Colin was a tv actor who was on the decline before WHO. He never was the lead in a show and got very little work on tv after WHO.

​@@matthewcheHe was never the lead, so hiw could he be in decline?

Yes I think he told the radio Times in 1984 that he would like to play doctor who for as long as tom Baker had done. A shame of course it was not to be as we know as by 1987 he was not on it alas.

Facts

Sorry, you can moan all you like about Chibnall but until you have had an episode where Bertie Bassett is the bad guy, then you have not hit a low.

@@lestat1uk That was the seventh doctor.

@@Ceolskog yes, I personally think the seventh is worse than six...hence the jab about Bertie Bassett. That was an all time low in doctor who

Colin Baker the worst Doctor ever? Not anymore! 😂

After Season 23's "The Trial of a Time Lord" came and went, bosses like BBC1 Controller Michael Grade and head of serials Jonathon Powell still were not happy with the results and let producer John Nathan-Turner know they would renew the show for another season but felt it was time to recast the Doctor role with another actor. Nathan-Turner let them know that Colin Baker had not even fulfilled his 4 years contract especially the enforced 18 month hiatus between Seasons 22 and 23, but the bosses told him they counted the 18 months gap as part of the duration (cast and crew were paid to do nothing in the gap). Nathan-Turner also let them know that he too wanted to leave the show, and they granted him his request if he would do the terrible news to Colin Baker. Nathan-Turner informed Baker by phone, but Baker wanted to meet with Jonathon Powell and had a meeting with him and counter offered to give him the entirety of the next season and then he'll leave at the end while Powell only offered Baker what the BBC wanted, just to appear in the opening serial of the next season at 4 episodes. Powell said he would think about it but it was sad, as Baker never heard from Powell again regarding his counter offer. Some of this information was in the Trials and Tribulations documentary that was among the bonus features in the Trial of a Time Lord DVD set, and among various factual reference books on the show's production history. Nathan-Turner was screwed over by his BBC bosses as he was informed after a few months had passed, that they wanted him to continue on as producer on Doctor Who, which JNT was upset about as he wanted to move on to do other things but his job was on the line as they told him if he wanted to remain employed at the BBC he must stay on as producer. The BBC was also unable to find anyone else to take over as producer of the show as there was just so much disdain for Doctor Who within the BBC that nobody else wanted to touch it at all. Sadly JNT himself never got produce other TV shows of any sort after Doctor Who ended in 1989 and holds the record for longest serving producer on the show's history.

They just put this video out to take the heat off of the 13th doctor... Who's clearly the worst..

And wasn't the worst in Doctor who History Jodie Whittaker is fact the worst

I keep thinking that there isn't a worst Doctor as much as there is a least satisfying Doctor, with a great majority of the actors who played this character being very talented in their own right. I'd honestly rather see more of a blunt critique of the writing staffs responsible for the unsatisfactory stories and arcs. I'm very confused why it's easy to put the actors down for doing their job and not the writers who haven't taken their job seriously enough.

Check out Colin's big finish work it's incredible

Don't feel so bad for him. Colin Baker is a jerk in real life. Met him in the elevator at the 2013 TARDIS con in Chicago and he came across as obnoxiously rude. Sort of like his sixth Doctor persona.

Perhaps that was the point? He was the 'mad' Doctor at the time.

@@TheManInBlueFlames Oddly enough, no. CB's Doctor was insane as part of the regeneration sickness for two storylines IIRC, but his personality started to stabilise after that, and you see signs of CB starting to grow into the character (when he's allowed to). The other instances of insanity were all externally imposed (Sil's brainwashing, genetic splicing, evidence tampering). Beyond making fun of Peri's Americanisms and being occasionally overdramatic, he was probably less "mad" than Tom Baker or Patrick Troughton.

@@TheBlackSeraphand way less mad than Matt Smith.

I think Mel was written poorly and should being close to Donna noble way but she isn't

@@Mark-nh2hs yes I'm sure he would love a Peri right now. College is the time ⏲

"We are billions and billions of years beyond your pretty obsession with gender" - The 12th Doctor talking about Time Lord society.

Get him some big finish and he’ll see that Colin’s one of the best doctors

A young lad worked for me, he had a daughter and they called her Tegan. I said "oh you're a doctor who fan", completely blank look and I had to explain. But also had a similar thing happen when a customer said her brother was called Ethan, said is your dad a John Wayne fan? Had to explain the he played Ethan Edwards in The Searchers, I think his best role and one of the top 5 movies in the Western genre

Agreed. I have been rewatching and there are some duds like "the mark of the Rani" where the episode turns into a "last of the summer wine" episode. The doctor is tied down on a stretcher and escapes down a hill. The master is a bit of a pantomime villain almost sneaking around on tip toe. I have the dalek episode to come.

It is fantastic.

Vengeance On Varos is my pick for top story.

@@johnhoran9840 Mine too - mainly for the great social commentary on the gladiatorial nature of certain types of TV programs - it was very well done. I do like Revelation of the Daleks as well - and that would be a close second for me, for Colin's stories.

Even the "bad" ones, like Timelash, are campy fun when I'm in the right mood. I picked up both of Colin's seasons on blu-ray. @@alphabetaxenonzzzcat

So I’m not a fan of his series but based off what you’re saying, you think I’d enjoy the Big Finish Audios much more?

@@DoodleThis Yeah, Colin Baker was voted best audio Doctor by the listener's a few years back. He doesn't lose all the edge but it's sanded down a lot.

@@richardwilliams5387 I’ll check out one of his works then

Vengeance On Varos is so underrated. When I did my review on it I pointed out that it's arguably more relevant today than it was back in the 80s.

He's not my favorite classic Doctor, but he is certainly my favorite of the three 1980s Doctors.

I always liked his costume lol wish they would do a dressing gown of his coat 🤣🤣

​@@TheWatcherOnWhoColin hated the clothes his doctor wore

I agree. His Big Finish stories take the 6th Doctor to a new level.

Thank the Guardian for the extremely unpopular and ridiculous female Dr Who..

@@johneeeemarry34 It's so ridiculously weird that you brought up the 13th Doctor for no reason... I'm not even a fan of her, but she is living in your head rent free.

JNT had his good points but I feel that his bad decisions certainly overshadowed them.

Had'nt seen this in decades but I remembered her twin personalities. Very pretty face too.

Yes, it had humanity, today it's sterile and must abide to the PC culture ironing away the spices of life.

Working with some of those TV scripts must have been like trying to do somersaults in a toilet cubicle. What more could he have done? It's like he wanted to play it 'tetchy', but the scripties wrote 'tw*t'. Big Finish Colin has been a joy.

@@richardgale4827 Mhm, probably the best to describe it, Colin Deserved better, and it didn't help that script editor at the time Eric Sayward (Correct my spelling if I got it wrong) disagreed with his casting.

One companion is fine if you have the right companion. Peri and Mel were awful companions for the Doctor.

Can't see Michael Grade or Jonathan Powell being guests of honour at a Dr Who Convention anytime soon.

@@TheWatcherOnWho not unless they've suddenly acquired a passion for having stuff thrown at them.

@@MichaelJohnson-kq7qg I show up to that one.

Trial of a Timelord is unwatchable trash. Almost as bad as Flux.

@@thefonzkiss Trial was a great concept, let down by factors beyond their control. I'm guessing you didn't like it, and that's fine. Dr Who doesn't have one target demographic who has to love all episodes equally.

No, it started in tom bakers last season. The stories got worse from then on.

@@lotsalube I have to agree with you.

I heard there was going to be a story of where they where going to do a blackpool story where they bump into the toymaker again with the original actor but that got turned down by the BBC I dont think the BBC can handle a show like Doctor who. I think they never liked it and underfunded the show and look at it now they use it for a political statement

@@DavidTyler They don't like positive role models for boys/men so they symbolically strip them away by replacing them with female actors etc.

You do realise that the character was still of school age when the Doctor "kidnapped" her?

I hated Peri, but I do agree on some of your five. My top five companions are Sarah Jane, Zoe, Rose, Jamie, and Leela being #1.

Sarah Jane, off the chart, then Leela, then the rest of the pack.

I have to admit the title is designed to provoke debate rather than my own personal opinion. I actually believe that the 6th Doctor gets a unfair bad rep which was one of my motivations for making this video.

Following one season of tripe. Seasons 25 and 26 were fine.

Well he even said it was stupid of him to say it as he did not even earn it.

JNT chased away all the better writers.

Full agreement here!

What, they get together to discuss Sylvester McCoy and Peter Capaldi?

Sorry, but I disagree. The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, The Curse of Fenric, and The Happiness Patrol are some of the greatest Doctor Who stories ever told. Colin didn't have a single story that would break my top 50.

If he does dislike Doctor Who, he certainly likes the money and minor celebrity it gets him

Peter Davison was the best

No, no, no. Patrick Troughton was the best. It's been all down hill since he left the show... 😂