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  Outpost Gallifrey: Episode Guide
The three-year period which marked Colin Baker's tenure as the Sixth Doctor were perhaps the most arduous and trouble-filled in the series' 26-year history.
This is, of course, in no way representative of the man in the title role; Colin Baker has for many years been a well-regarded, highly renowned stage and television actor with a long list of credits behind him.
After Baker joined the role for one story during the show's 21st season, many liberations were taken with season 22: the stories were recrafted to 45-minute episodes, Baker was forced to play the Doctor as rather unstable, and so forth.
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 Colin Baker (I)
Colin Baker was born in 1943 in the Royal Waterloo Lying-In Hospital in...
Colin is a great Doctor and always will
Are Colin and Tom Baker related or not?
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 Amazon.com: Doctor Who - The Colin Baker Years: Video: Colin Baker,Anthony Ainley,Patrick Troughton,Kate O'Mara,Sarah ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Colin Baker, one of the most controversial and short-tenured actors to play Doctor Who, hosts this look at his era (1984-1986) as the sixth Doctor.
Colin's portrayal of the Sixth Doctor was not well liked back then, and remains something to debate about to this day, and even some of the stories that were produced back then.
Colin can't be blamed for this, but he got the axe, and was treated badly by the BBC in a drastic mood for some changes.
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 Enlightenment -- The Peter Davison Collection
The Doctor in question this time is Colin Baker, whose all-too-short tenure was, for all sorts of reasons, the most tumultuous in the history of the show.
In order to find stories with screen captures a little more easily, we've inserted a TV symbol where appropriate into each of the Doctor's index pages which links to the relevant SC page for that story.
To refresh the Colin Baker era ran like this...
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 Who Tube: Colin Baker
Colin Baker is distinguished by his response to Jon Culshaw's 'Tom Baker'.
Colin Baker and Nichola Bryant on Saturday Superstore
Enough Torchwood already, great as it is. Here's Colin Baker and Nichola Bryant on Saturday Superstore in the 80s in a rather sweet phone in.
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  The Sixth Doctor -- Colin Baker   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Colin Baker's Doctor is one of the most controversial.
From his patch-work or "yuck" coat to his abrasive personality, Baker was a far cry from the mildness of his predecessor Peter Davison.
Sadly, it was during Baker's tenure that the show was temporarily taken off the air-- axed by executives who didn't like the show in general and Colin Baker in particular.
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  Colin Baker
Colin Baker (born June 8, 1943) is a British actor who is best known for playing the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who.
Playing the Doctor from 1984 to 1986, he had a mass of curly fair hair and a lurid patchwork coat, and was assisted by Companions Peri and Mel.
Before being selected to replace Peter Davison as the Doctor, Baker was an established television actor, his most notable role having been that of Paul Merroney in The Brothers.
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 Colin Baker
Colin Baker was born in 1943 in the Royal Waterloo Lying-In Hospital in London during an air raid.
Baker subsequently became a passionate fund raiser for the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths, with many of is personal appearance fees being donated to the charity.
Baker's time as the sixth Doctor was cut unexpectly short, initially by the hiatus between the twenty-second and twenty-third seasons and then by the decision of the BBC executives to oust him from the role.
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 Colin Baker - ExampleProblems.com
Colin Baker (born June 8, 1943) is a British actor who is best known for playing the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.
Baker's era was interrupted by a long hiatus, officially because the show was moved back from the spring to the autumn schedules and he was ultimately sacked from the role at the insistence of BBC management wanting to refresh the show.
In 1994, Colin Baker also gained the distinction of being the only Doctor to have written a Doctor Who story, penning The Age of Chaos, a graphic novel published by Marvel UK featuring the Sixth Doctor and Frobisher.
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 Colin Baker Bio - Colin Baker Biography - Colin Baker Stories
Colin Baker went on to attend St. Bede's College in Manchester, where he was invited to take part in their annual productions of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas.
Baker's next TV role after "For Maddie with Love" was as Maxil in the Doctor Who story "Arc of Infinity." Shortly before Baker took the role of the Doctor on "Doctor Who," he and his wife suffered the loss of their baby son Jack to cot death syndrome.
Baker's era in Dr Who was interrupted by a long hiatus, officially because the show was moved back from the spring to the autumn schedules (edit)
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 About All Seven Regenerations: Colin Baker
Colin Baker portrayed the Doctor as a "more alien person with an appalling sense of dress." His stomach wrenching costume of stripped trousers, orange shoes with green spats, and "coat-of-many-colors" was the BBC costume department's answer to John-Nathan Turner's request for something "in bad taste."
Colin Baker was one of the most unpopular Doctors and as such did not get to develop his character as he should have.
Colin Baker portrayed the sixth incarnation of the Doctor from the end of The Caves of Androzani (1984) until The Ultimate Foe/The Judgement, which was the last segment of Trial of a Timelord (1986).
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 BBC - South East Wales Doctor Who - Colin Baker's View
Baker, who played the Doctor from 1984 to 1986, was visiting BBC Wales HQ in May 2005 to promote his appearance as Van Helsing in a stage play about Dracula.
Baker (pictured below as the Doctor) added that he was delighted to see the series return to our screens.
Another welcome spin-off for Baker was that his children finally became interested in his work on the cult TV show.
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 ttgapers store - USA - Doctor Who - The Colin Baker Years - Maureen O'Brien, Jackie Lane (II), Colin Baker - Product ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Colin Baker, one of the most controversial and short-tenured actors to play Doctor Who, hosts this look at his era (1984-1986) as the sixth Doctor.
The entire production might exist as Baker's final testament about the series and his episodes (or as a vanity piece to promote other videos), but fan opinion continues to be mixed about his era, and his legacy is to be the first Doctor ever let go by the BBC involuntarily.
Colin Baker was probably the most under appreciated person to play the role of the good Doctor.
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 Amazon.ca: Reviews for Doctor Who: The Colin Baker Years: Video   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Colin's portrayal of the Sixth Doctor was not well liked back then, and remains something to debate about to this day, and even some of the stories that were produced back then.
Colin can't be blamed for this, but he got the axe, and was treated badly by the BBC in a drastic mood for some changes.
The Colin Baker Years was a short era indeed, but the look back on this period is a fun watch never the less.
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 Colin Baker - Tardis
As the Doctor, he had a mass of curly fair hair and a lurid patchwork coat, and was assisted by companions Peri and Mel.
Prior to being cast as the Doctor, Baker had guest starred in the programme (as Commander Maxil in the Davison serial Arc of Infinity), the only Doctor actor to have done so prior to taking the role.
Baker's era was interrupted by a long hiatus, officially because the show was moved back from the spring to the autumn schedule, and he was ultimately dismissed from the part at the insistence of BBC management, who wanted to refresh the show.
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 Colin Baker   (Site not responding. Last check: )
As well as meeting with the fans, Colin was also able to take advantage of his visit to the city to try and work on his family tree, to find where some of his relatives had lived.
Colin talked briefly about each of his television adventures, the missed opportunities of The Nightmare Fair, his dramatic run to the helicopter being cut from Dimensions in Time (after having to run up the steps for 7 takes!) and the now well documented farce of The Dark Dimension.
Colin also talked about his own newspaper column, and how he is now more recognised in his home town of High Wycombe for writing that column than for being the Doctor.
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 Colin Baker
As well as meeting with the fans, Colin was also able to take advantage of his visit to the city to try and work on his family tree, to find where some of his relatives had lived.
Colin talked briefly about each of his television adventures, the missed opportunities of The Nightmare Fair, his dramatic run to the helicopter being cut from Dimensions in Time (after having to run up the steps for 7 takes!) and the now well documented farce of The Dark Dimension.
Colin also talked about his own newspaper column, and how he is now more recognised in his home town of High Wycombe for writing that column than for being the Doctor.
mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /glasgowwho/html/colin_baker.html   (531 words)

  
 Colin Baker - SCIFIPEDIA
Colin Baker is a British actor who is probably best known to science fiction fans as the sixth incarnation of the Doctor, the title character in the BBC's long running series Doctor Who.
Baker and the current production team decided that they would attempt to make this incarnation of the Doctor initially unlikable, slowly revealing a warmer side over several seasons.
Although Baker delivered a remarkable dramatic performance in his tenure, the plans to make the Doctor initally unlikable succeeded a little too well.
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 BBC - Wiltshire Theatre and Arts - Colin Baker answered your questions
Colin Baker, the star of Dick Whittington - this year's pantomime at The Wyvern Theatre.
Colin, who plays Sarah the Cook, is a panto veteran who also appeared in Jack and the Beanstalk at The Wyvern in 1998.
Although the series ended in 1989, interest in the show still thrives and Colin is regularly called upon to reprise his role in a series of professional audio plays that are regularly released on CD.
www.bbc.co.uk /wiltshire/going_out/theatre/colinbaker.shtml   (317 words)

  
 6 : 13 - DR WHO: COLIN BAKER AND THE VALEYARD!
Colin Baker played the role of The Doctor in the BBC Sci-Fi program Doctor Who from the end of Season 21 to the end of Season 23 (1984-1986).
Colin played the Doctor at his most extravagant and violent and placed a very modern interpretation on the role, one that was before its time.
Colin's Doctor was, perhaps, a few years too early for viewer acceptance and he was hunted down and axed by a BBC conspiracy in December 1986.
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Actor Colin Baker, the sixth incarnation of the Time Lord, returns to the part he played between 1984 and 1986.
Colin Baker Professionally trained as a solicitor before becoming an actor, Colin Baker played Doctor Who from 1984-1986.
There are relatively few obviously 'classic scenes' in Colin Baker's era as the Doctor, and indeed this story has more than it's fair share.
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 Doctor Who LogBook - Introduction - The Colin Baker Years
Notoriety was nothing new to Colin Baker (who, for the record, is not related in any way to Tom).
John Nathan-Turner went back to Pip and Jane Baker, meeting with them under unusual circumstances (an attorney had to be present to ensure that details of Saward's withdrawn script were not discussed) and giving them the script for Robert Holmes' 13th episode.
Nathan-Turner argued that Baker's services should at least be engaged for the first story of season 24, to allow for a proper regeneration story to take place, and somewhat surprisingly his department heads at the BBC granted this request.
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 Cuttings Archive: The Colin Baker Years
Colin Baker played the Doctor for just under 3 years, from March 1984 to December 1986.
During his tenure the programme was subject to increased criticism and controversy.
In 1986 BBC management made the decision that Colin Baker should leave the role, despite his and the producers wish that he carry on.
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 The sixth Doctor Who - Colin Baker
None of this was the actor's fault, of course - and reportedly Baker would have liked to soften the character over time.
that a decision was made during Colin Baker's time to move the show back from a Spring to an Autumn schedule, resulting in an seventeen month gap between seasons.
Nevertheless, in an incredible move, rather than firing the producer (who was responsible for the creative direction of the show after all), the BBC rather unceremoniously dismissed Colin Baker from the lead part.
www.eyespider.freeserve.co.uk /drwho/cb   (446 words)

  
 Colin Baker - Moviefone   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ultimately, Baker was dismissed from the part at the insistence of BBC management, who wanted to refresh the show.
Colin Baker (I) on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more...
Colin Baker - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Colin Baker Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
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 Amazon.co.uk: Doctor Who - The Colin Baker Years: Video: Colin Baker,John Nathan-Turner   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Colin Baker would'd be most people's number one doctor.
Even though Colin Baker has been critised as being the worst Doctor this documentary is an excellent addition to his range on BBC Video.
Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor Best to Worst: A list by "rkemp78"
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