Colin Baker
Birthday: Born in 1943-06-08 in Waterloo, London, England, UK
Deathday: Alive
Colin Baker (born 8 June 1943) is an English actor who played Paul Merroney in the BBC drama series The Brothers from 1974 to 1976 and the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1984 to 1986. Baker's tenure as the Doctor proved to be a controversial era for the series, which included a hiatus in production and his subsequent replacement on the orders of BBC executive Michael Grade.
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Doctor Who
Character: Commander Maxil
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs....
Doctor Who Confidential
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Doctor Who Confidential is a documentary series created by the British Broadcasting Corporation to complement the revival of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Each episode was broadcast on BBC Three on Saturdays, immediately after the broadcast of the weekly television episode on BBC One. The running time of the first two series was 30 minutes, being extended to 45 minutes in the third. BBC Three also broadcast a cut-down edition of the programme, lasting 15 ...
Jonathan Creek
Character: Hedley Shale
Working from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek is a magician with a natural ability for solving puzzles. He soon puts this ability to the use of solving impossible crimes and mysterious murders....
Blake's 7
Character: Bayban
A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship....
War & Peace
Character: Anatole Kuragin
The classic BBC dramatisation of Tolstoy's epic story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. Anthony Hopkins heads the cast as Pierre Bezuhov (a role for which he won the 1972 Best Actor BAFTA); Morag Hood is the impulsive and beautiful Natasha Rostova; Alan Dobie is the dour but heroic Andrei Bolkonsky; and David Swift is Napoleon, whose decision to invade Russia in 1812 has far-reaching consequences for Pierre and the Rostov and Bolkonsky families. The twenty-part se...
Hustle
Character: Phil
A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings....
Countdown
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The clock is ticking as contestants compete in games of lexical dexterity and numerical agility....
Jim'll Fix It
Character: Doctor Who
A long-running BBC television series hosted by Jimmy Savile. Children from the public would write in to the host requesting that he 'fix' something for them or make some wish come true....
The Knock
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The Knock is a British television drama series, created by Anita Bronson and broadcast on ITV from 1994 to 2000, which portrayed the activities of customs officers from Her Majesty's Customs and Excise. The series derived its name from the distinctive "Knock knock knock" command used over the radio to synchronise a raid....
Fall of Eagles
Character: Crown Prince Willie
"Fall of Eagles" is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series portrays historical events from 1848 to 1918, dealing with the collapse of the ruling dynasties of Austria-Hungary (the Habsburgs), Germany (the Hohenzollerns) and Russia (the Romanovs)....
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Character: George Barclay
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries was a British television series The series was an anthology of different tales. Each episode was introduced by Orson Welles, who was the only regular actor in the series. In the opening titles, Welles would be shown in silhouette as he walked through a hallway towards the camera, smoking a cigar and outfitted in a broad-brimmed hat and a huge cloak, the outfit itself being a nod to his having provided the voice of The Shadow in the radio program. When he actually ...
The Brothers
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The Brothers is a British television series, produced and shown by the BBC between 1972 and 1976....
The Stranger
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GMTV
Character: Self
GMTV is the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end. The final edition of GMTV was broadcast on 3 September 2010....
Pointless Celebrities
Character: Self
Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present a celebrity version of the general knowledge quiz in which contestants try to come up with the answers that nobody else could think of....
Sunburn
Character: John Buchanan
Sunburn is a British television series that followed the lives of a group of British holiday reps. It was broadcast on BBC One between 16 January 1999 and 1 May 2000, running for two series of six and eight episodes respectively. The first was set and filmed in Cyprus and the second in Algarve. The cast included Michelle Collins, Rebecca Callard, Sharon Small, George Layton and Sean Maguire, with Paul Nicholas joining later. The series was created by Mike Bullen, who was interested in the behind...
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
Character: Reigate
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder is based on a character created by Edgar Wallace in a series of 1925 short stories of the same name, Hugh Burden played the titular character – A mild-mannered investigator with the Department of Public Prosecutions....
Kingdom
Character: Mr. Dodds
Kingdom is a British television series produced by Parallel Film and Television Productions for the ITV network. It was created by Simon Wheeler and stars Stephen Fry as Peter Kingdom, a Norfolk solicitor who is coping with family, colleagues, and the strange locals who come to him for legal assistance. The series also starred Hermione Norris, Celia Imrie, Karl Davies, Phyllida Law and Tony Slattery. The first series of six one-hour episodes was aired in 2007 and averaged six million viewers pe...
Casualty
Character: Colin Miles
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives....
Casualty
Character: David Vincent
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives....
Tales of the Tardis
Character: The Doctor
Classic Doctor Who duos are reunited as they board a very special TARDIS on a nostalgic voyage through space and time....
Wogan
Character: Self
Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities....
A Dance to the Music of Time
Character: Canon Fenneau
A Dance to the Music of Time is a four-part adaptation of Anthony Powell's 12-volume novel sequence that aired on Channel 4 in 1997. The series is a sharp, comic portrait of upper-class and bohemian England, spanning almost a century, from the early 1920s to modern times....
Cousin Bette
Character: Count Wenceslas Steinbock
Adaptation of the Balzac novel. A poor and homely spinster, who feels she's been walked on all her life, teams up with a scheming courtesan to wreak elaborate revenge on her rich and handsome relatives....
Doctor Who's Who's Who
Character: Doctor Who
Television documentary filmed at a Doctor Who convention, including interviews with directors, writers and actors....
Public Eye
Character: Town Hall Clerk
Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a further four series. The series depicted the investigations and cases handled by the unglamorous enquiry agent Frank Marker, an unmarried loner who is in his early forties when the series begins. In the words of an ABC trailer for the third series: "Marker isn't a glamorous detective and he doesn't get glamorous cases—he doesn't even get glamorous ...
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Character: Self - Participant
Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction...
The Roads to Freedom
Character: Claude
Taboo-busting adaptation for television of Jean-Paul Sartre's trilogy....
Doctor Who
Character: The Doctor
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs....
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited
Character: Self
As the Doctor's newest companion, Clara Oswald, steps into the TARDIS, take a look back at previous companions that have won over The Doctor's hearts in Doctor Who: The Companions. Along the way, companions past and present talk about how the show has changed their lives, and how they've never quite managed to leave the TARDIS behind. ...
Doctor Who: Real Time
Character: The Doctor
The Doctor and his companion, Evelyn, investigate a series of mysterious disappearances on the planet Chronos....
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Character: Self
Twelve celebrities are abandoned in the Australian jungle. In order to earn food, they must perform Bushtucker Trials which challenge them physically and mentally....
The Edwardians
Character: Joseph Laycock
It was a time when England was a nation on the cusp of change, an evolving landscape tht lay between Victorian England and the First World War. 'The Edwardians' explores the lives of and events in the lives of many who helped define the era, the "Belle Epoque"....
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Shadows of a Stranger
Character: William Fallon
A haunted investigator teams up with a psychic on a mysterious job that promises a fortune: a search to bring a missing stranger home by Christmas....
Stranger Than Fiction 3: Acting Up
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Actors from BBV productions discuss their process preparing for performance....
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Character: Self
Zoe Ball and Rick Edwards get the party started for the celebration of 50 years of Doctor Who, with Doctors and companions past and present, celebrity fans and special surprises....
TravelWise
Character: Jonathan Pike
A 4-Part Educational drama for Essex County Council Road Safety Department, this video is aimed at Key stage 2 and 3 pupils. This soap-style drama raises the various and complex issues surrounding transport in the 21st century, dealing with issue like personal and road safety, pollution, costs, traffic, cycling, health, and the environment through two family's struggles and dilemmas....
A Dozen Summers
Character: The Narrator
Maisie and Daisy McCormack are two ordinary 12-year-olds finding their way through life in the 21st century. Oh, and they may have just hijacked a movie....
The Waiting Time
Character: Giles Fleming
When British Intelligence Officer Tracy Barnes attacks visiting German politician Dieter Krause, solicitor's clerk Joshua Mantle is called to help unravel the events which led to the assault....
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord with Peter Davison
Character: Self
Peter Davison, the Fifth Doctor, meets the talented people and stars who have helped create the show both past, present and future, and asks 'Who is the Doctor? What makes him tick? What will make the Twelfth Doctor unique?'...
You Might Get Lost
Character: Conrad
After the tragic death of her son, Arlene loses everything, her husband, her home and she starts to lose her mind. When the mysterious Endeavour Institute offers her a chance to travel back and change things, she eagerly accepts and begins her journey to the past. Plagued by the memories of her alternate reality, Arlene must separate the real from the false without upsetting the delicate balance. She is unprepared for the terrible price she must pay for saving her son....
Secrets of a Wallaby Boy
Character: Bruce (voice)
When Tim becomes a courier for the app Wallaby, he reckons he can turn his life around: get fit, earn some money, and even get laid. He’s not accounted for his own haplessness, an antique teapot collection, and a sinister conspiracy....
Buckle Up
Character: Nick
The story of ex-banger racer Jack Elger who has to honor his brothers gambling debt by picking up a rare diamond necklace from an Arab prince off the coast of Cornwall and bring it back to London before he his killed. The trick is to stay alive as they race through the streets of London's Westend dodging bullets in the process....
The Airzone Solution
Character: Arnold Davies
The Airzone Solution takes place in a future Britain where pollution has reached a point where the populace must often wear filtration masks when they venture outside. AirZone, a powerful corporation, signs a lucrative deal with the government to deal with the problem. The public is told that AirZone plans to build giant filtration plants to clean the atmosphere, but environmentalists are skeptical, especially when people begin dying and disappearing around AirZone facilities....
Soul's Ark
Character: Galico
After disappearances during an archelogical dig, Stella Grant (Carole Ann Ford) sends in her two top agents, played by Colin Baker and Wendy Padbury, to investigate....
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Character: The 6th Doctor
All of the Doctor's incarnations are in crisis when The Rani creates a time-loop in the East-end of London in this 30th Anniversary Special....
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Character: Self
With the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who about to film, the "classic" Doctors Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy are keen to be involved. But do they manage it?...
Talking Doctor Who
Character: Self / The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
As part of the sixtieth anniversary celebrations of Doctor Who, David Tennant time-travels back through the BBC archives to tell the story of the Doctor’s classic era....
Who's Who
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Produced for American Public Television, this documentary on the long-running Doctor Who television series features interviews with actors and actresses who played the traveling companions of the Time Lord hero and with three actors, Jon Pertwee, Peter Davison, and Colin Baker, who portrayed the title character, as well as footage of a U.S. fan convention where Tom Baker, appeared and answered questions. The fan backlash against the 1985-6 hiatus for the series and the finding of some previously...
Myth Makers 19: Colin Baker
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Colin Baker is walking his dog and Nicholas Briggs is shopping, when they are both teleported to a strangely familiar location by a mysterious alien being… Whilst on their adventure, Colin talks to Nick about his long and varied acting career, including his casting as the sixth Doctor. In a frank and revealing discussion, Colin reveals much of his joys and frustrations while working on the series and the truth behind the programme’s cancellation and his eventual departure. Take this opportuni...
The Home Whovian
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In the 1980’s US public television station New Jersey Network produced some groundbreaking documentaries about Doctor Who following the programme’s huge success in America. The Home Whovian was planned to be the first in a series of video releases in the USA featuring interviews with the stars of Doctor Who. In the event it proved to be a one-off. Featuring interviews with Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker and John Nathan-Turner. Unique material from a unique moment in Time Tr...
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets & Scandals
Character: Self - archive
Behind-the-scenes stories from the long-running sci-fi drama. There are tales of stunts that went dangerously wrong and secrets of how the crew brought monsters to life, as well as revelations about how some storylines proved to be so scary the BBC were forced to re-edit episodes....
Drive Carefully, Darling
Character: Brain
An exhortation to drivers to pay attention to road safety. In just 15 minutes, John Krish manages to give this road safety film something new and different by presenting events not from the point of view of the driver, but of his brain, memory and ego, who operate from a rather camp technology-driven command centre....
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
Character: The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London's National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion. All of reality is at stake as the Doctor's own dangerous past comes back to haunt him....
Doctor Who: The Trial
Character: Self
Colin Baker is back on trial! Can he walk free before the release of Doctor Who: The Collection Season 23??...
The Caller
Character: DS Rawlins (voice)
While house sitting for her uncle, a customer service agent working from home gets terrorized by a dissatisfied psychopathic caller....
The PanoptiCon Tapes
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1. The Main Event - What are PanoptiCons like to organise? What do the fans think of them? What do the stars think of the fans? All this, and there’s still time for a liberal sprinkling of stories from the production team! However, you’ll see lots of other personalities from other eras as we stop along the way to look at particular aspects of the programme....
The PanoptiCon Tapes II
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2. The Early Years - The stars and production team give a unique insight into Doctor Who from its beginning with William Hartnell to Patrick Troughton’s portrayal of the Doctor. However, you’ll see lots of other personalities from other eras as we stop along the way to look at particular aspects of the programme....
The PanoptiCon Tapes III
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3. The Pertwee Years - We take an in-depth look at the Jon Pertwee era, which has been featured more thoroughly at PanoptiCons than any other. Experience the special mix that made this period one of the most popular in Doctor Who’s history. However, you’ll see lots of other personalities from other eras as we stop along the way to look at particular aspects of the programme....
The PanoptiCon Tapes IV
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4. The JNT Years - Peter Davison and Colin Baker’s portrayals of the Doctor conceded with one of the most controversial periods of the programme’s history. Was the programme as good as it used to be… or just different? What did the production staff, both past and present, think? However, you’ll see lots of other personalities from other eras as we stop along the way to look at particular aspects of the programme....
The PanoptiCon Tapes V
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5. Dragonfire - How is a Doctor Who story made? Cast and crew from the Doctor Who story Dragonfire got together at Panopticon IX in a lively and sometimes hilarious discussion which covers every aspect of the making of a television programme. However, you’ll see lots of other personalities from other eras as we stop along the way to look at particular aspects of the programme....
The PanoptiCon Tapes VI
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6. Panopticon VII - 1986 was the 10th Anniversary of the DWAS and for the first time professional cameras were there to record the event. This special production includes highlights from the convention, home movies from early Panopticons (featuring Tom Baker and Patrick Troughton) and the reminiscences from organisers, actors and production staff about the early days of fandom. However, you’ll see lots of other personalities from other eras as we stop along the way to look at particular aspect...
Doctor Who: The Colin Baker Years
Character: Himself
A documentary where Colin Baker himself recalls the Colin Baker years, revealing some of his own favourite memories and clips from the period as well as his appearances on shows including Jim'll Fix It and footage from the Doctor Who exhibition in Blackpool....
The Zero Imperative
Character: Peter Russell
Former UNIT luminary Liz Shaw and her assistant Bayliss are investigating a series of bizarre murders, all committed near a soon-to-be-closed psychiatric hospital. When the hospital is unexpectedly reprieved by rich Industrialist Peter Russell events seem to move out of Liz's control. Are the incumbent director of the clinic, Doctor Dove and his predecessor Doctor O'Kane harboring the killer? What is the centuries-old horror hidden in the grounds? And what exactly is the secret of room zero?...
Remembering Deborah Watling
Character: Self
Family, friends and colleagues pay tribute to Debbie Watling who played Victoria Waterfield, companion to Patrick Troughton's Doctor....
Christmas at the Holly Day Inn
Character: Ben
An overachieving executive quits her job just before Christmas and goes to her father's country inn to try to find some balance again....
The Doctors: The Colin Baker Years
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This is the definitive set of interviews with the team who brought the Colin Baker era of Doctor Who to life! This documentary includes the best in-depth interviews with Colin Baker (the Sixth Doctor), Nicola Bryant (Peri), Bonnie Langford (Mel), Michael Jayston (The Valeyard), John Nathan-Turner (Producer) and Eric Saward (Script Editor) ever undertaken!...
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
Character: Sixth Doctor
Arriving on the barren world of Androzani Minor, the Doctor and Peri find themselves embroiled in a long running, literal underground war. At the heart of the conflict is a substance called Spectrox - both valuable and deadly! The Doctor & Peri wind up being poisoned by the material, which is killing them slowly and painfully unless they can find a cure. As the conflict heats up and the situation gets more desperate, the Doctor realises time is running out - both for Peri and himself......
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Character: Self / The Doctor (archive footage)
Peter Davison is on a new journey to discover everything he can about the Doctor's Companion. What exactly is a companion's role, how do you actually become a companion, what do they have in common and how have the companions changed over the years?...
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
Character: The Doctor
When the TARDIS is in need of repairs, the Doctor and Peri are forced to land on Varos, a mining planet whose population is entertained and enslaved by a sadistic system of public torture and execution, and find themselves the latest unwilling subjects in this most extreme form of reality TV....
Doctor Who: Cybermen - The Early Years
Character: Host
A documentary about the early years of the Cybermen. Introduced by Colin Baker, this includes several interviews and rare clips. Also included are four surviving episodes from the incomplete stories "The Moonbase" (episodes 2&4) and "The Wheel in Space" (episodes 3&6). A VHS classic!...
Doctor Who: A New Dimension
Character: Self
Documentary lead-in to the premiere episode of the 2005 revival of Doctor Who. Features cast interviews, behind the scenes footage, and a look at the Doctor's past....
The Asylum
Character: Arbuthnot
Plagued by endless visions and nightmares, Jenny Adams suspects that, as a child, she was responsible for the brutal murder of her own mother....
A Christmas Carol
Character: Charles Dickens
When the miserly Ebeneezer Scrooge receives ghostly visitations one fateful Christmas Eve, he is shown the error of his ways....
The Moonstone
Character: John Herncastle
Adaptation of the classic novel. A priceless jewel, originally plundered from a Hindu shrine, is presented to Rachel Verinder on her 18th birthday. The jewel goes missing and suspicion falls over the household, threatening to destroy someone close to Rachel's heart....
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
Character: The Doctor
Charged with genocide by the treacherous Valeyard at his trial, the Doctor receives help from an unlikely source to turn the tide of the High Council's rulings in his favour and reveal the Valeyard as a wrongdoer: the Master. For the Valeyard's own crimes are so atrocious, even the Doctor's archenemy will help him to ensure that the villain won't see the light of day again. Cornered, the Valeyard flees to the Matrix, where he can be the Doctor's judge, jury and executioner......
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
Character: The Doctor
As evidence for the defense at his ongoing trial, the Doctor presents an adventure from his future when he is travelling with a computer programmer named Mel. Answering a mysterious distress call from the space liner Hyperion III, they find that the passengers aboard include unscrupulous scientists, secret agents, saboteurs, thieves and a murderer. And lurking in the shadows are the Vervoids, the product of sinister botanical experiments, who will stop at nothing to destroy all non-plant life....
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
Character: The Doctor
As the Doctor's trial continues, evidence is presented showing his most recent adventure, one where he faces an old adversary, Sil. As a scientist conducts his unethical experiments to prolong the life of Sil's boss Kiv, the Doctor's memories of the events begins to return and an unpleasant surprise awaits him....
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
Character: The Doctor
The Doctor is summoned before the High Council of Time Lords to stand trial for the charges of harmful interference to the course of events during his travels which have threatened the sanctity of the universe. Indignant at these accusations, the Doctor pleads his case to the Inquisitor with the hope that she will see him as a source of hope and goodwill for existence. However, his prosecuting attorney, a sinister Time Lord known simply as the Valeyard, begins a crusade against the Doctor with t...
Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma
Character: The Doctor
A race of giant Gastropods has taken over the planet Jaconda. Their leader, Mestor, now intends to cause an enormous explosion in order to spread his people's eggs throughout the galaxy, and he kidnaps juvenile twin geniuses from Earth to work out the necessary mathematical equations. Space fighters led by Lieutenant Hugo Lang are dispatched to get the twins back, but they come under attack and Lang is the sole survivor when his ship crashes on the asteroid Titan III. A newly regenerated Doctor...
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
Character: The Doctor
At the Tranquil Repose mortuary, the Doctor and Peri uncover a sinister plot to create a new breed of Daleks under the supervision of the mysterious Great Healer....
Doctor Who: Timelash
Character: The Doctor
The Doctor and Peri arrive on Karfel, a planet ruled by fear where the enemies of its ruler, the despotic Borad, are banished into a time tunnel known as the Timelash....
Doctor Who: The Two Doctors
Character: The Doctor
Suddenly gripped by a memory of being executed in his second incarnation, the Sixth Doctor travels to Seville to save his past self and ensure his own existence in his present....
Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani
Character: The Doctor
The Doctor discovers his old enemy the Master is intent on preventing Earth's industrial revolution in 19th century England. But the Rani, a second rogue Time Lord, has plans of her own......
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen
Character: The Doctor
An alien distress call draws the Doctor and Peri to Earth, 1985, where they uncover a Cyberman plot to change the course of history....
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
Character: William Lind
When D. C. Dangerous Davies, not held in high regard by his superiors, is assigned to find a notorious criminal kingpin, he uncovers the details of 15-year-old cold case....
The Stranger: More Than a Messiah
Character: The Stranger
The Stranger and Miss Brown visit Majus 17 a intergalactic tourist paradise. However, they soon discover all is not as it seems - as they find decaying corpses in the woods and bathers are being swallowed by an angry sea....
The Stranger: In Memory Alone
Character: The Stranger
Something has traveled across space and arrived at a deserted railway station. A train arrives with a single passenger, a woman waits on the platform. Why is the station patrolled by sinister robotic Drudgers?...
The Stranger: The Terror Game
Character: The Stranger / Soloman
The Stranger (Colin Baker) arrives on Earth with no memory of who he is or why he's there. However, two men on a secret mission seem to know his identity and the owner of a local bar/club seems to be hiding a secret in an upstairs room. Unsure of whom to trust or even believe, The Stranger must try and unravel the threads of his mysterious past...a past he may not want to remember....
The Stranger: Breach of the Peace
Character: The Stranger / Soloman
The Stranger (Colin Baker), still stranded on Earth, has escaped his pursuers and found a safe haven under an assumed name. But his former associates want him back and are not giving up the chase so easily, and his lost past is about to catch up with him......
The Stranger: Summoned by Shadows
Character: The Stranger
Wearied by his travels through time and space The Stranger has rejected his long-time companion and is in self-imposed exile on a barren planet. Can he ignore the pleas for help from the locals who are tormented by The Conjuror?...
The Stranger: Eye of the Beholder
Character: The Stranger / Soloman
A reluctant Solomon (Colin Baker), along with his former associates Egan (David Troughton) and Saul (John Wadmore), have (they think!) escaped Earth and returned to their own dimension. But a mysterious force returns them to Earth and drops them right into the middle of a top-secret experiment involving a young girl's mind powers. They soon find that the experiment has gone wrong and unleashed something deadly...and unless they can find a way to stop it, they and the experiment's team members wi...
Stranger than Fiction
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Gary Russell of Marvel Comics' Doctor Who Magazine investigates the world of BBV. In a relatively short space of time and with relatively small amounts of money, Bill Baggs has produced a series of videos which have a special appeal for Doctor Who fans. Stranger Than Fiction looks at the development of BBV's production techniques, through story, rehearsal and shooting. There's a chance to discover the origins of the scripts, as well as to see lost scenes from the Stranger videos and The AirZon...
Stranger than Fiction 2: From Script to Screen
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In the second "Stranger Than Fiction" documentary, Mark Gatiss explores the three latest BBV productions; "The Terror Game", "Breach of the Peace" and "The Zero Imperative", from the writers perspective. Using behind-the-scenes Hi-8 footage, outtakes and interviews with Colin Baker, Jon Pertwee, Sylvester McCoy and Nick Briggs, this fascinating documentary examines the script from initial beginnings, through character and narrative development to its eventual realisation on the screen....
The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel and Beyond
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More than 30 years have now passed since a certain time traveling police box first materialized on our television screens, and the exploits of its various crews have enthralled audiences ever since. Here is the story of Britain's Number 1 Science Fiction programme told in order of the various actors who have played the Doctor....
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
Character: Chauvel
Receiving orders to assist the British in an attack on the ancient Middle Eastern desert town of Beersheba, Indy goes undercover with a beautiful lady spy. Relying on his wits and her tantalizing skill at belly dancing, the daring duo works desperately to defuse the explosives placed in the city's vital water wells by the occupying Turks. The story culminates in a spectacular cavalry charge by the gallant soldiers of the Australian Lighthorsemen Regiment, whose very survival hinges on the succes...
Adventures in Space and Time
Character: Himself
A documentary on the history of Doctor Who (1963) featuring new interviews with cast and crew, transmitted as part of "Doctor Who Night" on BBC2....
30 Years in the TARDIS
Character: Himself
A documentary celebrating the 30th anniversary of Doctor Who, featuring new interviews, rare archive footage and recently discovered material....
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
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Producer Steve Broster takes a look back to 1983 and the celebration of Doctor Who's twentieth anniversary, including the production and transmission of 'The Five Doctors', the media interest and the BBC Enterprises' event at Longleat House. Featuring actors Peter Davison, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, Mark Strickson, Janet Fielding, Carole Ann Ford, John Leeson, Richard Franklin and Caroline John, writer Terrance Dicks, director Peter Moffatt, visual effects designer Mike Kelt, new serie...
Davros Connections
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Exclusive to this boxset is Brendan Sheppard's new documentary, Davros Connections, which pulls together the whole of the Davros Boxset into a single chronology, as well as being a fascinating documentary in its own right. This is an in-depth look at the history of the Daleks' creator, Davros, as portrayed in both the TV stories from the BBC and in audio adventures from official licensee Big Finish. With actors Terry Molloy, David Gooderson and Peter Miles, producer/director Gary Russell, direct...
Built for War: The Sontaran Story
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The genesis and development of the Sontaran race through the history of the series, as told by some of the actors and production team involved. This specially produced documentary includes contributions from Terrance Dicks, Elisabeth Sladen, Anthony Read, Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Bob Baker, Eric Saward and Stuart Fell....
The Story of Doctor Who
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Documentary to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of this popular cult sci-fi television series....
Carnival of Monsters
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A look at the various monsters that have appeared in Doctor Who....
Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner
Character: Himself
This well researched and insightful documentary about producer John Nathan-Turner looks at his career with a special emphasis on his time at Doctor Who which he worked on throughout the 1980s until the show went on hiatus following the Season 26 story ‘Survival’. Featuring rare footage and commentary from those who knew him and worked with him, Showman is a fascinating look at the life of a troubled showman with lots of stories to tell....
The Doctor Who Cookbook Revisited
Character: Self
Brave Doctor Who cast members tackle their original recipes from the official 1985 cookbook....
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Character: Self
Zoe Ball hosts a live celebration in which the next actor to land Doctor Who's lead role is revealed, in the company of former cast members and celebrity fans....
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
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The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord was the umbrella title for a series of four 2|entertain documentaries. Each covered a different story within the larger fourteen-part serial The Trial of a Time Lord. An instalment of the series was found on each DVD of the The Trial of a Time Lord box set....
Trials and Tribulations
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A retrospective of Colin Baker's turbulent three-years as the Sixth Doctor in Doctor Who (1963), covering his casting, the 1985 hiatus, and his sacking on the orders of BBC One controller Michael Grade....
Last Man on Earth
Character: Professor James Friedkin
Sixth Doctor Who Colin Baker stars in this sci-fi thriller about two virologists who team up to find a cure for cancer....
Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity
Character: Commander Maxil
Omega, an ancient Time Lord made of pure anti-matter, once defeated by the Doctor, is plotting to cross over into this dimension by bonding with the Doctor. Meanwhile, the disappearance of a man in Amsterdam piques the curiosity of his cousin, Tegan, who previously left the Doctor at Heathrow Airport and now finds herself at Omega's mercy. Fearing total destruction from the collision of matter and antimatter, the Time Lords recall the Doctor to Gallifrey to undertake the only viable solution: ex...
The Ghosts of Borley Rectory
Character: Charles Sutton
Harry Price investigates the ghosts of Borley Rectory during his stay there....
Doctor Who: Real Time
Character: The Doctor
The Doctor and his companion Evelyn investigate a series of mysterious disappearances on the planet Chronos and once again encounter the dangerous Cybermen....
Doctor Who at the Proms
Character: The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
Doctor Who fan favourite Catherine Tate presents a concert of music, monsters and mayhem featuring soundtracks from the iconic series, a specially shot feature for the Fifteenth Doctor and a host of scary aliens as they thrill a packed audience at London's Royal Albert Hall. In a concert like no other in time and space, the much-loved music, performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, is accompanied by specially edited sequences from the series....
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
Character: The Doctor (6) (archive footage)
The Doctor arrives in Victorian London. It's Christmas, but snow isn't the only thing descending on the tranquil and jubilant civilization, as familiar silver giants from an alternate reality are amassing in numbers. The Cybermen are on the move again, and the only beings who can stop them are the Doctor and... another Doctor?...
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
Character: The Doctor (6) (picture) (uncredited)
It’s Christmas Day on a remote human colony and the Doctor is hiding from Christmas Carols and Comedy Antlers. But when a crashed spaceship calls upon the Doctor for help, he finds himself recruited into River Song’s squad and hurled into a fast and frantic chase across the galaxy. King Hydroflax is furious, and his giant Robot bodyguard is out-of-control and coming for them all! Will Nardole survive? And when will River Song work out who the Doctor is? All will be revealed on a starliner full o...
Bigger Inside Than Out
Character: Narrator
Discover the history of the police box....
A Fix with Sontarans
Character: The Doctor
While operating the controls on his TARDIS console, The Doctor accidentally transports his former companion Tegan Jovanka on board. Less than happy about her situation, she reluctantly agrees to help when the Doctor reveals that two Sontarans are on board with a powerful vitrox bomb with which they intend to blow up the ship....
The Ties That Bind Us
Character: The Sixth Doctor / Commander Maxil (archive footage)
A look at the subtle (and not so subtle!) links to the show's past and future contained within the story of The Five Doctors....
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS
Character: Self
Behind-the-scenes stories from the cast and crew across 50 years of Doctor Who....