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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 36
Top works
- Bilingual Education
- Would prescription drug importation reduce U.S. drug spending?
- Poems, Paintings & Pontification
- Education and Research in Public Administration in Africa
- A fine chest of medals
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Film & TV
Acting · 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…
Known for
- Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War — The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)2025
- Doctor Who: Slipback — 6th Doctor2025
- Doctor Who: The Ultimate Evil — The 6th Doctor2025
- A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage — Ebenezer Scrooge2025
- Doctor Who at the Proms — The Doctor (6) (archive footage)2024
- Secrets of a Wallaby Boy — Bruce (voice)2023
- Buckle Up — Nick2023
- Talking Doctor Who — Self / The Doctor (6) (archive footage)2023
- Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals — Self - archive2023
- Christmas at the Holly Day Inn — Ben2023
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1943
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 366
- Total plays
- 7,183
Colin Baker is an English character actor best known for portraying the Sixth incarnation of the science fiction character The Doctor in the BBC television show Doctor Who. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Colin+Baker">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- A global reference for human genetic variation
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- Operating Characteristics of a Rank Correlation Test for Publication Bias
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1943-06-08 ) 8 June 1943 (age 83) , Waterloo, London , England
- Education
- St Bede's College, Manchester
- Alma mater
- London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1969–present
- Spouses
- Liza Goddard ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1976 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1978 ) Marion Wyatt ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1982 )
- Children
- 5 (1 deceased)
- Website
- colinbakeronline .com
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.colinbakeronline.com
- Image
- Colin Baker (cropped).jpg
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- Colin Baker
- date of birth
- 1943-06-08
- start of work period
- 1969-00-00
- name in native language
- Colin Baker
- social media followers
- 97663
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Colin Charles Baker (born 8 June 1943) is an English actor. He is known for playing the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (1984–1986) and Paul Merroney in the BBC drama series The Brothers (1974–1976). He has also performed prolifically in stage productions across the UK, particularly pantomimes.
Born in London and raised in Rochdale, Baker began a career in law before training as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He had supporting parts in historical drama series such as The Roads to Freedom (1970), Cousin Bette (1971), War and Peace (1972) and Fall of Eagles (1974). Baker's role in The Brothers brought him fame but typecast him as villainous characters. He notably appeared as Bayban the Butcher in the science fiction series Blake's 7 (1980).