Portrait of Colin Baker

Acting

Colin Baker

Career

Active from 1971 to 2025, with a break from 1972 to 1983, busiest in 1985 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
32
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score52/100
Highest rated
Poster for Cousin Bette
Cousin Bette
GoodWatch score59/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 24 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Colin Baker Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    2.5, average 4.1
  • Coming of Age
    1.8, average 3.0
  • Physical Comedy
    1.2, average 2.4
  • Contemporary Realism
    4.2, average 5.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

85
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Danny Boy
Danny Boy

as Fred

2020s

10 titles ยท average score 51
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War (2025)

as The Doctor (archive footage) (uncredited)

A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage
A Christmas Carol - A Filmed Radio Play Live on Stage (2025)

as Ebenezer Scrooge

Doctor Who at the Proms
Doctor Who at the Proms (2024)

as The Doctor (6) (archive footage)

Christmas at the Holly Day Inn
Christmas at the Holly Day Inn (2023)
GoodWatch score 57

as Ben

Secrets of a Wallaby Boy
Secrets of a Wallaby Boy (2023)

as Bruce (voice)

Tales of the Tardis
Tales of the Tardis (2023)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show ยท as The Doctor

Buckle Up
Buckle Up (2023)

as Nick

Minacious
Minacious (2022)
GoodWatch score 47

as DS Rawlins

You Might Get Lost
You Might Get Lost (2021)
GoodWatch score 53

as Conrad

The Ghosts of Borley Rectory
The Ghosts of Borley Rectory (2021)
GoodWatch score 32

as Charles Sutton

2010s

8 titles ยท average score 84
Last Man on Earth
Last Man on Earth (2016)

as Professor James Friedkin

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol (2015)

as Charles Dickens

A Dozen Summers
A Dozen Summers (2015)

as The Narrator

Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song (2015)
GoodWatch score 82

as The Doctor (6) (picture) (uncredited)

Shadows of a Stranger
Shadows of a Stranger (2014)

as William Fallon

Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013)
GoodWatch score 86

as The Doctor (6) (archive footage)

Doctor Who at the Proms
Doctor Who at the Proms (2013)

as The Doctor (6) (archive footage) (uncredited)

BBC Comedy Feeds
BBC Comedy Feeds (2012)

TV show

2000s

12 titles ยท average score 77
The Ties That Bind Us
The Ties That Bind Us (2008)

as The Sixth Doctor / Commander Maxil (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor (2008)
GoodWatch score 73

as The Doctor (6) (archive footage)

Kingdom
Kingdom (2007)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Mr. Dodds

Davros Connections
Davros Connections (2007)

as (archival audio)

Doctor Who Confidential
Doctor Who Confidential (2005)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show

Hustle
Hustle (2004)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Phil

Adventures in Time and Spain
Adventures in Time and Spain (2003)

as (archive footage)

The Afternoon Play
The Afternoon Play (2003)

TV show ยท as Judge

Doctor Who: Real Time
Doctor Who: Real Time (2002)

TV show ยท as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Real Time
Doctor Who: Real Time (2002)

as The Doctor

The Asylum
The Asylum (2000)

as Arbuthnot

TravelWise
TravelWise (2000)

as Jonathan Pike

1990s

18 titles ยท average score 61
Soul's Ark
Soul's Ark (1999)

as Galico

Jonathan Creek
Jonathan Creek (1997)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Hedley Shale

The Stranger: Eye of the Beholder
The Stranger: Eye of the Beholder (1995)

as The Stranger / Soloman

The Stranger: The Terror Game
The Stranger: The Terror Game (1994)

as The Stranger / Soloman

The Stranger: Breach of the Peace
The Stranger: Breach of the Peace (1994)

as The Stranger / Soloman

PROBE: The Zero Imperative
PROBE: The Zero Imperative (1994)

as Peter Russell

The Stranger: In Memory Alone
The Stranger: In Memory Alone (1993)

as The Stranger

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993)
GoodWatch score 47

as The 6th Doctor

The Airzone Solution
The Airzone Solution (1993)
GoodWatch score 52

as Arnold Davies

The Stranger: More Than a Messiah
The Stranger: More Than a Messiah (1992)

as The Stranger

The Stranger: Summoned by Shadows
The Stranger: Summoned by Shadows (1991)

as The Stranger

The Stranger
The Stranger (1991)

TV show ยท as The Stranger

1980s

19 titles ยท average score 56
Casualty
Casualty (1986)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Colin Miles / David Vincent

Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids (1986)

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Mindwarp
Doctor Who: Mindwarp (1986)

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet (1986)

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe (1986)

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos (1985)

as The Doctor

A Fix with Sontarans
A Fix with Sontarans (1985)

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks (1985)

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: The Two Doctors
Doctor Who: The Two Doctors (1985)

as The Doctor

Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen (1985)

as The Doctor

Swallows and Amazons Forever!
Swallows and Amazons Forever! (1984)

TV show ยท as Dr. Dudgeon

Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma (1984)

as The Doctor

1970s

13 titles ยท average score 61
Blake's 7
Blake's 7 (1978)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Bayban

Jim'll Fix It
Jim'll Fix It (1975)
GoodWatch score 37

TV show ยท as Doctor Who

Fall of Eagles
Fall of Eagles (1974)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Crown Prince Willie

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as George Barclay

War & Peace
War & Peace (1972)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show ยท as Anatole Kuragin

The Brothers
The Brothers (1972)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show ยท as Paul Merroney

The Edwardians
The Edwardians (1972)

TV show ยท as Joseph Laycock

Villains
Villains (1972)

TV show ยท as Reporter

The Moonstone
The Moonstone (1972)

TV show ยท as John Herncastle

Cousin Bette
Cousin Bette (1971)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show ยท as Count Wenceslas Steinbock

The Roads to Freedom
The Roads to Freedom (1970)

TV show ยท as Claude

The Adventures of Don Quick
The Adventures of Don Quick (1970)

TV show ยท as Rebel

1960s

4 titles ยท average score 79
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder (1969)

TV show ยท as Reigate

Happy Ever After
Happy Ever After (1969)

TV show ยท as Receptionist

Public Eye
Public Eye (1965)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Town Hall Clerk

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (1963)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as The Doctor / Commander Maxil