Colin Baker Reads The Rings of Akhaten Speech

Colin Baker reads the 11th Doctor's Speech from "The Rings of Akhaten" at Fan Expo 2013. Enjoy and sorry for the shaky camera.

[@TangledRivers]

I really wish they wouldn't have botched his stories and outfit so badly. Him as this type of Doctor in a black velvet suit would have made him a fucking favourite, hands down. He carried his era entirely on his own acting and nothing else.

[@nzmccorm]

As I understand it, they were deliberately trying to scupper the show. It's such a shame, because Baker is such a brilliant talent. Thank god for Big Finish.

[@Darkcide1990]

I agree Colin Baker is way way underrated. He is in my top five favorite doctors and its truly a shame nah! a crime that he did not get more time on the show. The producers at the time messed up bad and deserve to watch reality tv forever. However I disagree about the outfit I would love to rock that suit.

[@Ethan_Brant]

It would have been much better with his blue coat from some of the comic books.

[@TangledRivers]

He wanted to wear a black velvet suit for his doctor, much closer to what Capaldi is wearing.

[@andrewtate4897]

@@nzmccorm indeed!

[@Scifiguy11th]

The most underrated Doctor, played by he second best actor reading a script from the most underrated episode and the greatest Doctor. I love this video so much.

[@MetalPharoah]

I would agree :D

[@CronicasDeGisthia]

Most underrated episode? And I thought Rings of Akhaten was a ver overrated episode (though I like it) Anyway, I agree with your comment

[@MrIplaysax]

Wow... Can we have him do the entire episode?!?!

[@jennadevillier]

Okay, this is silly but I'm crying. Just the legacy of all these Doctors, and the fluidity of these big speeches. No matter which Doctor's mouth they come out of, they sound.. right. Idk

[@rnrbishop]

The same, yet different. At his heart the Doctor is the same moral character, no matter his face. What I love about this reading, with the sixth Doctor spin is that when that inner morality and passion is released, the sixth doctor spits out as a scathing browbeating!

[@andrewtate4897]

@@rnrbishop This is why I don't like people rating Doctors there is only one Doctor he just has a different face

[@Drakelx55]

Anyone else hear that one voice after Colin said "Oh Matt, I like Matt" that one voice that said "You don't like ten?" XD XD XD

[@jomariroibendo7350]

No absolutely NOT! Because I totally watched an other video than the one I am commenting on...

[@Drakelx55]

Jun Ben -_- well alrighty then! You don't have to be so rude about it, I didn't think it was that obvious -_-

[@james8194]

It was pretty obvious but you don't need be a dick about it.

[@benwelsh5682]

I really respect and enjoy the work of all of the actors who have played the Doctor, I wish there was some way to have these greats back for a few even just a few moments in a current day script :-/

[@Warpguy1]

Most underrated Doctor, an era of poor writing blurred his brilliant skill for acting

[@charliequinification]

So underrated.

[@sashaanne703]

I've said it before and I'll say it again. There has never been a bad actor to play the Doctor. Colin Baker is severely underrated, and I am so thankful to Big Finish for giving him a fair chance.

[@zEvilCube]

"There has never been a bad actor to play the Doctor" don't you dare telling this again after 2017

[@sashaanne703]

@@zEvilCube I still stand by what I said.

[@Laureel]

Best doctor ever reading the best speech ever... :D It makes my day !

[@Timartyn]

Am I the only one who listened to Infinite Potential while watching? It lines up so perfectly with the timing of the dialogue.

[@vincentjflorio]

This actually gave me chills at the beginning. Well done!

[@dogdrovenorth]

Now drown the speech out with some Murray Gold and it will be exactly the same as the televised episode.

[@andrewtate4897]

and lots of FX and noise ---- oh and don't forget to make the companion the most important person in the universe!

[@evilemperordude]

@paramorelovers910 To be fare, Matt obviously had a lot more time to prepare.

[@jakeollyb]

Season 6 was okay. Season 7 had me falling asleep on the sofa. It wasn't engaging enough. It felt rushed and WAY to silly at some points.

[@taranium]

I just love these other doctors doing different speeches, someone really needs to make a compilation or something, I always feel like I may miss one!

[@psychoticlibertarian]

The writing when he was the Doctor sucked, but you have to admit he is awesome as the Doctor...Colin Baker plus GOOD writing is an epic combination.

[@jplegend98]

psychoticlibertarian so big finnish

[@DavidNicholson101]

So true, and he had his own legendary speech too in Trial of a Timelord. I loved Colin Baker's Doctor.

[@Azdaja13]

Yeah, I'm not sure where I'd put him on my Top 11 Favourite Doctors but he was so good and so different.

[@harmonicajay91]

Colin Baker. Thanks to Big Finish Audio, he is probably my second favorite Classic Doctor after Jon Pertwee.

[@DonnaLang42rockglobally]

Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor is my favorite... *my* Doctor... and he always has been. :) (Mind you, some people used to question my sanity when they learned that fun fact... lol)

[@harmonicajay91]

lol. He really got the short end of the stick. Damn you, Michael Grade!

[@andrewtate4897]

@@harmonicajay91 Grade is an arsehole a;ways has been always will be if you shot him and he regenerated he would just regenerate as an arsehole. He's lived on his Uncles (Sir Lew) Rep for years even tries to impersonate him.

[@RopeDrink]

I've got to laugh at people who run intricate comparisons, especially those who try to 'defend' Matt Smith as if he's under fire or something. This is a man reading a script at a convention. He's not 'acting', so stop with the nonsensical "Matt's was better" drivel when you're comparing a reading to a televised, scripted scene acted out with extra-takes, editing and all the bells and whistles used to 'get it right'. Appreciate it for what it is - a method for conventions to blend the old with the new and appease both fans, not a "Hurr hurr X did it better than Y, coz dey mah fave Ducktor".

[@gavinoaguayo461]

I could just imagine his doctor standing there in his colorful suit and big hair yelling at the "god" such a good image

[@DalekTheSupreme]

"In all my travellings throughout the universe, I have battled against evil! Against power-mad conspirators! I should have stayed here! The oldest civilization: decadent, degenerate, and rotten to the core! Ha! Power-mad conspirators! Daleks, Sontarans, Cybermen! They're still in the nursery compared to us! Ten million years of absolute power! That's what it takes to be really corrupt!"

[@DalekTheSupreme]

I know how you feel. Part of the reason I'm not a huge fan of the Tenth Doctor anymore is because his fans will bring him up whenever and wherever they can just so they can criticize other Doctors, especially Matt Smith.

[@jonesrebel]

"Colin: ... now which Doctor was that? Crowd: 11!!! Colin:Oh Matt! I like Matt! Audience Member: You don't like 10?" UGH!!! Typical Tennant fan, this isn't even about him and you're still bringing him up.

[@OTimeMasterXO]

Aha thanks, but I meant his speech to Amelia when he's rewinding in The Big Bang, not The Pandorica Opens. Great delivery from Sylvester McCoy though :)

[@andrewtate4897]

we were robbed of a great Doctor by the BBC and Michael Grade. I urge you to listen to his Doctors continuing adventures on the Big Finish Audio Dramas. I've met Colin and he really was a nice genuine man

[@rhyscamilleri3158]

Really can't agree with the most overrated Doctor at all. I prefer Smith to Tennant, myself. I like Tennant a lot, but I just really love the spin that Smith put on him. *Especially* in times like this speech.

[@Omilogic]

I agree, Colin Baker was one of my favorite Doctor's So far its him and Matt Smith i like the most, as well as tennant.

[@drizten1]

I don't think the episode is underrated. But the Season it's in and Doctor #6 are both underrated.

[@thegabrielhyde]

Chills.

[@Azdaja13]

Um yeah, you've clearly never encountered the fanbase of the 10th Doctor.

[@jeep3r]

Finaly one more interpretation of this speach that stand right up there with Matt's

[@Azdaja13]

The most underrated Doctor reading an epic speech from the most underrated episode of Series 7. :D

[@OTimeMasterXO]

Now if only one of them will do the Doctor's speech from 'The Big Bang'

[@mattkeisog]

very different interpretation of the material, fantastic, nonetheless

[@batmanofni]

That was pretty cool.

[@RonMotta1972]

He's still got it. :-) Once the Doctor, ALWAYS the Doctor!

[@DalekTheSupreme]

Colin Baker brings such a great performance with this speech. I do like Matt Smith best, but I can easily imagine the Sixth Doctor in this scene shouting at Akhaten, defying a superior force in it's face. Also, Colin Baker, if you're reading this, I admire your taste in Doctors.

[@andrewtate4897]

what most fans don't understand is that the way the Doctor is written has never changed it is a formula that has been set since Hartnells last season of his Era annd continued on from Troughtons first ( why don't people request the Modern Doctors ( and some of the Classics) to do Hartnell Troughton Pertwee and even Baker speeches? They do exist its just that they don't have a million quids worth of FX and soundtrack all over them. RTD And Moffat have stated that the Doctor has always been written the same way so if any doctor was to read the lines no matter who it was playing him or her now it would be the Doctor. The proof of that is here. The only problem with the modern Series at present is that Chibnall has avoided doing this even though it's in the writing guidelines if he doesn't get his head out of his arse soon he will kill the show!

[@michaelbrown2496]

I think I'm in love

[@hassaanmirza4628]

It says something about how awesome Eleven's speeches are that they are getting the previous Doctors like McCoy and Baker here to do them to see if they can top him.

[@andrewtate4897]

the Doctor has been written exactly the same since Hartnells last Season and continued with Troughtons they all have these speeches but I suppose the difference is loud dramatic Hollywood style music and FX but The Doctor is usually written to formula so any actor picked to play the part will be the Doctor ( which is more than proven here) a lot of TV shows have a formula for characters especially leading ones this is why really the Doctor never develops as a character and in recent years there has been more attention paid to the companions because there has to be development of character for something to continue. All you really need to play the Doctor is a good actor to read the lines but Capaldi should be able to read William Hartnells speech to Susan when he leaves her or Tom Bakers Homosapiens Speech and it will be the Doctor that you hear not the actor that is how good they are and that is why the Formula works. RTD and Moffat have both stated this often

[@MillenniumDude]

SSSSSHHHSH!! He who mustn't be mentioned lol

[@arniebunny]

Wow. Now that, is a man who can act.

[@elijames6466]

wasn't sad enough, but still good

[@secmetrw]

For a first go that was awesome!

[@hassaanmirza4628]

DEFINITELY the Pandorica one.

[@miranda7042]

Matt said it better

[@ElvenRaptor]

I agree. Which one do you think Tom Baker should try out of 11's?

[@andrewtate4897]

why don't they try one of his? Then we would really see who can act

[@stormgames6835]

Ok. Colin Baker sucked. An not only that, he has butchered this speech. WHY!?

[@SpadesOfDarkness45]

Seriously, all this fake hatred for Collin Baker/The Sixth Doctor needs to stop.

[@JasonJD48]

Let's be fair, he had no warning or ability to rehearse that speech. I think he did well considering and he was a great sport for even doing it.

[@stormgames6835]

look im not saying he was a bad actor but the fact that his part was overplayed. Not that drama crap william said

[@SunniestAutumn]

Colin Baker doesn't suck. Colin Baker gets his sucked. It's you who sucks.

[@stormgames6835]

look man all i'm saying is that the speech to him was made far less emotional, and the entire point of the speech was to be emotional. Whether it was his acting or the writing the sixth doctor just, wasn't that good. And JasonJD48, it isn't fake hate for the sixth doctor

[@MichSchoemaker]

I was there :)

[@LegoDaleks]

Such poor writing.

[@TheTonie4]

Welcome to the Moffat era

[@tinysteelorchestra]

Why oh why didn't they let him be this kind of Doctor when he was actually on TV!!!

[@andrewtate4897]

because they were trying to kill the show a Doctor needs time to develop he is that Kind Doctor on the Big Finish audios his is the best Doctor on them

[@bendubuque3434]

Don't mention his name......... It is the equivalent of a four letter word on Gallifrey

[@LordofPride]

Michael Grade.

[@ViolentNny]

The most underrated Doctor reading an epic speech from the most overrated Doctor.*

[@ViolentNny]

Tennat was not the best, but was great. Smith however is shit. His episodes are good because of the supporting cast, plot, story, and writers.. But frankly put, BBC killing Smith is the single best thing I could ever ask for for Christmas.

[@andrewtate4897]

I'm not a fan of Smith but calling him shit was a bit much as for his supporting cast Rory oh dear I'm dead again this week Amy oh dear I'm crying over Rory being dead again this week and River Song the most annoying character since -- well Rory and Amy. When Smith began I thought he was too young to play the Doctor and I really don't like the whole pretty boy Doctor thing any way but by his final episodes he'd won me over. I liked him nt as much as Eccleston or Tennant but I liked him

[@ViolentNny]

It's a shame that Matt Smith never learned to as well.

[@superdragonfist7767]

matt smith is better