Colin Baker wearing his outfit from The Mysterious Planet, with turquoise cravat and red waistcoat.
Colin Baker (born June 8th, 1943) is a British actor best known (on this site) for his role as the sixth incarnation of
the Doctor.
Television and Film Roles
Tropes
- Ascended Fanboy: Like David Tennant, he always wanted to be on his favorite show.
- Deus Angst Machina: Just happened to get his dream role when the series was in a rut, had nearly half his stories viewed with disdain (out of 11, The Twin Dilemma, The Mark of the Rani, The Two Doctors, Timelash, and Terror of the Vervoids) and only one at the most viewed with any nostalgia (Revelation of the Daleks), suffered from a hateful eye by the BBC Controller (who was screwing his ex-wife), got a planned run longer than any previous Doctor (for the record, that's 9 years and 9 seasons, and he would have lasted until the 30th anniversary) cut into a paltry 2 years, got a whole season of material cut, including encounters with the Autons, the Ice Warriors, and even the Celestial Toymaker, found out his son died of SIDS... yeah, ends up being a wonder how Colin still talks about the show, let alone remembers it fondly.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: When he reprised the role for the Big Finish stories, he was voted by fans as the greatest audio Doctor.
- And he's returned the most times for Multi-Doctor specials - Dimensions In Time, The Four Doctors, The Eight Doctors, The One Doctor, Happy Deathday,The Forgotten, and The Sirens of Time.
- Mean Character, Nice Actor: The Sixth Doctor is arguably the most unpleasant incarnation of the character. Baker himself has been claimed by fans to be the nicest actor to ever take the role.
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