Editing Colin Baker (section)

===''Doctor Who'' appearances in other media===
From 5 June to 19 August 1989, Baker agreed to appear as the Doctor once more, in the stage play ''[[Doctor Who – The Ultimate Adventure]]'', taking over from original lead [[Jon Pertwee]] who had fallen ill.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

In 1992, Baker became the first Doctor to write a published ''Doctor Who'' story, ''The Deal'', as part of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]''{{'}}s ''Brief Encounters'' series. He wrote a second ''Brief Encounter'' the following year. Both featured the Sixth Doctor and Mel. In 1994 Baker wrote a comic strip, ''The Age of Chaos'' featuring the Sixth Doctor and [[Frobisher (Doctor Who)|Frobisher]], and in 2001 contributed a story entitled "The Wings of A Butterfly" to a charity short story anthology based on Doctor Who, "Missing Pieces". He also presented special ''Doctor Who'' videotape releases ''Cybermen – The Early Years'' in 1992 and ''The Colin Baker Years'' in 1994, with the latter a look back at his tenure on the series highlighted by clips and his memories.

Baker has reprised the role on television only twice after his official run ended, in the 1993 ''[[Children in Need]]'' charity special ''[[Dimensions in Time]]'' alongside Pertwee, [[Tom Baker]], [[Peter Davison]] and Sylvester McCoy, and in the [[Doctor Who (2022 specials)|2022 special]] "[[The Power of the Doctor]]" alongside [[David Bradley (English actor)|David Bradley]], Davison, [[Paul McGann]], McCoy and [[Jodie Whittaker]]. He reprised the role again in ''[[Tales of the TARDIS]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Doctor Who: Welcome to The Whoniverse where every Doctor, every companion and hundreds of terrifying monsters live|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/doctor-who-the-whoniverse-tales-of-the-tardis|website=BBC Media Centre|publisher=BBC|date=30 October 2023}}</ref>

[[File:Peter Davison, Sylvester McCoy, Colin Baker (24 November 2013) (2).jpg|thumb|[[Peter Davison]], [[Sylvester McCoy]] and Baker at the ''Doctor Who'' 50th Anniversary Celebration Weekend in 2013]]

In 1997, Baker provided audio dialogue for the BBC video game ''[[Destiny of the Doctors|Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctors]]''.

1999 saw Baker voice his first ''Doctor Who'' audio adventure for [[Big Finish Productions]], ''[[The Sirens of Time]]''. As of {{year}}, Baker has appeared as the Sixth Doctor in 166 releases, with more planned for the future. These audio plays are generally well received by fans and in a poll conducted by ''Doctor Who Magazine'', Baker was voted the "greatest" of the Doctors in this format. He also reprised the role of Commander Maxil in the ''Gallifrey'' audio series story "Appropriation" in 2006; in 2022, he played alternate versions of the [[Fifth Doctor]] (known as the Doctor of War) in the ''[[Doctor Who Unbound]]'' series and [[The Day of the Doctor|the Curator]] in ''[[Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures|The Eighth Doctor Adventures]]''.

In recent years, Baker has appeared on a number of DVD releases of his episodes, featuring in either "making-of" documentaries or commentaries. The documentary ''Trials and Tribulations'', included in the 2008 DVD release of ''[[The Trial of a Time Lord]]'' examines his turbulent three years on the show.

In November 2013, Baker co-starred in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homage ''[[The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot]]''.<ref>"[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03lv3mj The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot]", BBC programmes, retrieved 26 November 2013</ref>

In the [[The Power of the Doctor|final episode]] of Jodie Whittaker’s tenure as the Doctor, Baker returned for a cameo appearance alongside Davison, McCoy and Paul McGann as a manifestation of the Doctor’s subconscious.

From 2023 onwards, Baker hosts the Big Finish produced podcast ''Into the TARDIS'', presenting the various audio stories broadcast in the series.