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{{dab page|Tom Baker (disambiguation)}} | {{subpage tabs}}{{dab page|Tom Baker (disambiguation)}}{{Infobox Individual | ||
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|image = Tom Baker (Home Assistant).jpg | |image = Tom Baker (Home Assistant).jpg | ||
|aka = [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Master of Baker's End]] | |aka = [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Master of Baker's End]] | ||
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|affiliation3 = K9 (Kept Safe and Sound){{!}}Robot dog | |affiliation3 = K9 (Kept Safe and Sound){{!}}Robot dog | ||
|first = Doctor Who and the Fangs of Time (comic story) | |first = Doctor Who and the Fangs of Time (comic story) | ||
|appearances = {{il|[[WC]]: ''[[Home Assistant (webcast)|Home Assistant]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Mrs Frimbly's Festive Diary (short story)|Mrs Frimbly's Festive Diary]]''|[[ | |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]]''|[[WC]]: ''[[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. | '''Tom Baker''' was an [[actor]] who played the [[Fourth Doctor (fictional character)|Fourth Doctor]] in the [[BBC (in-universe)|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. | ||
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 | 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]]'') | ||
==The Doctor's reality== | ==The Doctor's reality== | ||
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=== ''Doctor Who Weekly'' universe === | === ''Doctor Who Weekly'' universe === | ||
In one [[Parallel universe (TV Action!)|parallel universe]] defined by the existence of magazine ''[[Doctor Who | [[File:Tom BAker.jpg|thumb|left|Tom Baker encounters [[Beep]] the [[Meep]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[TV Action! (comic story)|TV Action!]]'')]] | ||
In one [[Parallel universe (TV Action!)|parallel universe]] defined by the existence of magazine ''[[Doctor Who Magazine (in-universe)|Doctor Who Weekly]]'', Tom Baker played the [[Fourth Doctor]] in the show ''[[Doctor Who (TV Action!)|Doctor Who]]''. | |||
On [[12 October]] [[1979]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] accidentally slipped into this reality | 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!]]'') | ||
=== Ally's universe === | === Ally's universe === | ||
[[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]]'')]] | |||
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]]'') | 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]]'') | ||
==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
[[File:Tom Baker - The King of Cats.jpg| | [[File:Tom Baker - The King of Cats.jpg|left|thumb|Tom Baker as seen on the cover of ''The King of Cats'']] | ||
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. | 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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[[File:Bill Caballistics, Inc.jpg|thumb|"Bill", a thinly-veiled Tom Baker, going for [[walking|a constitutional]].]] | [[File:Bill Caballistics, Inc.jpg|thumb|"Bill", a thinly-veiled Tom Baker, going for [[walking|a constitutional]].]] | ||
The {{wi| | The {{wi|2000 AD (comics)|2000 AD}} 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. | ||
===Information from invalid sources=== | ===Information from invalid sources=== | ||
Tom Baker got the part of the Fourth Doctor after writing a polite letter to the [[BBC (in-universe)|BBC]] asking for an acting job. The following day, he wrote a letter to [[Mr Cadbury]] asking for a big [[castle]] made out of [[chocolate]]. ([[COMIC]]: [[Doctor Whoah! (DWM 410 comic story)|''Doctor Whoah!'' 410]]) | |||
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. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Fangs of Time (comic story)|Doctor Who and the Fangs of Time]]'') | |||
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]]. ([[ | 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?]]" ([[WC]]: ''[[Strax Saves the Day (webcast)|Strax Saves the Day]]'') | ||
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]]. ([[WC]]: ''[[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]]'') | |||
[[File:Who is T Baker.jpg|thumb|Baker, musing existentially. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Who on Earth is Tom Baker (home video)|Who on Earth is Tom Baker]]'')]] | |||
In 1991 he was a man who often visited his own grave, wondering who on [[Earth]] he was and if he was dead. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Who on Earth is Tom Baker (home video)|Who on Earth is Tom Baker]]'') | |||
In [[1993]], an argument erupted between himself, [[Jon Pertwee (in-universe)|Jon Pertwee]], [[Peter Davison (in-universe)|Peter Davison]], [[Colin Baker (in-universe)|Colin Baker]] and [[Sylvester McCoy (in-universe)|Sylvester McCoy]] over the size of his part in ''[[The Dark Dimension (in-universe)|The Dark Dimension]]'', which resulted in its cancellation. ([[COMIC]]: [[Doctor Whoah! (DWM 379 comic story)|''Doctor Whoah!'' 379]]) | |||
In [[October]] [[2007]], Baker dressed up as the [[Fifth Doctor]] in an attempt to infiltrate the rehearsals for the [[Time Crash (in-universe)|Children in Need special]]. ([[COMIC]]: [[Doctor Whoah! (DWM 388 comic story)|''Doctor Whoah!'' 388]]) | |||
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== Footnotes== | == Footnotes== | ||
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[[Category:Look alikes of the Doctor]] | [[Category:Look alikes of the Doctor]] | ||
[[Category:Actors from the real world]] | [[Category:Actors from the real world]] | ||
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[[Category:Travellers between universes]] | [[Category:Travellers between universes]] | ||
[[Category:Aliases of the Doctor]] | [[Category:Aliases of the Doctor]] | ||
[[Category:Human actors]] | |||
[[Category:Alternate Earth (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who) individuals]] | |||
[[Category:Look alikes of the Doctor]] | |||
[[Category:Actors from the real world]] | |||
[[Category:Doctor Who (Godfrey Porter's World) cast]] | |||
[[Category:People from the real world encountered by the Eighth Doctor]] | |||
[[Category:Alternate timeline individuals]] | |||
[[Category:Incarnations of the Doctor]] | |||
[[Category:Non-DWU individuals who portrayed the Doctor]] |