Colin Baker

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COLIN BAKER first came to major fame when he joined the cast of the BBC drama The Brothers in 1974, playing the part of Paul Merroney, a JR Ewing type who was dubbed the most hated man in Britain. He found international fame when he took on the role of the Doctor in 1984, after having first appeared in Doctor Who the previous season as Commander Maxil in “Arc of Infinity.” Mr. Baker appeared in classic stories like “Attack of the Cybermen,” “Mark of the Rani” (with his The Brothers co-star Kate O’Mara), “Revelation of the Daleks” and the season-long arc, “The Trial of a Time Lord.” He appeared onstage as the Doctor in 1989 in Terrence Dicks’ Doctor Who: The Ultimate Adventure and in 1999 he joined the ranks of Big Finish Audio, alongside his two companions Peri (Nicola Bryant) and Mel (Bonnie Langford), as well as introducing wonderful new companions like Evelyn Smythe (Maggie Stables) and Phillipa “Flip” Jackson (Lisa Greenwood). Mr. Baker has had a long career in theater, appearing in numerous productions such as Noises Off, The Woman in White, as Inspector Morse in House of Ghosts, Dick Whittington, Bedroom Farce (with Louise Jameson), Strangers on a Train, as Professor Van Helsing in Dracula, Great Expectations, Kind Hearts and Coronets, amongst many others. His other television credits include Hollyoaks, The Doctors, Casualty, The Bill, Jonathan Creek, War and Peace, and as Count Wenceslas Steinbock in Cousin Bette with Helen Mirren. In 1980 he famously appeared as Bayban the Butcher in the Blake’s 7 episode “City at the Edge of the World.” In 2015 he appeared as Charles Dickens in a new film version of A Christmas Carol; other recent film credits include Finding Richard, Last Man on Earth, and the upcoming Time, And Again.