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{{Infobox Individual
{{Infobox Individual
|image          = File:Colin Baker.jpg
|main alias        = Colin
|affiliation      = Doctor Who (N-Space){{!}}''Doctor Who''
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|affiliation2    = Nicola Bryant (The Trial)
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|actor           = Colin Baker
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|origin          = [[Earth]]
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|species        = Human
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|first mention    = Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors (webcast)
|only             = The Key to Key to Time (audio story)
|only           = The Trial (webcast)
|voice actor      = Colin Baker
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'''Colin Baker''' was an [[actor]] who played a [[The Doctor (fictional character)|fictional Doctor Who]], starring in [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC]]'s ''[[Doctor Who (N-Space)|Doctor Who]]''. Baker was also put on [[trial]] twice.


== Biography ==
In [[Colin's reality|another reality]], [[the Warrior]] was a fictional character voiced by an actor named '''Colin'''.
At some point in Baker's life, he had been put on trial. ([[WC]]: ''[[The Trial (webcast)|The Trial]]'')


During an alternate [[Time War (The Warrior's universe)|Time War]], an alternative version of [[the Doctor]] known as "[[the Warrior]]" found himself in a recording booth under the name of "Colin". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Key To Key To Time (audio story)|The Key To Key To Time]]'')
==Biography==


Baker was later put on trial once again, this time for an unpaid [[parking fine]], which he received whilst filming new bonus material for the ''[[Doctor Who (N-Space)|Doctor Who]] [[Doctor Who Season 23|Season 23]] [[Blu-Ray]] Collection''. During the trial, he tried to justify to the [[magistrate (The Trial)|magistrate]] that he should be excused, and that the very fact he was on trial was a [[farce]]. Baker also provided evidence downloaded from the [[Time Lord]]'s [[The Matrix|Matrix]], but to no avail, and he was placed in a cell with [[Nicola Bryant (The Trial)|a female friend]]. ([[WC]]: ''[[The Trial (webcast)|The Trial]]'')
Colin, in character as the Warrior, was giving a monologue about his existence, when a man working with Colin stopped the scene, deciding that the scene needed to be redone for safety. Colin then does the second take. ([[AUDIO]]:''[[The Key To Key To Time (audio story)|The Key to Key to Time]]'')


== Appearance ==
===Behind the Scenes===
Colin Baker wore a floral [[waistcoat]] over a [[navy (colour)|navy blue]] shirt, complemented with a darker blue [[jacket]], finished with a [[cat brooch]]. ([[WC]]: ''[[The Trial (webcast)|The Trial]]'')
Colin is a fictional version of his actor Colin Baker, who voices the [[Sixth Doctor]] and the Warrior. He is uncredited in the boxset.


== Behind the scenes ==
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=== Information from invalid sources ===
In [[1993]], Baker got in an argument over the size of [[Tom Baker (in-universe)|Tom Baker]]'s "part" in ''[[The Dark Dimension (in-universe)|The Dark Dimension]]'', which led to its cancellation. ([[COMIC]]: [[Doctor Whoah! (DWM 379 comic story)|''Doctor Whoah!'' 379]])
 
When [[Christopher Eccleston (in-universe)|Christopher Eccleston]] was eventually cast as the Doctor, Baker was happy to be relieved of the title of "Doctor with the fewest episodes", which had now diverted to [[Paul McGann (in-universe)|Paul McGann]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor What (Whoah! comic story 4)|Doctor What 4]]'')
 
He once attempted to star in the 50th anniversary special of ''Doctor Who'' alongside other former Doctors. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (TV story)|The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot]]'')
 
The [[Twelfth Doctor]] once knew, through "[[psychic]] shenanigans", that many actors were gathering at [[London]]'s [[West End]] for a special [[breakfast]], and that the people he was talking to could meet them; one of the actors was Colin Baker. ([[WC]]: ''[[Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors (webcast)|Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors]]'')
 
=== Other matters ===
* [[File:Colin Baker photo.jpg|thumb|An ambiguously in-universe [[photograph]] of Colin Baker. ([[WC]]: ''[[Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors (webcast)|Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors]]'')]]Colin Baker also appears in ''The Happenstance Pox'', the fourth story in the ''[[Baker's End (audio series)|Baker's End]]'' series.
* Evidently, "Colin Baker" in all above instances was intended to be an in-universe version of [[Colin Baker|the real Colin Baker]], who portrayed the [[Sixth Doctor]]. Although he was not given a clear in-universe illustration during the narrative of [[WC]]: ''[[Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors (webcast)|Peter Capaldi and Simon the Shy Cyberman Invite You to Breakfast with 7 Doctors]]'', the only currently valid story to reference him, the end of the [[webcast]] included a screen featuring [[photograph]]s of each Doctor who would be present at the event, in-costume as "[[the Doctor]]".
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Revision as of 08:48, 27 December 2023

In another reality, the Warrior was a fictional character voiced by an actor named Colin.

Biography

Colin, in character as the Warrior, was giving a monologue about his existence, when a man working with Colin stopped the scene, deciding that the scene needed to be redone for safety. Colin then does the second take. (AUDIO:The Key to Key to Time)

Behind the Scenes

Colin is a fictional version of his actor Colin Baker, who voices the Sixth Doctor and the Warrior. He is uncredited in the boxset.