10 Doctor Who Episodes That PISSED People Off

Colin Baker's troubles with the BBC kicked off right at the beginning. His first story, The Twin Dilemma, introduced his Sixth Doctor, though, in the early part of the episode, he grabs Peri Brown by the throat and attempts to throttle her. This act through audiences who were already on the back foot, having just suffered the loss of Peter Davison.

Davison's Doctor had been a younger, more energetic incarnation of the Time Lord, so Baker was always going to have a tough act to follow. Unfortunately, the writing for this episode left him as something of a scapegoat, easily blamed for the weakness of the material he was given.

Baker's time would be marred with a hiatus, inconsistent writing and a marked increase in violence, with the last element, in particular, receiving backlash from audiences and the censors. The opening episode of his tenure has him strangling his loyal companion, picking awful clothes for this incarnation to wear, which Baker himself hated and displaying a new level of arrogance that made him instantly difficult to relate to.

Out of all of the introductory episodes to the various Doctors, this stands as one of the lowest rated.