Colin Baker (1943- )

The sixth Doctor's era

The Sixth Doctor, ("I am the Doctor, whether you like it or not!"), adopted a garish attire and matching personality at first, but later mellowed and became a champion of those made powerless by the tyrannous.

• A Review by David Rosenthal

A Review by David Rosenthal 20/6/06

Well Colin Baker... don't laugh, but he was my favorite Doctor. I even loved his multicolored coat and the cat lapel. I liked his crankiness similer to William Hartnell's Doctor. For example in The Twin Dilemma he said "stop addressing me as Doc Perpugilliam." He even said he didn't like Peter Davison the Fifth Doctor; he said bad stuff about him. That's never ever happened in the history of Doctor Who. You've got to award him for that.

Colin Baker was a great Doctor. He was crabby and touchy. He was just a great Doctor. He had a great first line after he regenerated in Caves of Androzani: "Change my dear and, it seems, not a moment too soon." This was the beginning of the Colin Baker era. Michael Grade hated his guts and that's why he got fired.

In Trial of a Time Lord he delivers one of the most famouse lines in Who history. It goes like this: "In all my travels throughout the universe I have fought against evil, against power mad conspirators..." and it goes on. His Doctor was very dramatic, very Shakespearean. He also had feelings, like when it looked like Peri had died in Mindwarp, a segment of Trial of the Time Lord, he is absolutley horrified.

Colin Baker was great. He had true emotion and worked great with Peri. Colin you were my favorite Doctor; too bad your era had to be so short. He was great his best story was Trial of a Time Lord. I loved him. I wish he would have lasted longer than just over two years and I almost fainted when I saw Sylvestor McCoy in a wig playing him in the regeneration sequence for Time and the Rani. So Colin you were great and you were my favorite.