​@@jakecollins4545I prefer Patrick Troughton and Pertwee

@@VideoTube2016who?

@@classicsteakZ096 Jon Pertwee and Patrick Troughton

@@VideoTube2016 no i meant who asked

@@classicsteakZ096 Then say that clearly next time, smart one.

***** You should begin to watch with First episode of the first doctor

Fakir Wumbo Which is rubbish. And the firemaker (or starter, won't bother looking it up) was rubbish too. Some of classic who is VERY outdated, I wouldn't recommend most of #1's run, but everything from 2 on is quite solid.

***** What episode should I start with? I already tried the first 3 of season 1, but it just wasn't for me. Now I'm too scared to try again, but I really want to like the classic series. As a New-Whovian (started with 9) I don't always get all the references to the classic series, that just drives me nuts!

If you ever want to check out any of his adventures, I'm always impartial to The Pyramids Of Mars, The Creature From The Pit or The Horror Of Fang Rock. Both show off Tom Baker's serious side as an actor and his goofy side.

***** Well I started with it and I'm now at Terror Of The Zygons so...

Love that line coming from the most iconic Doctor of them all. Go Tom.

+MrKennyWilliams And the Twelfth Doctor repeats it to Doc Brown in Lego Dimensions.

+markzilla6895 It would have been way cooler even if Lego Dimensions had used the 4th Doctor ( Tom's iconic Doctor) and had him say it.....especially since the line is iconic and unique to the Fourth Doctor. The fans would have totally loved it and it would have been totally EPIC. If anybody wants to wish Tom Baker a HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, yesterday ( 1/20/16) was Tom's 82nd year on Earth. A lot of people have already wished him well on his Facebook page and Website. Tom also posted a lovely message thanking everyone for there kind thoughts. God bless.

Well, to be fair, in Dimensions, the Twelfth Doctor acts more like the Fourth anyway

+markzilla6895 Capaldi remind me a lot of Tom Baker

Nine complained about his ears in Rose. It reminded me of this episode.

Auron12786 Or his 11th's chin!

Actually his 10th incarnation, cause the war doctor was an incarnation. So the War Doctor is the true 9th incarnation.

Markel1970A Gamez Maybe 12ths eyebrows..

@@johnilarde8440 "Who put _you_ in charge?!" "Basically, it's the eyebrows."

AvantGarde Yep. ;-; Second being David Tennant.

"All systems go!" *chops a conviently placed brick in half and starts jogging in place*

1) Pertwee, 2) Baker and then 3) Tennant. with nod to also Peter Davison who all had the best post regeneration episodes.

And best Dr. Ever!! Tom Baker was the absolute best!!

I pretty like Matt Smith's

Greg DeAndrea what was that in? The five doctors?

@@tezmard3003Yep.

A shame he wasn't still alive and young enough to have done a few more Doctor crossovers, as Jon Pertwee sassing other Doctors is gold. Especially the back and forth with the 2nd Doctor, whenever they met.

Original got a few hits in himself.....so these are my replacements? A clown and a dandy.

@@johnbiggscr 1st Doctor: "Have you done anything?" 2nd: "Well we've assessed the situation and...." 1st: "Just as I thought. Nothing."

You have a point

🤣🤣🤣 your comment almost killed me. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

The jump rope is the weapon of a Time Lord, an elegant weapon of a more civilised age…

It's just as good as when he defeated an alien threat with a water pistol 😂😂 and not even a nice one like a little dollar store one soo perfect

The brigadier is just unfazed by the doctor anymore i mean he once helped a newly regenerated doctor and the doctor asked how he knew it was him and lethbridge-stewart replied with "who else would it be?"

I hate to be a spoilsport, but they probably dubbed the sound in after the scene was recorded.

@@roguishpaladin They probably did, and back then camera work and dubbing weren't very accurate, but Nick STILL manages to deliver the line to perfection, in the scene and in dub. I reckon that's a pretty good measure of his professionalism as well as the skill of the sound editor whoever he or she was.Back then actors worked with the tools they had and made it work. Their skill is different to actors today, who deliver their performances to tighter constraints. Both are admirable for their ability to adapt to their working conditions, as is the skill of the editors and foley artists, but i think if you asked either an old time actor or one of the new breed to adapt to the opposite style they would find it difficult. Imagine David Tennant trying to play the villain in an unaired episode of Blakes Seven if it was shot the way they did it back then. He would eventually triumph, but only after a lot of takes.

Did you know that he also got to write many of the Brigadier's one-liners?

He came a long way from "Doctor, come back at once!"

well the brig did work with 2nd and 3rd, so he'd be fairly used to it!

Thing is, he isn't this absurd for the remainder of his run. Here he is at like level 10 kookiness. Later on in the episode he calms down and starts to get more serious.

Undead Nightorc Someone of us LOVED the 4th Doctor Kookiness. I think it was the reason that WHY he was so popular(and STILL is)

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The hyperactivity is rather standard for the Doctor immediately after regeneration. I think this was the start of the tradition.

actually it started with 2nd, but 4th took it to a whole new level

I just slip away quietly

"I just hate goodbyes, so I'll just slip away quietly?" "Can't I? Goodbye!"

Brexit in a nutshell

"Why not?"

wow

Yeah and sadly playing Sherlock Holmes in the TV series [not the tv movie] was the worst ever marriage of role to actor. 🤣

Cool stories pro :D

***** c:

:D

well, its my reaction when school is serving hot dogs

Okey,world is crazy. :D

I think that at that point, you just have to get used to everything

I agree!!! I love Tom's grin. He has such a great smile. Still doas to this day. Did you read Tom's interview in Doctor Who magazine #501? It really is brilliant.

I'm not subscribed to that magazine and I'm American. Do you perhaps know where I could find it?

+Cicily S Go online to Doctor Who magazine and email them to see if they have any of issue #501 left with Tom's interview in it. There's also a great poster of the 4th Doctor in it as well. You can usually leave them a question on there site and there really good at getting back to you. The interview is touching and brilliant. It's worth ordering and buying.

I checked the sit, and I cannot find their email address anywhere. Do I have to subscribe first?

+Cicily S Check along the bottom of the page and there should be something marked comment. You should be able to leave a message or question for them. If you have no luck when I get home I will look up there address or see if the magazine has contact information inside. I will post it on here for you. Hopefully that helps☺

Me too. The Doctor has a thing for cupboards. lol. Love the energy and slightly mischievous character of the Fourth Doctor.

Maybe he got the idear from when he was number 4

The Tardis is basically a large transdimensional organic cupboard.

Same with old Brig too :/

so true. Well said.

***** Same with the first 3 doctors.

So sad . Ian Nic and Sarah all gone to soon . How amazing though that they will live on forever on our screens even long after we have passed x

Lmao, neither were any other companions

that's because he's the Doctor. Can't do better than having him portray himself now can you?

He was born to play this role. It was perfect casting.

Which wasn't exactly good for his mental health in the years to come, unfortunately.

@@HozukiHangetsu Ahhhh... But, even now, he's such a wonderful person and STILL THE Doctor... Maybe his sanity has warped somewhat but not in a dangerous way. It's a pure JOY to see him dressed up as his Doctor again, it's like his eyes just LIGHT up and he's many YEARS younger than before... Just watch the 2017 "Shada" release and you can see it full-fledged at the end of it... A brand-new TARDIS scene filmed specially for that release, with Tom Baker as he is today playing The Doctor as he did then. He really IS such a nice old man... 😂😂😂😂

@@christopheralthouse6378 I mean, he became suicidal

"so i'll just slip away quietly..." me tbh

Me neither. He also says this line in his final story.

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@@aaronleedorsett 10 and 11 don't like goodbyes and endings

Except the New Doctors wanna be Ginger.

Yes that is true...I never said otherwise

***** haha yeah the "post-2005" Doctors do a great job with it xD haha. I also think back to Jon Pertwee as the third Doctor, groaning as soon as he saw his appearance (as he was older than his previous appearance) :P It is always good to start the Doctor Who journey from the beginning, though I don't see a problem with watching from the beginning of a particular incarnation. Many of the older episodes are missing, too.

MATT SMITH :D

True. Matt hates his own nose and chin, David thought his teeth were weird, and Capaldi had a full-on rant about his eyebrows XD

Don't forget the hat!

And the fact that he's The Curator

The Doctor is always up to shenanigans in there. It's probably his!

Munda that was the doctors lab it was probably something he was doing that only made sense to him

Munda The answer is simple. The brick was in the lab because it was in the script.

Munda for chopping of course

his lab his brick

Aka the Whoniverse's version of "Hello, I must be going!"

Ah Hypocrisy. The Doctor's ultimate get out line. Got no complaints

A lot of people seem to think that David Tennant was better. I don't!

94830 086436 it’s probably because a lot of people haven’t seen the classics, me included

He's still great to this day. He's done marvelous work with Big Finnish, and I'm pleasantly surprised to report that his voice hasn't actually shown that much sign of age. Go give them a listen. It's like he never left the part.

Poirot's Mustache and Bakers timing and wit remain fully intact. He is one of the funniest men alive.

Capaldi almost does it

+Rachel -Not-Again- Armamus Oh doctor.

Worst mother ever

Let's do the Time War again!!

I wonder how many takes it took to get that in?

This is so much more threatening that in the clip omg

He's pretty much regarded as the best Doctor of all time by a good portion of the fans....especially the ones who have watched a fair amount of all the Doctors. Tom's influence on the Doctors in the New series shows just how big an influence he has been, including on the show writers Russell T. Davis and Steven Moffat.

The best Doctor you might say.

THE best.

​@@erneststoner2336Agreed!

​@@dreamlandnightmareCan't argue with that!

The bricks are for subduing the dangerous nutcases. Not the Doctor, though; he’s just an ordinary nutcase.

Liam Casey ordinary? Nonsense! Why ordinary? >.>

Even weirder that judging by the sound it made when it hit the floor, the brick was made of wood!

This was the Doctor's lab. That was the Doctor's brick.

Totally agree.😆 It's amazing how quickly Tom took command of the role. If you go to Tom's Facebook page he has a lovely Christmas message for all the fans. You can leave him and his wife Sue a Christmas message as well. God bless.😀

R/B The Toku Hufflepuff yeah

4th Doctor: You may be a Doctor, but I am THE Doctor, the definite article you might say

I mean

This comment has definitely not aged well...

Baal Phaoton sadly yes

+PeasantsArePeople Oops

Meh i guess that mad man in the box wasn't a good soccer player compared to the mad men in the box

Lol! 4 was my all time favourite, even though 3 was my first for a few years, but I guess that different strokes for different folks applies. Fez guy was entertaining and I watched all his episodes and enjoyed them, but was he as good as Tom for me? No. DT was every bit as good as Tom but can't quite evoke the same adulation from me as Baker as I watched him for the longest time during my formative years. I watched JP for a while before that (hiding behind the sofa) but don't remember BH or PT. PD was acceptable and CB I hated even when he appeared as Commander Maxil. I don't mean to knock CB as an actor or a person, but the roles he played in DW just got my hackles up. A lot of that was probably down to the influence of Michael Grade who publicly stated that he hated the show and very definitely made decisions as controller that led to it's downfall and eventual cancellation. Just to make clear, I regret that he felt that like that and used his influence to kill the show, but acknowledge that when the show was brought back he had no problem in saying that he admired where the show had progressed to even though he still did like it personally. The one thing I agree with him on is how he described CB's performance 'utterly unlikeable; absolutely God-awful in fact' Again apologies to CB as I am sure he has done extremely creditable work in his career, it is just my own opinion that he should never have been cast as the Doctor and failed to portray the role with any strength or conviction. John Hurt as the very brief War Doctor was a very short dream of what the Doctor might have been. I personally enjoyed the one film portrayal of the Doctor by Paul McGann, as well as Peter Cushing's earlier portrayal. Sylvester McCoy's appearance was in my opinion under rated and PC was A solid actor to appear in the role and kept me watching throughout his tenure. Now we come to the latest season. Please indulge me as this is only my own personal opinion and I in now way think that anyone else should be swayed by my opinion. I was excited to learn that at last after the long history of the show that the Doctor was to be cast in a female regeneration. I was also happy when I learned that Jodie Whaittaker had landed the role as her previous performances were very creditable. I watched about 3 quarters of that season then gave up. My problem is not with Jodie. Her performances are at least the equal of her previous work and she carries off the role of the Doctor with conviction and panache, as did most of the previous incumbents of the role. My problem is not that the Doctor is now female I had been waiting for that from the late 1980's. My problem is the shoddy writing! The socially conscious theme is very in keeping with today's enlightened audiences. Kids watch this show, so let's teach them a few good lessons while throwing in a few good horror elements to make them shiver just like the last 56 years, great! But why oh why did you allow the quality of the scripts to dip way below the level of even the Michael Grade years? It almost makes me think that someone high up in the BBC is trying to kill the show because they don't appreciate it. Poor g00d2day, I bet you never imagined some ubernerd was going to reply to your post like this! I apologise and certainly don't expect a reply after five years, but you can't control a rant when one jumps up and bites you unexpectedly! I appreciated your post and now feel a little ashamed for going off on one at a comment that should just be appreciated!

@@Moondog-wc4vm Bloody hell

@@rhysharris9302 Yeah, I know. I got a bit carried away. I'm a bit embarrased by the length of the rant, but don't apologise for the content. I truly believe what I said based on about 45 years of being a fan.

ive yet to see any 4th vs 10th argument, one demeaning the other and saying why their doctor is better...im sure there may be SOME but I haven't seen any as of yet....and that is impressive in terms of fandom, I find the doctor who fandom to be the most mature

Why exactly are you even comparing the 4th and the 10th? They are both the Doctor, both brilliant, and both have their own way of doing things. That's what makes the Regeneration gimmick interesting.

Dana Knight That's your opinion, something best kept to yourself, deary. Saying it makes you look like the real liberal moron. Proper whovians enjoy the show, and don't obsess over one actor (so much) and hate the others for it. For example: My favorite is Chris Eccleston. But I don't hate David or Matt for it.

Well Tom is Capaldi's favorite Doctor and Tom's portrayal of the Doctor has influenced New Who and it's showrunners quite a bit.

Klamath 2046.

the Doctor is more than a bit vain about his appearance....

Wouldn't we all be a little bit? Imagine that you effectively pressed a button and had a new and random face and body for the next few years. I know I'd be interested to know what I looked like and what others were seeing. Same mind, slightly different personality, different body.

@@colinmcphan I thought that Capaldi's favorite Doctor was Jon Pertwee. Since the 12th Doctor regained the 3rd Doctor's penchant for velvet red jackets or suits. Also, "I know, I know. They'll get it all wrong without me." "Excuse me, but we have a very important inscription to translate and I think they'll get it all wrong without me."

he’s running omg

That is a very sad thing to know. :'((

vengeance1701 Tick-tock, tick-tock...

vengeance1701 And that includes Barry Letts (The producer who hired Tom), Bob Holmes (Script editor), and "Robot" director Christopher Barry.

Bye and bye.

+vengeance1701 Sad, but the Doctor always outlives his companions so it's not much of a surprise. Still sad.

Robot Gaming hi!

I know how that feels

Anyway, when did you started watching doctor who?

CosmicWanderer cool

*ALL SYSTEMS GO, breaks brick JOGS IN PLACE!*

is he improvising?

Love that line and love the way Tom says it!☺

The definite article you might say

One TWO T H R E E *F O U R*

TsoLan1 lol

TsoLan1 BEST SONG EVER.

By and by, not bye and bye.

Better than any one direction song

To phobe . the 3rd doctors facial expressions are one of the many reasons he is my favourite . they where scary. From Michael from Yorkshire and proud of it.

I was thinking that

All we are saying is give Pete a chance.

I meant "Good luck" as in good luck with riding a horse in a nightgown through Victorian London.

Yea, every new Doctor(except 9) has a time where they are getting used to the regeneration, it usually identifies the type of Doctor they are gonna be... I can't wait to see Peter's! It's usually a time where they begin wearing their predecessor's clothing and then they look in the mirror and the outfit they were so fond of moments ago is now not appealing to them... They all have a time when they do that because regeneration is so changing

Gredran Nine didn't have a chance to be seen picking out his outfit, but in Rose we do see him going over his appearance ("Look at the ears...")

***** If I was Tom Baker, I'd still be shooting it. XD

Haha same.

+DarthRushy Tom was an athete in school. Probably not many times.

+Steel Flower Well they probably got it first time, because they couldn't really afford retakes, because they cost a lot, so they would have rehearsed it to death then got it first time.

@@colinmcphan He joined a monastery at age 15

I've probably seen this one scene more than a dozen times. I even memorized the little song he sings while jumping rope with Harry Sullivan

I just saw Genesis tonight in the theater.

Don't forget about chopping a brick in half.

+ChaosSepher It's really cute when Tom goas to chop the brick in half at the beginning of the episode and doas it with know problem. Then he tries it at the end, in front of Sarah Jane, and hurts his hand for a moment and gets flustered and embarrassed.

Aye like that too a lot too. Also goes to show how sporadic the regeneration process seems to be.

Linda Taylor I think it's a side effect of being recently regenerated that the doctor is much stronger than usual in the same way ten was able to regrow a severed hand and eleven had cravings for food items only to reject them

HDM Reviews The part where Tom Baker's Doctor chops the brick in half with his hand and starts running in place reminds me of the narration to the opening of The Six Million Dollar Man . . . "We can make him better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster."

When I find the hidden chocolate stash.

Shouldn't Capaldi Doctor remind you of this because this came first?

Capaldi is like a mix of T. Baker and Eccleston. With a dash of Hartnell, maybe.

Tom came before Capaldi and Capaldi loves the 4th Doctor and watched him as a young man.

+Michael T. S. After watching Capaldi you can see the 4th Doctor's influence the strongest in the 12th Doctor.

They do smile similarly. A straight face that quickly turns into an infectious teeth smile.

It's been hinted that he will be a bit 4/9ish ... can't wait. :D

Why try to be someone else's portrayal when you can be your own man?

Kara Dennison As long as he isn't 7/9. That would be the wrong show.

Did you just ...

He did, Kara Dennison. He just went there. *facepalm*

Seriously! This scene was perfect! Baker is an amazing actor.

2:14 as well. I never really watched too many 4th doctor episodes. I have seen more 5th doctor episodes.

+Niceguy3210 The 4th Doctor is iconic..it's ashame you haven't chosen to watch more of his episodes. Hopefully you will. Tom is awesome.

Linda Taylor Don't get me wrong, I know he was a fantastic actor for the role, but after watching more Peter Davison episodes, and seeing him at more Doctor Who conventions than any other Doctor, he just grew on me more.

+Niceguy3210 That's okay. I guess all I'm saying is give Tom the same chance by watching more of his episodes as well. This way you have given both fine actors the same chance. As you mentioned in this scene it shows what Tom Baker could do with a scene that might have proven awkward for some other actors. If you live in England also Tom, along with Louise Jamison will be at several conventions this year. The fans who meet them always seem to rave about how awesome they are towards the fan base. Anyway you have a right to like who you want and it's all good. God bless.

Only the Doctor could jump-rope a guy into submission...

FOUR

sick*

@@21melpomene true

That a bit dark

It's either that or risk tripping over the flailing jumprope! Concentration, my dear girl! Concentration!

Fascinating.

To rossm 3838. Tom was actually the villain in the ray harryhausen film the golden voyage of Sinbad not the same rays Jason and the Argonauts. Patrick trougthton Dr who number 2 was in Jason and the Argonauts playing phineus the blind man who is plagued by the harpies. Reguards from michael from Yorkshire and proud of it.