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
30 Years in the TARDIS
Himself
1993
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
Commander Maxil
1983
Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani
The Doctor
1985
Christmas at the Holly Day Inn
Ben
2023
The Harpist
1999
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
The Doctor
1986
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
Self
2013
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Self
2013
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
The Doctor
1984
Talking Doctor Who
Self / The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
2023
Adventures in Space and Time
Himself
1999
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
Self
2014
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Self - archive
2023
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen
The Doctor
1985
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Self
2013
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
1995
You Might Get Lost
Conrad
2021
The PanoptiCon Tapes Vol 1 - The Main Event
1991
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
The Doctor
1986
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008
A Fix with Sontarans
The Doctor
1985
Who's Who
1986
Doctor Who: Real Time
The Doctor
2002
TravelWise
Jonathan Pike
2000
The PanoptiCon Tapes III
1990
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
2019
Now, Get Out of That
2008
The Stranger: Breach of the Peace
The Stranger / Soloman
1994
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
1986
Buckle Up
Nick
2023
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
1990
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
2008
Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner
Himself
2019
The Doctor Who Cookbook Revisited
Self
2019
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
2006
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
1997
The Stranger: Eye of the Beholder
The Stranger / Soloman
1995
The PanoptiCon Tapes II
1990
Shadows of a Stranger
William Fallon
2014
Adventures in Time and Spain
(archive footage)
2003
Lords and Luddites: Making 'The Mark of the Rani'
2006
Secrets of a Wallaby Boy
Bruce (voice)
2023
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (documentary)
2007
Doctor Who: Timelash
The Doctor
1985
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
1995
The Stranger: Summoned by Shadows
The Stranger
1991
The Home Whovian
2001
The Stranger: More Than a Messiah
The Stranger
1992
A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage
Ebenezer Scrooge
2025
The Stranger: The Terror Game
The Stranger / Soloman
1994
Doctor Who: The Colin Baker Years
Self - Presenter
1994
The Airzone Solution
Arnold Davies
1993
The PanoptiCon Tapes V
1990
The Stranger: In Memory Alone
The Stranger
1993
Doctor Who: Cybermen - The Early Years
Self - Host
1992
Last Man on Earth
Professor James Friedkin
2016
Doctor Who: The Trial
Self
2019
The Waiting Time
Giles Fleming
1999
Trials and Tribulations
2008
Davros Connections
(archival audio)
2007
Bigger Inside Than Out
Narrator
1993
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
2015
A Dozen Summers
The Narrator
2015
The Asylum
Arbuthnot
2000
Stranger than Fiction
1994
Remembering Deborah Watling
Self
2018
Soul's Ark
Galico
1999