Selected Customer Reviews
Colin Baker as Doctor Who
In my humble opinion the BBC did an admirable job in sacking
Colin Baker as Doctor Who.His representation of the Doctor was
at best abysmal.He seemed totally disinterested in breathing new
life into a character that after Tom Baker had become mundane.
While Jon Pertwee,Tom Baker and Peter Davison contribute their
enrgies into making the Doctor brilliant,witty,thoughtful,comical
irriverent and human:Colin Baker contributed none of the
aforementioned.He portrayed the Doctor as petty,self-serving and
inconsiderate.I wish the BBC in its wisdom would consider some
of the previous actors and their contributions in choosing the
new Doctor for the upcoming 2005 season.Let us hope BBC can do
better than choosing a Colin Baker and his ilk for the Doctor
of the new millenium!!!Long live DOCTOR WHO!!!
An enjoyable video to watch, through Colin Baker's own words
Doctor Who: The Colin Baker Years looks back thru the era of Colin Baker's (short) run as the Sixth Doctor. It is very enjoyable to watch, as Colin looks back on his time on the show. Unlike previous installments in the Doctor Who "Years" tapes (The Hartnell Years, The Troughton Years, The Pertwee Years, Daleks: The Early Years, Cybermen: The Early Years) where they were showcasing surviving episodes of mostly missing stories from the 1960s (or 1970s for color versions of missing Pertwee episodes), or the Tom Baker Years set (where Tom just watches clips and talks about what he may remember, where sadly his memory was very lacking on recalling anything), Colin Baker remembers as much as he can, and brings lots of those memories to the viewer.
It is sad that during Colin's run on the show, that the series went went through turmoil (behind-the-scenes), ratings dropped/ loss of viewers, and was deemed more violent, to the point that Dr. Who's owners, the BBC (upper management to be precise), lost interest in the show by that time and eventually to the dropping of Colin from the lead part itself after only doing two seasons (with an 18 month hiatus between seasons 22 and 23 not helping, and reducing the series to just 14 episodes for its last 4 years, seasons 23-26). 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. A dark period in Dr. Who's history from which the series never really recovered from 1984-1986, and even afterward into Sylvestor McCoy's run as the Seventh Doctor (1987-1989).
The Colin Baker Years was a short era indeed, but the look back on this period is a fun watch never the less. Add it to your Dr. Who video library.
Colin Baker we hardly knew ya!...
Colin Baker was probably the most under appreciated person to play the role of the good Doctor. It was probably due to his short time in the role. After 2 years of the weak play by Peter Davison, Colin Baker was a return to the Doctor of old. His performance was outstanding and unfortunately as he was just getting into the role and making it more enjoyable he was released. Not that his replacement wasnt good, but its ashame we couldnt have seen more of him as the Doctor. The BBC after so many years changed there opinion on Doctor Who and set out to destroy it by limiting its budjet and deleting storylines. This gives you insight to the end of a legend. How the bbc set out to do what no enemy could do to the doctor and that is destroy it. Colin Baker shows that he truly was a great actor and a great Doctor. Unfortunate for him and us we werent allowed to see it very much. enjoy this tape becaue it shows a great insight. I wish there would have been more Colin Baker episodes but the bbc [messed]it all up.
