It’s Friday, and you know what that means: #FollowFriday, an opportunity for us to show some appreciation for the wonder we call Twitter – more specifically, someone related to Doctor Who you should follow.
And it’s Sixth Doctor Week at the DWC. No prizes for guessing that today’s #FF is… Colin Baker!
Colin obviously played the Time Lord between 1884 and 1986, but previously appeared in Doctor Who as Commander Maxil in Arc of Infinity (1983), the first of only two actors to play both the main role and a guest role (the other being Peter Capaldi).
He first came to prominence, however, in The Brothers, in which he played the manipulative merchant banker, Paul Merroney between 1974 to 1976, working alongside directors like Timothy Combe (Doctor Who and the Silurians; The Mind of Evil), and Lennie Mayne (The Three Doctors; The Hand of Fear). Baker has since starred in I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, Doctors, and the very first episode of Jonathan Creek.
A regular at conventions, Baker’s incarnation of the Doctor has proved particularly popular at Big Finish, and gaining new companions like Evelyn (Maggie Stables), Constance (Miranda Raison), and Flip (Lisa Greenwood).
But before we delve deep into his Twitter feed: a game. Colin tweeted this:
Name this Doctor who actor with whom I had lunch today pic.twitter.com/FQBkROhWsJ
— Colin Baker (@SawbonesHex) June 14, 2016
So who do you think it is? A further clue:
Nobody's got it yet. He or she has a birthday this week. The image is from a birthday balloon pic.twitter.com/wb7eOtr31l
— Colin Baker (@SawbonesHex) June 14, 2016
We’ll reveal the answer later on. Well, Colin will, at least.
Baker’s very active on Twitter, particularly when it comes to politics and animals, two things he’s naturally passionate about. He’s a great ambassador for animal charities, actually, so expect plenty of love for pets.
Thought for the day pic.twitter.com/uZtnKxI2Z4
— Colin Baker (@SawbonesHex) June 14, 2016
Watching that smug cultural vandal Whittingdale justify the erosion of our most valuable asset. The BBC. Sad day
— Colin Baker (@SawbonesHex) May 12, 2016
I've unfollowed friends because of the stream of personal abuse about politicians they don't like. Can we start the healing process please?
— Colin Baker (@SawbonesHex) June 30, 2016
Both of the 'major' parties are behaving like characters from Julius Caesar and/or Macbeth!
— Colin Baker (@SawbonesHex) June 30, 2016
And there’s plenty to please Doctor Who fans.
Apparently auton is 'not an acceptable word' when playing Words with Friends #pshaw
— Colin Baker (@SawbonesHex) April 20, 2016
The sun is shining, the birds are twittering and I am off to Big Finish #aperfectday
— Colin Baker (@SawbonesHex) April 13, 2016
Fan at Gally yesterday thanked me for spelling her name correctly. Joanne. Apparently @WilliamShatner got it wrong. Trouble with Scribbles?
— Colin Baker (@SawbonesHex) February 13, 2016
I like this pic.twitter.com/jOqXkFkY3L
— Colin Baker (@SawbonesHex) November 12, 2015
Okay, so briefly back to that game…
Wrong answers include Smith, Tennant, McCoy, Davison, Strickson, Molloy, Darvill, Capaldi, Carol Ann Ford!!!
— Colin Baker (@SawbonesHex) June 14, 2016
Also wrong McGann Glover Selby Kilgarriff
— Colin Baker (@SawbonesHex) June 14, 2016
Not Troughton, Olivier, Waterhouse either
— Colin Baker (@SawbonesHex) June 14, 2016
Nor Briggs nor McQueen
— Colin Baker (@SawbonesHex) June 14, 2016
Clue 3. Character name resembles a chocolate bar
— Colin Baker (@SawbonesHex) June 14, 2016
Before we announce who that actually is, here are a few miscellaneous tweets from good old Sixie:
The man who invented predictive text has died. His funfair is next Wednesday.
— Colin Baker (@SawbonesHex) January 23, 2016
Strange watching War and Peace. 45 years after being in it myself on the BBC Memories come flooding back.
— Colin Baker (@SawbonesHex) January 3, 2016
I thought what I played was table tennis until I watched these Olympics and now I feel like Shrek in Les Sylphides
— Colin Baker (@SawbonesHex) August 11, 2016
First day of a short break in Cornwall. This is our view. And it sooooo wonderfully still and quiet. Bliss pic.twitter.com/24AbJHsv5U
— Colin Baker (@SawbonesHex) July 14, 2016
#LineofDuty. Just finished watching. Brilliant heart stoppingly tense drama. Congrats to Jed Mercurio and all involved. Miss you already
— Colin Baker (@SawbonesHex) April 28, 2016
And the correct answer is…
Yes it was my old friend Simin Williams aka Chunky who will be 70 on Thursday. Sweet young chap 🙄
— Colin Baker (@SawbonesHex) June 14, 2016
Simon not Simin of course
— Colin Baker (@SawbonesHex) June 14, 2016
Ah, Chunky Gilmore. I feel a rewatch of Remembrance of the Daleks is in order, followed by Revelation of the Daleks.
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