Colin Baker
Birthday- June 8, 1943
Birth Place- London, England, U.K.
Sixth Doctor- Portrayed by Colin Baker
The Sixth Doctor- he is a bit different from his previous incarnations in many aspects. He wears brightly colored and mismatched clothes and has an overbearing comes to his senses. He encounters villains like Master, Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans and also with his own second incarnation. He is a little egoistic, as he sees himself to be the most perfect of all the incarnations. He is a very confident person but with mood swings. In fact, sometimes he behaves like a manic and also displays superiority complex. He is the only one, who is capable of repairing and operating Chameleon circuit in TARDIS. After his efforts, now the TARDIS can change its shape to suit the surroundings unlike the fixed form of a police box. He has a passion to do what is right and is determined in his universal battles against evil. When the TARDIS is attacked by an old enemy Rani, the sixth doctor gets injured and regenerates into the seventh incarnation. The exact cause of his reincarnation is never shown.
Life and Career- He is an English actor best known for his role of Doctor in “Doctor Who“. He played this role from 1984 to 1986. He originally studied to become a solicitor. At the age of 23, he changed his profession and joined London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He started getting acting jobs in 1970. His first role was in “The Roads to Freedom”. In 1974, he played Anatole Kuragin in “War and Peace”. In 70s, his popular role can be said as the villainous Paul Merroney in “The Brothers”. He remained in this role from 1974 to 1976. Meanwhile, he also guest starred on “Blake’s 7?.
He joined the “Doctor Who” in 1984 in the story “Arc of Infinity”. He is the first doctor in the series who shot another doctor. It was during his tenure on the series that the show went on 18 months hiatus. Later, he appeared in its various audio stories and webcasts including “Dimensions in Time”, “Doctor who: Destiny of the Doctors” and “Doctor Who- The Ultimate Adventure”. The troublesome three years of the show, when it was on trial for being extremely violent has been described in the documentary “Trials and Tribulations” by Baker.
Besides, “Doctor Who”, he joined “The Citadel” in 1983. He then played the Doctor like characters in “The Stranger” and “The Airzone Solution”. He has been titled as “Greatest” among all doctors in audio plays by “Doctor Who Magazine”.
In 1990, he joined medical drama “Casualty”. He appeared in “Jonathan Creek” in 1997. He also guest starred in audio drama “Sapphire and Steel: The Mystery of the Missing Hour”. He has also appeared in “Operetta” in the principal comedian’s role of Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.
He has raised funds for the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths, after the death of his son Jack in 1983. He has also remained the Trustee of the foundation since 1989 and their Chairman between 1997 and 2005.
He also competed in Top Gear in 2003, and secured fourth position. Then in 2006, he appeared in “Strangers On a Train” at the Churchill Theatre in Bromely.
He was married to Liza Goddard, but they divorced. Recently, he toured with Liza in “She Stoops To Conquer”. At present, he is married to actress Marion Wyatt. They reside in Buckinghamshire with their four daughters and so many pet animals.