You can just tell how enthusiastic and excited Colin Baker was to have this role. It's such a shame things didn't go as well as they did in earlier seasons.

Before I saw Colin Baker's first episodes I met him at a convention. He had high praise for his co-stars but when he talked about himself he seemed to enjoy sharing stories of his mistakes or funny things that happened to him. Such a great guy. I looked forward to seeing his turn as the Doctor and was not disappointed.

Colin Baker seems honestly like the sweetest man. I've met him once when he came to Australia 10 years ago, and even though I was nervous as hell meeting him, he was so kind to me and my friend. I'm sitting next to my photo with him right now. He also answered my question about his 1970s pornstache, which I'll never forget.

All I can do is echo the many comments of what a genuinely lovely guy Colin Baker is. There was a Doctor Who appreciation event at my University in the early 90s with many talks, people behind the scenes, model makers and several of the actors. Colin stands out in my memory - whilst understandably the 'big names' were keen to get off as quickly as possible after their talks, with the minimal amount of interaction, Colin was happy to hang around in the bar telling stories for as long as people wanted to hang out. Completely real, no pretences, accepting of the difficulties of his time on ths show and full of praise for those he worked with. His love for the show and it's fans is very real.

Colin bakers time reminds me a bit of the more recent whitaker Era. Everyone in front of the camera was giving 1000% and I couldn't fault them. All of the problems were behind the camera with people that either didn't know how to craft Dr who stories or disliked the show so much they were trying to sabotage it.

Met him and Nicola Bryant (bloody hell, she's still quite fine) a few months back at a Comic-Con in Great Yarmouth. I was nervous as hell but he soon put that aside. We had a wonderful chat and the three of us took some great pictures at a prop Tardis.

I met Colin Baker at a con when they were introducing his first season to America. Both he and Turner were charming, witty, and Baker took time to talk to fans at autograph signing. I have him a button that said: “Worst dressed sentient being in the galaxy. “. I was disappointed that he never wore it on screen…. And yes, I rather liked his Doctor.

I remember almost nothing about watching this series first time around, but I'm sure I did watch it because I remember Peri. Her American accent seems to just come and go whenever, half the time she sounds english. Not that I was listening. It's amazing the actress put up with every single costume having a plunging neckline and lots of jiggling. It was pretty radical for Dr Who at the time.

Quite possibly the greatest ever season of classic Who ... Or at the very least the most bizarre and batshit crazy! As a tween who had followed the series since his families move to England, this commentator was particularly drawn in by the strange but wonderful screwball oddball coupe of Doctor 6 and Peri and the bizarrely blackly comical pantomime world they inhabited. Alas it was it's own undoing and the promised return turned out to be only the pain of watching Doc 6 and Peri die (literally and figuratively) in front of our eyes as the entire production imploded on air. But .... We still remember and we still hold the flame of love! Now whole new generations (2 at least if not a third) of new viewers have brought new found and long overdue respect to the great mad experiment by the late, great JNT and Eric Seward. Colin and Nicola for their part have never given in despite being kicked in the teeth then kicked off the show and have made the characters their own dopplegangers in life as in fantasy thanks to Big Finish and other side projects. Had a chance to meet them in March in London and found them even more inspiring in life ... May their legend be immortal and spoke on the lips of persons far removed and not yet born!

Enjoyed this very much. Another home run, Stam Fine.

I saw Colin Baker at a convention in the Philadelphia area before any of his episodes aired in the US -- possibly before they aired in Britain! -- and I remember someone asked: how long will you play the Doctor, and he replied that Tom Baker had been the Doctor for 7 years and he always liked to set records. Everyone in the audience cheered. He did set a record: shortest tenured.

I always enjoy your videos. This channel is criminally underrated and under-subscribed.

My favourite Doctor Who factoid is that Six once referred to Peri as Jamie. The best companion of all time still lingers in his mind!

I'll add another comment on how nice Colin Baker is. I met him at a con and he was very honest and humble about the highs and lows of his time in the role. He clearly loved playing the Doctor and was poorly served by the material he was given. Not, sadly, the last time that would happen on this show.

Nicola Bryant, a close third only to Elisabeth Sladen and Mary Tamm.

Great review and pretty much on the money too, as per usual. I was always a fan of Colin Baker's Doctor I thought it was brave of him to make the character less viewer-friendly, shall we say. It always conjured the spirit of Hartnell for me. Anyway, Colin will always have a special place in my heart because in the 80's I had ticket to see "Doctor Who The Ultimate Adventure" with Jon Pertwee who was and always will be "my Doctor". Sadly, he fell ill. Colin Baker stepped in. I was thrilled, as he would always be my pick after "King Jon". Given his treatment by the BBC showrunners I thought it spoke volumes that he was so willing to step in like that. Top drawer fellow.

One thing to consider from a continuity standpoint is that at the time, no one could actually watch Tomb of the Cyberman to see what the tombs looked like, so it really didn't matter that much to the set designers.

Oh thanks for the explanation of the strange cliffhangers! I watched this haphazardly on PBS the episode endings seemed SO abrupt! I always liked this doctor, when I was a kid he always seemed like the perfect meld of Tom Baker and Peter Davidson.

I live for your Dalek songs!!!

Huzzah! I love it when one of these drops! Huge doctor who fan, and I love the humor in them.

That fishing cliffhanger is the best ever.

Gotta agree with what is said in the film and many comments. Colin Baker is a wonderful guy! I worked an event with him years ago in Chester and we had a queue of people all the way down the street waiting to meet him on a hot summer day. He never complained and was beyond polite and wonderful to everyone and to work with. He was treated very unfairly I feel and his doctor has been vindicated by his Big Finish work which is some of the best audio episodes ever done imho

The cat brooches are on point tho.

Vengeance on Varos is one of the best Who stories in general, and I'll fight anyone who says otherwise. As for Jason Connery...he sounded like that in Robin of Sherwood, too, sadly. Didn't inherit his dad's acting talent.

The thing about The Two Doctors is that they had it where the 2nd Doctor was like the present Doctor and the 6th Doctor was from the future.

For me Revelation is one of the best stories of the 80's. It maintains an ominous tone throughout and provides a bit of an insight into the video nasty/ Satanic Panic mindset of the time

After watching Doctor Who through most of the Pertwee and Tom Baker eras I was busy with other things in the 1980s, and didn’t watch when these stories were first broadcast. I thought the series was going downhill in the latter part of the Tom Baker era. I have watched some of these stories more recently. Vengeance on Varos has a good reputation, but when I first saw it it immediately reminded me of The Sun Makers from the Tom Baker era.

Hello Stam, I really enjoy your Dr Who videos in particular. Your dry sense of humour, affectionate but gently mocking tone is quite different to other review channels. Keep up the good work and singing monsters. Best wishes.

You have me in fits of laughter! Your Dr Who season roundups are some Of the funniest things I’ve seen on You Tube.

Peri yum

Met Colin Baker once such a lovely person.

Nicola Bryant ... oh my

I've been waiting for this, and I know I will love it. Thanks Stam Fine.

Brian Glovers role in Alien3 was oscar worthy

Attack of the Cybermen is one of my all-time favourite episodes and I love the body count at the end. It's awesome!

Best comics, best audios and at least this one cared if bad things happened to his companion.

I have just read that the House of Mouse are now funding the 2023 and beyond episodes. After what happened to Stars Wars this should send a chill down every Doctor Who's fans back.

Man your style of writing has juuust the right amout of info to humor ratio and I am loving it!!

I could have watched this w/o sound for all the Peri but I'm sooo glad I didn't. Masterfully witty and satirical commentary, Mate.

Etta &Arak featured another ex-Blake’s 7 turn. The bloke appeared as Investigator Reeve in *SAND* largely a Tarrant and Servalan two-hander. (Stephen Yardley??)

Another fine episode! Enjoyed this even though by the time this was shown in NZ I was a few years away (Peter Davison was my last as a youth). I almost spit my beer out when you mentioned "Terry Malloy" though. Had visions of Brando reprising an iconic role of his in "Who"!

I simply LOVE Colin's Doctor a LOT. He's absolutely 100% there and giving everything in every scene and really making the most of the character. Being flamboyand, unpredictable, smart, cheeky, lovable, extravagant, extrovert but also combining all these perks in a cohesive fusion and using each one where it's necessary and really adding a lot of entertaining dynamic into scenes. When i was first introduced him as a doctor i was rather unsure but he absolutely convinced me in the first 5 minutes. The care for his companion is what i love a lot and what we later see again with 8th doctor. And that cute nose-poke :) Colin is just an absolutely wonderful Doctor and even though Tom Baker will always be my Doctor, i simply love them ALL and each one for their own good :) Right now i am still discovering episodes and seasons with him i did not see yet and each time i am super excited for the next one because of Colin's performance.

Sooner than expected thanks Stam, another good review

Jeananne Crowley played Vena as if she was completely stoned 😂

Colin Baker’s Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories are fantastic. They truly highlight of what could have been for six.

Awesome as always!

I'm glad to see you're being even-handed about this season. It's one of those that some people love and some people dislike (aside from Timelash, which is disliked by nearly everyone). I think we've gone through the Saward Backlash now and into a more nuanced time where we can see both the good and bad things about his time as script editor. It's just a shame he never realised that his love of stories where The Doctor had the plot happen to him and stories with gory elements gave the BBC an excuse to wield the axe.

When Peri says “you’ve only called me Jamie”. She does realise Jamie is a uni sex babe.

37:37 I have no nostalgia for the episode, but the time portal time slash effect seems kind of good. I didn’t recognize it as Christmas Tinsel and I grew up in the 80’s with shiny plastic Tinsel on my tree as a kid. . . .

You've earned yourself a new sub. And made me wanna go find the 6th's Big Finish stuff.

these vidoes are so educational and fun. what a time to be alive. happy halloween.

I love your reviews and humor. Thanks for all your hard work.

Great review on Season 22! I do like season 22 and they went into a dark direction. I do like some stories from season 22 like Attack of the Cybermen, Vengance on Varos, The Mark of the Rani, The Two Doctors and Revelation of the Daleks. But hey next time court is in session.

The ABC agreed - there were cuts made to season 22 in Australia when shown in 1986, and repeats in 1994 were still cut. I think this season is somewhat underrated, but some tweaks wouldn't have hurt. Colin deserved better overall.

This is hilarious! Well done!

So, fun fact about Colin's outlandish costume: Before his first episode even started filming, Colin Baker was ALREADY starting to have disagreements with JNT, over (among other things) his Doctor's costume and the direction the new season was taking. Colin retaliated by picking out the most ridiculous jacket possible, confident that the showrunner would back down at the sheer stupidity of it. Instead, to his shock, the jacket was subsequently approved.

That "Take on me" video parody was absolutely next level. You need to get paid more for this somehow, someway.

Yet again another fantastic addition to your review collection 🎉🫶🏻👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Season 22 was when I stopped watching Doctor Who, I only watched a few of Peter Davison's episodes but once I watched Colin Baker’s portrayal of the Doctor that was enough for me. I never missed an episode of Doctor Who from its very beginning up until Tom Baker, after Colin Baker I never watched another, and subsequently, what I've seen of his time as the Doctor my instincts to move on were correct.

Where is that bit from where the Dalek is singing Kate Bush's, Running Up That Hill...?? That's crazy! 😂 @29:00

Thanks, nice retrospective

Good to see those subs rising! I share these with my friends, but as I don't have any, the point is mute. Yes that is the wrong spelling, I like to think I am clever like that.

8:50 Cyberchonk. Lol.

I chatted with Kate O'Mara for a time on Twitter years ago, before it went totally insane... which was about one year after I joined. I fail to see a connection... ;D

Oh, yes, and please do Blakes seven... please.

Disappointed not to hear a Dalek/Cybermen duet of Doctor in Distress

The doctor is hanging out with Davros

Good HubNut reference, I'm in that overlap part of the Venn diagram.

I grew up with Peter Davison, Colin Baker and McCoy. Yet a can barely remember much about them, other than not finding the later years particularly good (apart from Ace, pwoar). By the time it got canned it was hardly a surprise. I just wish they hadn't also canned the 3rd and final season of Tripods.

I remember when Doctor Who Magazine did a feature on the upcoming season 22 which carried pictures of the Cryons. Let's just say it didn't seem like the best advertisement for the series. It is very suspicious however that only 2 years after celebrating the show with a 20th anniversary, the BBC was willing to can the show entirely.

Just remember Michael Grade is the only BBC controller that hasnt been knighted

I've always enjoyed the idea of Colin Baker's Doctor, more than the actual series itself. Colin Baker is a lovely man and a great actor, but he was let down by just about everyone else on the production team.

The POINT of the costume is that it's bad. He specifically chooses it because Peri doesn't like it. He's trolling her. This is covered like five minutes into him being introduced.

I can't honestly say that Colin Baker's Doctor is my favourite. The GOT fan in me appreciates the amped up violence for which this season is infamous, and most of the stories have a great supporting cast. I agree that Lytton shouldn't have been killed off so soon. He could easily have made up to half-a-dozen appearances over a few years, slowly transforming from the outright villain in Resurrection of the Daleks into an unlikely hero.

Most of these cliffhanger edits are still better than the "deadly floor" from Death To The Daleks.

I have a particular fondness for this season as it was the first season to be dubbed in my native language (German)

I was not expecting a hubnut reference but much appreciated

Whoever came up with the Dalek Karaoke, I would gladly buy them a pint

Paul Darrow channeling Laurence Olivier's Richard the Third in Timelash

I love your videos can you do Blake’s seven too?

Great work as always... though I hope you're not about to blast out McCoys ere....

What do you mean when you said that Attack of the Cyberman was Sewards worst episode....I beg to differ! It is in my top 10 episodes and I just love the black Cyberman! Thanx again Stam Fine, You did it again!......I`m still waiting for my Rappin` Cyberman!

Great run down of season 22 and as you say probably last time who was made with menace .loved Colins time as the doctor and for me was as.good as the doctors before him

"Remember... this was before Horlicks". No it wasn't! I drank Horlicks in the 1980s. I even drank it while watching Dr. Who.

Did someone call? Sorry I'm late. I tried to build my own TARDIS but the wipers were a nightmare and then it wouldn't start...

His Babon(sp?) the Butcher is the most memorable piece of scene chewing you’ll ever see (city at the edge of the world) and is a hoot. You’ll struggle to locate it on KZfaq these days but DailyMotion still has them all if you search for “Blake’s ……- then insert relevant word from the episode title eg “Blake’s aftermath” will give you the ep with the Sarin and S3 lead episode, introduction of Tarrant etc. check out this Baban ep as it was the one written specifically for Michael Keating, whose kids were being teased at school for being one dimensionally cowardly and comical. *THAT* episode changes all that and Vila is a proper hero. 🎉 C Bakers stint was excellent and he’s a fine actor. Although wobbly writing lets it down at times 😂😂

I absolutely adore the music clips. Would you consider uploading a separate video just with them?

41:14 OK, you've convinced me; This is something I really need to watch. I have no idea how anyone, even kids, put up with K9. Right now, I'm in the middle of the 7 year stretch, stuck between an electronic bark and Tom Baker's hard place and this looks right up my alley. Updated: It most definitely is. Too bad it was too far ahead of its time.

Second best Doctor, second best Baker.

More of the Doctor please.

Good heavens Nicola Bryant😍

The 6th Doctor got a much better deal from the Big Finish audio dramas, they even gave him a decent regeneration story.

loved his Doctor

Shockeye of the Quawncing Grig was a hungry dude.

For the violence and grotesque themes in season 22, you forgot the Sontaran disembodied leg where the camera zooms into it and Shockeye eating the live rat. lol

The first Doctor i properly remember seeing as a kid. Grade was right in some respects. it had got a bit too violent for its timeslot

i knew dr who was an old show but i had no idea its this old. 22 seasons in 85. jeez

Colin Baker was a fun watch.

The controller doesn't look like he did, because that design of Cybermen is supposed to be a collab between ones from Revenge, and the original "Telosian" cybermen from Tomb

I've Never Saw this Dr. Who Era but considering this is 1985 It Looks Pretty Good