he ironic thing is that Tom was a Catholic monk after he left the army, and decided he wanted to be an actor...

Im pretty sure he walked off a building site into acting, he was a bricky.

The Monk thing was really early on; he was a young teenager when he entered the Monastery (can you imagine going through puberty and taking a vow of celibacy at the same time!?) and was there until his early 20s. Then he did his national service and took up acting during that time. The building work was his day job to support his (at the time not very lucrative) acting career.

I think he was implying he's Jesus xD

@@Fireglo That's what I thought! I think he's just having fun bc he's said in an interview fans see him as a god.

I have one of his scarves on my bedroom wall, along with some other things of his.

😀👍💖

@@marystone860 😀👍💖

jime6688 I heard after Tom’s last day on set back in 1981, he didn’t say goodbye to anyone and there wasn’t a big party or anything. He simply finished his work and went to the pub and had a drink and went home. And that was it

Austin Oetken some of what you had heard could’ve been invented (made-up)

The two things are not mutually exclusive.

Absolutely! And I didn't know he was going to be in that episode, but when that rich, beautiful voice spoke, I knew immediately who it was.

Good thing he didn't smoke.

christhefishhunter He did smoke, like most people in those days. However, he was apparently careful not to smoke in public where kids might see him. I don't know whether he has smoked since those days.

Yes, I heard that. That says something good about him. :-)

Matt Maloney He said he stopped smoking in order to be able to laugh again without coughing. He is now smoke-free. And laughing a lot more :)

When i heard it, I was like "Wait, i know that voi- NOOOOOOOO!!!!! Really? After all that awesomeness and THIS???" I squirmed~~~~ Also, you're still awesome for crying, it shows love and compassionate.

I jumped in my seat... when I saw it in the theater on monday a purposeful sigh and hush went through the crowd

I almost choked!

I am also a 40 year old male and when i heard his voice i think my neigbors heard me 4 houses away he is the doctor i grew up on loved him wish he could have had more of a role in the episode think they should have had that girl give him back his scarf

I cried too. And I'm a 45 year old man.

***** Its a matter of opinion, but when it all comes down to it, he's the same man in all of his incarnations, each of them just has their ups and downs. Personally, my favourite Doctor is David Tennant, but he is closely followed by Matt Smith, Tom Baker, and Patrick Troughton.

+Proton1 I have been watching Tom's episodes recently and Tom's Doctor definitely wasn't 1 dimensional or happy all the time. His Doctor may have literally been as dark or darker at times then any other Doctor. If you watch episodes like "Seeds Of Doom', "Robots Of Death'", "Mask Of Mandragora" (where he let's some innocent party goers die in order to save everybody from the villian) he not only yells at the bad guys but his own companions. In Tom's last season especially everybody says Tom was much more brooding and had a darker feel to his Doctor. That is one thing I have noticed, now that I have been watching his episodes, is that the 4th Doctor could deceptively complex. God bless.😀

+Merganman4 Sorry you didn't care for the interview with Tom.

Hey!!! Mine too!

Offcourse Time lord biology :)

79 at that point but who’s counting… 😉

I'm crushing on Tom's Doctor today when I watch him on DVD! Think his Doctor was definitely sexy.

softsteel6 I felt that loving tinge also... Seeing my first doctor on the screen like this all these years later.. Very spacial.. For a very special man.

I thought that, too! It would have been the perfect touch!

Hendo56 I was hoping he would just leave the bag of jelly babies on the seat, for Matt's Doctor to find a few seconds later...

I think that would've been a bit too much. The jelly babies are well remembered but they weren't in many of his stories overall - they don't define his doctor.

Other sweet jellied treats are available

@@thejfoshow1320 Too bad Tom's original jelly babies were not available in the US...

OMG!!, he has a autobiography! Where can I get one?

He is The Doctor, so let the man pronounce his own name the way he wants.

Do you know, I didn’t even notice it 😆😆 He’s the man, it’s whatever he says

I know this is a six year old comment but during the classic series the role was credited as "doctor who," it's a completely valid thing to call the character. Especially for Tom who was credited as that lol

@@wnyduchess GIRL I WAS 14 WHEN I WROTE THAT LMFAO

@@lh4736 lmaoooo 😭

When he left the show to be replaced by Peter Davison, I was STUNNED. When I saw him in " Day of the Doctor ", I got a happy pleasant glow.

The younger fans have about 50 years of catching up to do !

Daniel Appleton I envy them.

borgduck 50 years - God, I feel older than dirt..... :) & I'm only in my 50's.

Daniel Appleton Well, look at Capaldi. ;)

I was thinking Tom's suit in this interview looked an awful lot like the 10th Doctor's! Even the shirt and tie are similar! David in the 4th Doctor's garb would look terribly odd though, I think. xD

Not in a million of years

Shatner is Canadian

Only difference is... Tom didn't ice his wife

Tom didn't go bananas.

@@lauraboiocchi4666because he’s always been bananas

Me and my partner watched it live in Australia and I have been a fan for over 30 years. Matt is the first Doctor my partner has seen regen to regen and when Tom came on I started bawling my eyes out. Happy tears, mind. But my poor partner had to deal with me having a cry at 7.30am on a sunday morning!

charliequinification When I heard that resounding voice, I think my jaw dropped, hit the floor & bounced. Then this warm glow went through my heart & mind, & I smiled. Matt Smith's time as the Doctor was seasoned LIBERALLY with call - backs to " classic " Who. & this moment with Tom Baker was perhaps the BEST !

incorrect - Jon Pertwee - 3rd Doctor was broadcast before Tom's 4th in the US

squarehopper Not where I lived.

But Pertwee's episodes were not broadcast thru out the U.S. and unfortunately the show did not catch on with U.S. audiences, on PBS nationally, until they started airing Tom's episodes. The rest, they say, is history.

William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Christopher Eccleston, were all named in the credits as "Doctor Who" in their time in the TARDIS - it wasn't til Peter Davison took over the credits said "The Doctor." (geek alert)

+Stephen Cole it's just the credits though and he's never called like that in the actual episode

The Doctor will never ever be called Doctor Who. The title of the show is a question and not his name. But the Peter Cushing Dr Who movies, the character's name was Dr Who ;)

Tom Baker is a bit of an egotist but I think he's mellowed with age. Occasionally, that egotistical streak does reemerge though, like when he complained that Matt Smith was the only person who said hello to him in Day of the Doctor.

Tom did apologize after Dr Who to a lot of people ha had offended professionally over the years...

Nearly 23, and he was my first Doctor too--I saw one episode of the new series, didn't like it, and someone said "Try this old one...GENESIS OF THE DALEKS..you might like it more, and the Doctor there is pretty legendary." Understatement of the century. :D So more than 30 years after he gave up the role, Tom Baker was MY Doctor...and the one who got me to love all the others, too. :)

Excellent!

Me too, and I'm 37!

Reverse of what David Tennant had as a child because he had a forth doctor scarf.

He always might for a Christmas special. One can hope.

Tom Baker? Taking the piss? Surely not.

irham yusof That would make me throw up from terror the first time that went off..

DW2012 well aren't you special

Did you build it or buy it? If you built it, did you put up a DIY somewhere online, like on Instructables? I'm sure many of us would be interested in the link.

God damn it Luke. Do you *enjoy* terror?

Neeeeeeeeeeeeeerd. lol

I'll be 50-60

floooooooooooooooood he said recantly he did

Look at his official website. I believe he has an address to receive fan mail.

thank you :) Probably wont receive it tho being a painting

He is the best Doctor to date, even though he was the Doctor 21 years before I was born.

That gives me a bit of hope that Eccleston might come round and do the same, he unfortunately seems to have turned his back on Doctor Who, would be great too see him return in a Nu Who 5 Doctors Special with David Tennant, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi and Paul McGann

A family of geeks is a happy family... well it is if you're one of the geeks :-D

Hapkido 82 have you listened to his audios? he still plays the doctor on the big finnish audios.

he was a monk. a crisis of faith lead him into acting. i met him once, an amazingly deep man.

raverdeath100 I'm pleased he can humour it.

You are sooooooo damm right about that!!!!!!

Tom Baker as the 4th Doctor........THE BEST!!!!!

I totally agree! Even though I respect the other actors who have played the role, and like some of there interpretations, Tom Baker nailed the character of the Doctor soooooooo perfectly. He was the most natural and believable in the part for me. Plus he had the right balance of alieness, charm, wit, humor, sex appeal and physicalness to make me never think I was watching an actor in the role. Your awesome Tom and some of us have not forgotten your love and respect for the character of the Doctor and your kindness towards the fans. Your a class act all the way Tom.

+Stefano Pavone I am one one of those rare fans who actually doasn't totally dislike Sylvester. Thought he had some interesting moments. I do love though how well Tom brought out the alieness of the Doctor but showed the influence humans had on him. I also felt a wonderful complexity to Tom's Doctor. He could be funny, charming, witty and cheeky one moment and then be really angry (even snapping at his own companions at times), moody, morbid and slightly depressed feeling (his final season was a great example of that). Tom also had a slightly flirtatious feel with a couple of his companions. But anyway that's only my opinion. God bless.😀

well said!

Yes please!

I was at a convention. They very swiftly put together a memorial presentation about her, which I thought was nice.

MinecraftPro15 I hope you'll let Richard Dawkins know, as he thinks he's still married to her........

I thought of this guy when Elisabeth died The only thing I could think to make me feel better was Well...at least Jon (the third doctor who died in 1996) will be happy to see her again... But I cried because I liked Jon as well.

+MJ Fairytale I think this guy has a name which is Tom Baker. Sorry....I'm not trying to sound mean and obnoxious. It's just funny that you used Elizabeth's name and even called Jon Pertwee by his name but on this video featuring Tom Baker you referred to Tom as just "this guy". If you don't like Tom that's cool.