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Tom Baker visited a young Whovian in the hospital sometimes in the 70's
Sep 30, 2022 11:14 AM
iceage2012
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Tom Baker visited a young Whovian in the hospital sometimes in the 70's
DeborahMullen
My fave Doctor ?
RadiDaddy
NordMan
...Who...?
Bex316
yes
WellJustPronounceItGifThen
Lovely man. A few years ago he did a charity signing in support of the local hospice
darkusblack
I met him at a convention and he was kind enough to talk to my then girlfriend on the phone as she was a huge fan. He was brilliant & funny
HobbiesAndOtherItems
As a child of the late 1970's and 1980's, he was always the real Dr. Who to me. Could never figure out how he didn't trip on that scarf.
3PiecesOfBread
ThatOtherGirlYouKnow
I have that scarf. Well, not that EXACT scarf but similar. Makes me think of Tom Baker every time I wear it.
AbelardSnazz
Do you k now the origin of the long scarf? A lady the producer knew was asked to knit a scarf and was given dozens of .... 1/
AbelardSnazz
2/... wool samples to choose from - misunderstanding, she used them all
mercbrit
mercbrit
fearghul
Jelly baby anyone? Do you mind, my hat's on fire...
MLeinsterSF
The Talons of Weng-Chiang was my first episode. I watched it when I started college and got cable for the first time. Best Dr. Who IMHO.
unfortunatelynotdeadyet
In the early 2000’s if you texted a landline in the UK, He read it to you. Short moment of brilliance by BT.
itsallaboutthecones
I don't understand how that works?
toadofthemint
BT would call your house phone and read out the text that was sent to that number. Like if Stephen Hawking did an impression of Dr WHO.
SvartTe
Text to speech
zentau2
He had a lot of free time.
stouffer
1/2 Cue Little Britain voice-over "If you want to buy a toy you go to a toy shop. If you want to buy a toy shop you go to a toy shop shop.
stouffer
2/2 If you want to buy a toy shop shop, we'll then, you're just being silly.
Dometheus
Tom Baker was always my Favorite! Take the upvote doggo-scarf!
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Iaimtomisbehave
Is it Tom Baker? Or captain Redbeard Rum? "You have a woman's mouth M'Lord . . .!"
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jesusisherelookbusy
“It certainly has plenty of nose.” “Yes, yes, this is very familiar…”
jesusisherelookbusy
AH YOU HAVE A WOMAN’S LEGS M’LORD! I wager those legs have never been sliced off by a falling sail & swept into the sea before ya very eyes!
Selerox
"Neither have yours."
jesusisherelookbusy
“THAT’S WHERE YOU’RE WRONG!”
DerpMeister
He was only a third-rate sailor but a first-rate second course.
jesusisherelookbusy
“Dont despair, good woman. He gave his life so that his friends might live.” “And that his enemies had something to go with their potatoes!”
NotoriousBAS3000
Blackadder was so awesome
LongoloidFartExplosion
Still is!
hetherweaversmagic
That’s a long ass scarf
JamesFaction
Its termed his unfeasibly long scarf. Actually.
EmmaMelisande
Or like, an elongated snood
Snooj
It's long but still a neck scarf.
SpockIsMyHomeboy
No no, you're thinking about an ascot.
Hyzenthlay021
I always wanted one of those. It defined "The Doctor" to me.
Revyloution
Me too. Don't forget to take your advil
Iloveanonymityandilovebeingnoticed
sundaymondayhippyday
Same and I found a similar one in an op shop and wore it hoping everyone would recognise It! Alas the world is mad!!
Hyzenthlay021
No one EVER gets the joke :(
Hyzenthlay021
Wore this, and a lady asked "Oh, are you a pilot?"
WhatUpDog3000
yeah then his hair turned white - stay away from those young Whovians!
Roqinn
He was the only Doctor I ever watched with any regularity.
TendeAltumAndLoose
He set the benchmark way high, . . reverse the polarity
Esch2
https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Reverse_the_polarity_of_the_neutron_flow
ReluctantSir
That's the only Doctor in my book, never watched the ones who came after.
Snooj
Well, Colin Baker was fucking awful and McCoy basically killed the franchise. I liked Peter Davison, though. One of my favorites.
Hambonerhandy
I liked Davison as a doc but good lord were some of those plots slow and just depressing. Colin had decent stories imo but just arrogant
Hambonerhandy
And grating as the doctor. I liked Mccoy, he had a rough start but then they started to get a little darker and better stories. It's a real
Hambonerhandy
Shame it got canceled just as things were turning around.
sowasvonsowas
My favorite Dr. Who. ♥
WriteStuff
He was my first Doctor! <3
goboltz
My Uncle used to tape these for us to watch on his "Beta-max" !
brandsilven
Same here, through re-runs. My cousins watched the show and he was the doctor that was on during the episodes the TV station played.
Bludabeagle
Mine TOO!! I even saw an episode, in B/W, with Tom Baker.
TheWeebleWobler
You never forget your first Dr.
Billybillybillyporter
I worked with him a few times, he’s hilarious, lovely, and every bit as bonkers as you’d hope he would be.
joemac65
But, he's the Curator!
bindedig
First and finest doctor to me, took me a while to understand the others. David tennant and Matt smith are close to the top
Wdahl
Always upvote Tom Baker!
75townecoupe
The best Doctor IMHO
nzscoria
?%❗He personified the roll
meloncauly
He's always been my favourite
Snooj
In nearly everyone's opinion for the first string of Doctors. I was always partial to Peter Davison but Baker episodes were so good.
4vie
Helped ALOT by the fact that Douglas Adams wrote alot of his episodes.
ChristopherHallett
It's not just your opinion, it's fact.
LucidAftermath
Same... Tennant is my second. Not a huge fan of the companions he had, but he's a great actor.
IDoPictureStuff
Always been my Dr
EricPisch
The nest cottage chronicles are brilliant https://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-Cottage-Chronicles-Originals/dp/B07MTQJMGW/
Hyzenthlay021
When I started watching, I didn't even know there had been any others.
lolitsmike
Only seen an episode or two of his but yes, Tom Baker is best doctor
SanchoPliskin
Best? Maybe. Most iconic? Definitely. You want to put a random doctor who Easter egg in a show? Use the scarf and everyone will know.
Iloveanonymityandilovebeingnoticed
linkgenesis
Jelly babies as well, I believe
spooktree
there can be only one
Esch2
Unless you have 3, 5, or 2 of them around. :P
MrSatisify
spooktree
Twinklepot
I remember the one before him, he wore a kilt. Patrick Troughton.
AbelardSnazz
It was his companion Jamie that wore the kilt (plucked from the Battle of Culloden in 1746)
RadiDaddy
Hambonerhandy
Jon pertwee (for some weird reason my favorite) was before Tom baker. Troughton was #2
RadiDaddy
SvartTe
I didn't like Pertwee's Bond-style gimmicks but he had brilliant interactions with U.N.I.T
Hambonerhandy
Yeah it might have been the unit stuff that really made me like him. Also Roger Delgado stealing the scene every time they had the master.
Hambonerhandy
3rd doc stuff for sure had the largest and best supporting cast of them all.
literallymike
This is why I can't take Matt Smith seriously in ANYTHING. Damon Targaryen? Fuck off, you're the doctor.
Hambonerhandy
Not my doctor
Freak0zoid
Oh boo hoo.
gridmaker454
true
PutItInNeutral
Go watch Clone.
MajorPoopyPants
I've renamed HOTG to "No, Doctor, Don't do that!"
jimmythehat1
I was not prepared to see side-peen from the Doctor or see him become Uncle Touchy.
MajorPoopyPants
Yeah Creepy Uncle Doctor and creepy king make me dislike the show. I have a 15 year old niece. The show makes me angry and protective.
tanebot
Once a Doctor or Companion of Narnia, always a Doctor or Companion of Narnia.
HandoB4Javert
PoopSammich
Expected Michael Cera, pleasantly surprised
literallymike
This is episode with Van Gogh?
Hoiloidl
Yes
Radijsjes
Yeah it's hard. I constantly expect him to put on a fez or something.
DarkfireDragon
I feel the same way about David Tennant.
DanFranzen
Like when he was the bad guy in Last Night in Soho
TheSongofRiver
I dont watch that show, but she showed me bits of him getting exciled and walking back into the throne room. And it was such Doctor energy
FatBastardVegetarian
I think he's killing it.
AlwaysUpvoteBunnies
What about when he Morb'd all over?
herrherr
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/GreenHatefulInsect-mobile.mp4
GrandPubabofMoldistan
Well he was still a doctor. And it is always Morbin time
RideTheStimutacs
Perfect Michael! Selfless Michael! Michael the favorite!
MajorPoopyPants
He was just hangry Doctor
CityYeti
I liked him, especially in the Van Gogh episode
NoMasters
Great episode.
DALLASLAVOWNER
his epis with strax were always fun..."prepare to be obliterated...may I take you coat"
Squ1dward
That episode was the first and only Dr. Who episode I watched
cjandstuff
Terminator Genesis: Camera pans past a crowd of nameless soldiers... Is that Matt Smith? Watch, I bet he's the villian.
ILiekrocks
Shame we won't get a sequel
literallymike
This was the start of it all...
WhateverYouTalkedAbout
The reason he wore a wig at the end of his run as the doctor. Hadn't seen Genesis and suddenly poof, he just takes his hair off mid episode
apneax3n0n
HE WHAT ????
jimmythehat1
SPOILERS: He wore a wig in one episode to hide the key to the TARDIS.
apneax3n0n
I was sure the bald one was fake covering his real hair. O my god
WhateverYouTalkedAbout
I remember audibly gasping
apneax3n0n
The bald one was supposed to be fake . Gosh