Evil Count Dustbug

Did Colin Baker ever appear in The Young Ones? And if he did, why the hell can’t I remember ever seeing him, when I’ve endlessly watched those 12 episodes for years? Certainly, Wikipedia claims that he was in the show: “Baker returned to television, notably guest-starring as the villainous Bayban the Butcher in the 1980 Blake’s 7 episode “City at the Edge of the World”. He also had a regular role as James West in the ATV soap opera For Maddie with Love (1980). Other programmes in which Baker guest-starred include Dangerous Davies (1981), The Young Ones (1982), Juliet Bravo (1982), The Citadel (1983) and Swallows and Amazons Forever (1984).” Wikipedia gives us a reference for this information: Issue 40 of Doctor Who: The Complete History, published in 2016. Sure enough: “TV acting roles soon picked up; as Bayban the Butcher in Blake’s 7 episode City at the Edge of the World (1980), Baker upstaged star Paul Darrow, a move later repaid in Timelash (1985). There was a regular role as…