Colin Baker on 'Doctor Who' return: 'It's not going to happen'
Published Jul 6 2012, 13:09 BST | By Morgan Jeffery
Doctor Who star Colin Baker has claimed that he is unlikely to star in a 50th-anniversary special.Fans of the sci-fi drama have speculated that a 2013 episode could bring back former Doctors, but Baker told Cambridge News that such a reunion is "not going to happen".
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"They don't need us," said the actor, who originally played the sixth Doctor between 1984 and 1986. "The programme is doing extremely well without us.
"Also, every time someone asks me that question I hold up a photograph of myself when I played the part, compared to what I look like now, and say, 'OK, how do you deal with that?' I've changed."
Baker insisted that he is "neither for nor against" reprising his Doctor Who role, as long as his incarnation of the Time Lord got "a fair crack of the whip".
"There would be two big questions I would ask: the first is, is my Doctor going to get a fair crack of the whip in the story, and not be eclipsed by anybody else?" he explained.
"And the other one is, what vast fortune are you offering me? I'd be quite brutal... and say, if they offered me a million quid, I'd go on and say one line for them. If they offered me a tenner, I wouldn't."
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Paul McGann - who played the eighth Doctor in a 1996 TV movie - previously told Digital Spy that he would "love" to reappear on the show, while Peter Davison (the fifth Doctor) has admitted that he would be "very surprised" to be asked back.
In 2011, Christopher Eccleston - who starred as the ninth Doctor in 2005 - also appeared to rule out a return.
Watch a classic clip of Colin Baker in Doctor Who below:
I have no issues with the Doctor's aging as it happened before with other Doctor Who Specials especially The Two Doctor's special look at Patrick Troughton during his run then look at him in the 2 Doctors. The point of the episode isn't that "oh my gosh Doctor #2 sure looks older then he did and that doesn't make sense" But rather a celebration of Doctor Who with past Doctors and Companions coming back and celebrating. I am even open to BBC getting other actors to portray Doctors 1-3 as Richard Hurndall did a great job as Doctor 1 with William Hartnell being deceased when the 5 Doctors were filmed. I personally think BBC should be asking as many former Doctors and Companions they can to come back for the 50th special. And here would be my cast, 1st Doctor era, Susan, Ian and Barbara, 2nd Doctor era Jamie, 3rd Doctor era Jo Grant and K-9, 4th Doctor era 4th Doctor and Romana, 5th Doctor era 5th Doctor and Peri, 6th Doctor era 6th Doctor (noticed I also left Jamie alone. because of the Two Doctors special 6th Doctor and Jamie have interacted and worked together before) 7th Doctor era 7th Doctor and Ace, 8th Doctor era 8th Doctor, 9th Doctor era Rose Captain Jack (pair Jack with Doctor 8 and Rose with 10) 10th Doctor era 10th Doctor, 11th Doctor era 11th Doctor, his new companion. Enemies The Meddling Monk sets adventure in motion by messing with various aspects from the Doctor's time stream major villains either Master, Rani or Rassilon working with and against each other to defeat the doctor
October 8th 2012 at 6:36pm
I'd take the tenner if I was you Colin, no one will recognize you anyway these days.
July 19th 2012 at 10:27am
Slip on a wig, say you've just been hit by the time winds, I don't know, it's fiction!!! LOL
Colin Baker, the most mis-understood Doctor. Alway a regret, there could have stood a GREAT Doctor if only things had gone his way but us public are a fickle lot. Chris Ecclestones character has a lot of traits of Colin Bakers Doctor, maybe he was just too ahead of his time?
July 16th 2012 at 7:57am
There are several ways to do this. One would be a scenario where the companion(s) need to venture into the Doctor's mind for some reason and previous incarnations (as well as memorable characters from old and new series) serve as the aid to our companion(s). This sequence could be animated or CGI or whatever.
Also, considering the technology used these days, we could probably hologram in the old doctors if needed (if we can do it for Tupac, we can do it for a Timelord).
Part of me would love to see the doctor go back to the beginning, and work with maybe a younger incarnation of the first doctor on Galifrey to steal the TARDIS out of the museum.
I would also be grateful just to see a reunion with Susan. It would be funny for her to comment that she looks older than her grandfather. Or at least a reunion with Jenny.
July 15th 2012 at 6:34pm
Colin Baker is still probably angry over how he was treated by the BBC back in the 80s.
July 15th 2012 at 6:09pm(+1 like)