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| {{dab page|Tom Baker (disambiguation)}} | | {{Merge|Tom Baker (in-universe)|they're surely the same character, albeit this one is from an invalid source}} |
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| |image = Tom Baker (Home Assistant).jpg | | |image = Who is T Baker.jpg |
| |aka = [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Master of Baker's End]] | | |species = Human |
| |name = Tom Baker
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| |job = Actor | | |origin = [[Earth]] |
| |job2 = | | |only = Who on Earth is Tom Baker (home video) |
| |affiliation = Paul Magrs (Bafflement and Devotion)
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| |affiliation2 = Fenella Frimbly
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| |affiliation3 = K9 (Kept Safe and Sound){{!}}Robot dog
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| |first = Doctor Who and the Fangs of Time (comic story)
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| |appearances = {{il|[[COMIC]]: ''[[TV Action! (comic story)|TV Action!]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who]]''|[[WC]]: ''[[Home Assistant (webcast)|Home Assistant]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Mrs Frimbly's Festive Diary (short story)|Mrs Frimbly's Festive Diary]]''|[[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Tom Baker stars in John Lloyd's lost Doctor Who adventure, The Doomsday Contract (webcast)|Tom Baker stars in John Lloyd's lost Doctor Who adventure, The Doomsday Contract]]''}}
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| '''Tom Baker''' was an [[actor]] who played the [[Fourth Doctor (fictional character)|Fourth Doctor]] in the [[BBC]] [[science fiction]] series ''[[Doctor Who (N-Space)|Doctor Who]]''. He was known to exist in various universes where the show ''Doctor Who'' happened to exist, including (by some sources) the Doctor's universe.
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| By some accounts, Baker was the [[Master of Baker's End]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mrs Frimbly's Festive Diary (short story)|Mrs Frimbly's Festive Diary]]'') however by other accounts it was the [[Fourth Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Stuff of Nightmares (BBC audio story)|The Stuff of Nightmares]]'', ''[[Survivors in Space (audio story)|Survivors in Space]]'', et al.) One account even indicated that Tom Baker and the Fourth Doctor were the same individual. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Bafflement and Devotion (short story)|Bafflement and Devotion]]'')
| | '''Tom Baker''' was a man who often visited his own grave, wondering who on [[Earth]] he was and if he was dead. ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Who on Earth is Tom Baker (home video)|Who on Earth is Tom Baker]]'') |
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| ==The Doctor's reality==
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| === Acting career ===
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| Tom Baker (as the Doctor) was present on a [[Doctor Who jigsaw|''Doctor Who'' jigsaw]] released in [[1977]]. He was [[Paul Magrs (Bafflement and Devotion)|Paul Magrs]]' favourite actor to portray the character. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Story of Fester Cat (novel)|The Story of Fester Cat]]'')
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| Sometime around [[2000]], Paul wrote a [[prose piece (Bafflement and Devotion)|prose piece]] about what influenced and inspired him with his works, and in that piece, he mentioned that Tom Baker was the Fourth Doctor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Bafflement and Devotion (short story)|Bafflement and Devotion]]'')
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| Around [[2007]], Paul was in awe that he actually got to work with Tom when the [[script]]s that he wrote were being produced into [[Doctor Who CDs (The Story of Fester Cat)|CDs]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Story of Fester Cat (novel)|The Story of Fester Cat]]'')
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| In the [[21st century]], Tom's friend [[Louise Jameson (Home Assistant)|Louise Jameson]] once spoke to him over the [[phone]], telling him about how wonderful her [[Home Assistant V14]] was, but she had to disconnect when it malfunctioned and began trying to kill her. An image of him in-character was featured on the front cover of ''[[Doctor Who Season 14 (Home Assistant)|Doctor Who The Collection Season 14]]''. ([[WC]]: ''[[Home Assistant (webcast)|Home Assistant]]'')
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| ===Life in Baker's End===
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| At some point in his life, Baker settled down in [[Baker's End]], a cottage in [[Happenstance Village]]. During his time there, he had books delivered [[Ebay (Mrs Frimbly's Festive Diary)|Ebay]] (the dimension, not the website). Baker also trapped a [[Sinisterest Sponge]] in his [[The Doctor's TARDIS|space machine]], then had left and forgotten about it in the downstairs bathroom, and it tried to eat his housekeeper [[Fenella Frimbly]]. Other adventures included meeting the [[Eye-Spider]]s of [[Perigross]], finding a [[Sphinx]] in an alien desert, a trip to the [[Neuronic Nightmare world]], meeting the blue [[baboon]]s who rode on ships that resembled [[spoon]]s, and being at the [[edge of the universe]], next to the [[Thousand and One Doors to Elsewhere]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mrs Frimbly's Festive Diary (short story)|Mrs Frimbly's Festive Diary]]'') By [[2010]], [[Mike Yates]] was friends with a person called [[Tom (Happy Endings)|Tom]], and he and Yates made [[honey]] for [[the Brigadier]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Happy Endings (novel)|Happy Endings]]'')
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| After [[Hexford]] was returned to [[Earth]] from its transportation to space, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Survivors in Space (audio story)|Survivors in Space]]'') Baker left for two years, leaving Fenella to look after Baker's End in his absence. On [[Christmas Eve]], Baker sent [[K9 (Kept Safe and Sound)|a robot dog]] to look after Fenella, and the [[Christmas Day|day later]], he returned Happenstance Village, and the robot dog and Fenella ran to him. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mrs Frimbly's Festive Diary (short story)|Mrs Frimbly's Festive Diary]]'')
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| == Other realities ==
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| Versions of Tom Baker were also known to exist in explicitly alternate universes.
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| === Godfrey Porter's World ===
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| In [[Godfrey Porter's universe|the world of]] [[Godfrey Porter]], Tom Baker played [[The Doctor (The Thief of Sherwood)|the Doctor]] in ''Doctor Who'' during the [[1970s]]. [[Godfrey Porter]] submitted a story idea titled ''[[Doctor Who and the Sprites]]'' intended for his Doctor, but it ultimately went unfinished as the [[script editor]] at the time wasn't keen. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Thief of Sherwood (short story)|The Thief of Sherwood]]'')
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| === ''Doctor Who Weekly'' universe ===
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| [[File:Tom BAker.jpg|thumb|Tom Baker encounters [[Beep]] the [[Meep]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[TV Action! (comic story)|TV Action!]]'')]]
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| In one [[Parallel universe (TV Action!)|parallel universe]] defined by the existence of magazine ''[[Doctor Who Weekly (in-universe)|Doctor Who Weekly]]'', Tom Baker played the [[Fourth Doctor]] in the show ''[[Doctor Who (TV Action!)|Doctor Who]]''.
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| On [[12 October]] [[1979]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] accidentally slipped into this reality while following the fugitive [[Beep]] the [[Meep]]. Baker was a crucial part of foiling the plans of Beep, who was controlling the minds of those inside the [[BBC Television Centre]]. By simply babbling in front of Beep, who he thought was the show's next monster, Baker was able to annoy him and bring back enough memories of his enemy the [[Fourth Doctor]] to destroy his plan. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[TV Action! (comic story)|TV Action!]]'')
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| [[File:Tom Baker TGWLDW.jpg|thumb|Tom Baker's autograph. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who]]'')]]
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| === Ally's universe ===
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| In a [[Parallel universe (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|parallel universe]] visited by the [[Eleventh Doctor]], a ''[[Doctor Who (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Doctor Who]]'' fan named [[Ally (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Ally]] had Tom Baker's [[autograph]]ed photo on her bedroom wall. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who]]'')
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| ==Behind the scenes==
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| [[File:Tom Baker - The King of Cats.jpg|right|thumb|Tom Baker as seen on the cover of ''The King of Cats'']]
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| This in-universe version of Tom Baker would later appear in [[Bafflegab Productions]]' ''[[Baker's End (audio series)|Baker's End]]'' series, which is not covered by this wiki.
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| Tom Baker was planned to cameo in ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'', but he was ultimately cut.<ref>[https://lanceparkin.wordpress.com/2013/08/26/eulogy-of-the-daleks/ Lance Parkin's "Eulogy of the Daleks"]</ref> His co-star [[Lalla Ward (The Dying Days)|Lalla Ward]] appeared, albeit not by name. | |
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| ''[[Z-Cars]]'', a television series that Tom Baker starred in in the real world, also exists in the DWU.
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| [[File:Bill Caballistics, Inc.jpg|thumb|"Bill", a thinly-veiled Tom Baker, going for [[walking|a constitutional]].]]
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| The {{wi|2000AD}} strip {{wi|Caballistics, Inc.}}, which is implicitly set in the DWU through [[Cultural references to the Doctor Who universe|cultural references]], once featured an actor called "Bill", a thinly-veiled Tom Baker, who was killed by [[Scottish]] [[nationalist]] [[demon]]s.
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| ===Information from invalid sources===
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| As a child, [[Sean (Doctor Who and the Fangs of Time)|Sean]] and [[Sean's mother|his mother]] queued for hours in the chiller section of a supermarket in order to see Tom Baker for a fleeting amount of time. ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Fangs of Time (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Fangs of Time]]'')
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| Whilst introducing an unseen audience to ''[[The Day of the Doctor (The Zygon Isolation)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', [[Strax]] mentioned that Tom Baker returned to the role as "[[The Curator|who was that supposed to be anyway?]]" ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Strax Saves the Day (webcast)|Strax Saves the Day]]'')
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| In [[2021]], Baker reprised his role as the Doctor in the [[Big Finish (The Zygon Isolation)|Big Finish]] audio adaptation of the unproduced [[1978]] ''Doctor Who'' story ''[[The Doomsday Contract]]'' by [[John Lloyd]], with [[Lalla Ward (The Dying Days)|Lalla Ward]], [[John Leeson (Tom Baker stars in John Lloyd's lost Doctor Who adventure, The Doomsday Contract)|John Leeson]], and [[Julian Wadham (Tom Baker stars in John Lloyd's lost Doctor Who adventure, The Doomsday Contract)|Julian Wadham]]. ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Tom Baker stars in John Lloyd's lost Doctor Who adventure, The Doomsday Contract (webcast)|Tom Baker stars in John Lloyd's lost Doctor Who adventure, The Doomsday Contract]]'')
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| == Footnotes==
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| {{Reflist}}
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| [[Category:Look alikes of the Doctor]] | | [[Category:Non-DWU individuals who portrayed the Doctor]] |
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| [[Category:Doctor Who (N-Space) cast]]
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| [[Category:Individuals who claimed to be the Doctor]]
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| [[Category:Travellers between universes]]
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| [[Category:Aliases of the Doctor]]
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| [[Category:Human actors]]
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| [[Category:Alternate Earth (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who) individuals]]
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| [[Category:Look alikes of the Doctor]]
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| [[Category:Actors from the real world]]
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| [[Category:Doctor Who (Godfrey Porter's World) cast]]
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