The Sixth Doctor is the name given to the sixth incarnation of the fictional character known as the Doctor, seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by actor Colin Baker, and a cameo by Sylvester McCoy underneath a curly wig during the Sixth Doctor's regeneration scene into the Seventh where McCoy's face is not even seen unblocked as the Sixth Doctor. This technically makes the Sixth Do...
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The Sixth Doctor is the name given to the sixth incarnation of the fictional character known as the Doctor, seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He was portrayed by actor Colin Baker, and a cameo by Sylvester McCoy underneath a curly wig during the Sixth Doctor's regeneration scene into the Seventh where McCoy's face is not even seen unblocked as the Sixth Doctor. This technically makes the Sixth Doctor one of only two incarnations of the Doctor to have been officially played by more than one actor, the other being the First Doctor.
Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old Time Lord alien from the planet Gallifrey who travels in time and space in his TARDIS, frequently with companions. When the Doctor is critically injured, he can regenerate his body; in doing so, his physical appearance and personality change.
Although Baker's time on the series was comparitively brief and turbulent he has gone on to find consistant...
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