Tom Baker

[MDS]

Is Tom Baker supposed to be in season 7b or the anniversary specials?
Or season 8?


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MDS (Mister Doctor Sir)

[Your Name]

In article <506E3A...@RADW.USENET>, M...@RADW.USENET wrote:

> Is Tom Baker supposed to be in season 7b or the anniversary specials?
> Or season 8?

Last I saw he was "helping" run a Scottish estate, but kept getting
himself and everyone else into trouble. ;-)

[Fett]

On Thursday, October 4, 2012 10:02:29 PM UTC-4, MDS wrote:
> Is Tom Baker supposed to be in season 7b or the anniversary specials?
>
> Or season 8?
>
>

There was a rumor but nothing more so far. The 50th anniv stuff (from what I'm aware of at least) will not start until season 8, possibly nothing really until November. Very curious to see what they come up with. Knowing Moffat it'll be an opposite version of The Pandorica Opens where all of his villains chip in and buy him a birthday cake.

[Stephen Wilson]

"Fett" <fett...@aol.com> wrote in message
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Even that's just speculation. All that's really known so far about 2013 is
that the remaining 8 episodes of Series 7 will air, and that a documentary
has been commissioned that looks at the creation of Dr Who (written by Mark
Gatiss)

[Fett]

Yes, good point. Thanks for keeping me on track.

[Brian]

MDS <M...@RADW.USENET> wrote:
> Is Tom Baker supposed to be in season 7b or the anniversary specials?
> Or season 8?
>

Tom Baker was asked to give a guess appearance later in the older series
but declined. It suggested to me that he have had enough of Doctor Who with
all the arguments with directors etc. However he may have a change of heart
as he has been giving commentaries for some of the Doctor Who stories that
he has acted in.

I liked Tom's relaxed style as the Doctor Who character. One of the few
people who could run with a long scarf and not trip over it (grin).

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Regards Brian

[MDS]

He declined to appear in The Five Doctors, which he later said was a
mistake he regrets. You're right about his relaxed style, and he
brought the humorous dialogue to life in ways that I doubt any of the
other actors to have played the role could have done. If he does make
an appearance in the 50th anniversary, I hope that said appearance does
his established role justice; otherwise, what a waste.

[The Doctor]

Well TB's talents are wasted on Little Britain.
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[Your Name]

In article <k4rroq$1jl$1...@gallifrey.nk.ca>, doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The

Doctor) wrote:
> In article <50714D...@RADW.USENET>, MDS <M...@RADW.USENET> wrote:
> >Brian wrote:
> >> MDS <M...@RADW.USENET> wrote:
> >> > Is Tom Baker supposed to be in season 7b or the anniversary specials?
> >> > Or season 8?
> >>
> >> Tom Baker was asked to give a guess appearance later in the older series
> >> but declined. It suggested to me that he have had enough of Doctor Who with
> >> all the arguments with directors etc. However he may have a change of heart
> >> as he has been giving commentaries for some of the Doctor Who stories that
> >> he has acted in.
> >>
> >> I liked Tom's relaxed style as the Doctor Who character. One of the few
> >> people who could run with a long scarf and not trip over it (grin).
> >

> >He declined to appear in The Five Doctors, which he later said was a
> >mistake he regrets. You're right about his relaxed style, and he
> >brought the humorous dialogue to life in ways that I doubt any of the
> >other actors to have played the role could have done. If he does make
> >an appearance in the 50th anniversary, I hope that said appearance does
> >his established role justice; otherwise, what a waste.
>

> Well TB's talents are wasted on Little Britain.

Little Britain is a waste of everything - money, "film", channel timeslot,
... the show is complete drivel, and unfortunately a "good" example of
the hopeless garbage that passes for British "comedy" shows these days.
:-(

[Adam H. Kerman]

MDS <M...@RADW.USENET> wrote:
>Brian wrote:
>>MDS <M...@RADW.USENET> wrote:

>>>Is Tom Baker supposed to be in season 7b or the anniversary specials?
>>>Or season 8?

>>Tom Baker was asked to give a guess appearance later in the older series
>>but declined. It suggested to me that he have had enough of Doctor Who with
>>all the arguments with directors etc. However he may have a change of heart
>>as he has been giving commentaries for some of the Doctor Who stories that
>>he has acted in.

>>I liked Tom's relaxed style as the Doctor Who character. One of the few
>>people who could run with a long scarf and not trip over it (grin).

>He declined to appear in The Five Doctors, which he later said was a
>mistake he regrets. You're right about his relaxed style, and he
>brought the humorous dialogue to life in ways that I doubt any of the
>other actors to have played the role could have done. If he does make
>an appearance in the 50th anniversary, I hope that said appearance does
>his established role justice; otherwise, what a waste.

Whether Tom Baker appeared in that episode, the script was a huge mess and
contradicted Galifrayan politics as we'd come to understand it from previous
episodes. I don't think it would have mattered.

Another problem with the episode was that there was no reason to re-cast
the First Doctor after Hartnell died, which was a lousy thing to do, a
lousy actor, and lousy dialogue for him.

They should have made it Doctors 2, 3, and 5, as that's who they had for it,
and hired somebody else to write a better script.

Here's something I don't know: Why was there footage from a never completed
episode with Romana II? Whatever became of that episode? I assume that's
not Baker's fault.

[Adam H. Kerman]

Tom Baker was amusing on the revival of Randall and Hopkirk (deceased).
The scripts often weren't.

[Bok C]

According to this link he's coming back for the 50th anniversary special:

http://entertainment.stv.tv/showbiz/308093-former-time-lord-tom-baker-to-return-to-doctor-who/

Enjoy!

"MDS" wrote in message news:506E3A...@RADW.USENET...

[Ross]

There was a strike while it was in production. Which was a real shame
because they cheaped out on the rest ofthe season in order to save the
budget for that one.

[Fett]

On Sunday, October 7, 2012 11:41:12 PM UTC-4, Bok C wrote:
> According to this link he's coming back for the 50th anniversary special:
>
>
>
> http://entertainment.stv.tv/showbiz/308093-former-time-lord-tom-baker-to-return-to-doctor-who/
>
>
>
> Enjoy!
>

We talked about this. It's unsubstantiated. All it says is "a dr who insider". Whatever the heck that means. Hasn't been reported at all anywhere else.

[Fett]

I was just reading a recent DWM (from 09) and he says he doesn't regret it all because it was so close to when he left. The fact he's come back for the audios is a great sign though. I wonder would they just have him as a somehow aged doctor? Or maybe just a cameo and not the doctor at all.

[Charles E. Hardwidge]

"Fett" <fett...@aol.com> wrote in message

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> All it says is "a dr who insider". Whatever the heck that means.

Some dude with a friend who pushes leaves in the studio carpark?

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Charles E. Hardwidge

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In article <k4toi8$hd6$1...@dont-email.me>, "Charles E. Hardwidge"

<nos...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> "Fett" <fett...@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:42617db8-dbb8-4544...@googlegroups.com...
>
> > All it says is "a dr who insider". Whatever the heck that means.
>
> Some dude with a friend who pushes leaves in the studio carpark?

That's not a nice way to describe Moffatt's job ... he's very proud of
keeping the carpark free of leaves. ;-)

[Adam H. Kerman]

Thanks. That stinks.

[Brian]

"Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> wrote:

Doctor Who (might be the 10th Doctor Who) played a guess appearance in the
Sharon Tate Show as a school teacher which was enjoyable to watch.

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Regards Brian

[Keith Cunningham]

"Brian" <bcl...@es.co.nz> wrote in message
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.
>
> Doctor Who (might be the 10th Doctor Who) played a guess appearance in the
> Sharon Tate Show as a school teacher which was enjoyable to watch.
>

That must have been the Catherine Tate Show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxB1gB6K-2A

[Brian]

Opps always seem to get her name wrong.
Love the humor in that sketch.

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Regards Brian

[The Doctor]

In article <k4ti0m$ete$1...@speranza.aioe.org>,

US Rumour?

[WILL GILLIES]

On Sunday, 7 October 2012 12:15:23 UTC, The Doctor wrote:
> In article <50714D...@RADW.USENET>, MDS <M...@RADW.USENET> wrote: >Brian wrote: >> >> MDS <M...@RADW.USENET> wrote: >> > Is Tom Baker supposed to be in season 7b or the anniversary specials? >> > Or season 8? >> > >> >> Tom Baker was asked to give a guess appearance later in the older series >> but declined. It suggested to me that he have had enough of Doctor Who with >> all the arguments with directors etc. However he may have a change of heart >> as he has been giving commentaries for some of the Doctor Who stories that >> he has acted in. >> >> I liked Tom's relaxed style as the Doctor Who character. One of the few >> people who could run with a long scarf and not trip over it (grin). >> >> -- >> Regards Brian > > >He declined to appear in The Five Doctors, which he later said was a >mistake he regrets. You're right about his relaxed style, and he >brought the humorous dialogue to life in ways that I doubt any of the >other actors to have played the role could have done. If he does make >an appearance in the 50th anniversary, I hope that said appearance does >his established role justice; otherwise, what a waste. > > > >-- >MDS (Mister Doctor Sir) Well TB's talents are wasted on Little Britain. -- Member - Liberal International This is doc...@nl2k.ab.ca Ici doc...@nl2k.ab.ca God,Queen and country!Never Satan President Republic!Beware AntiChrist rising! http://www.fullyfollow.me/rootnl2k USA petition to dissolve the Republic and vote to disoolve it in November 2012

What? He's great. No one else could have voiced that like Tom did.

[WILL GILLIES]

> Well TB's talents are wasted on Little Britain.

And why has no one mentioned Big Finish? Getting Tom Baker doing any kind of Doctor Who was a real coup for them. Paul McGann was an achievemnt, but getting Tom? Thats not just the icing on the cake, thats practically a whole patissere!

[The Doctor]

In article <ea88d9f0-e2d9-4bea...@googlegroups.com>,

WILL GILLIES <WILLG...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>On Sunday, 7 October 2012 12:15:23 UTC, The Doctor wrote:

>> In article <50714D...@RADW.USENET>, MDS <M...@RADW.USENET> wrote: >Bri=
>an wrote: >> >> MDS <M...@RADW.USENET> wrote: >> > Is Tom Baker supposed to =
>be in season 7b or the anniversary specials? >> > Or season 8? >> > >> >> T=
>om Baker was asked to give a guess appearance later in the older series >> =
>but declined. It suggested to me that he have had enough of Doctor Who with=
> >> all the arguments with directors etc. However he may have a change of h=
>eart >> as he has been giving commentaries for some of the Doctor Who stori=
>es that >> he has acted in. >> >> I liked Tom's relaxed style as the Doctor=
> Who character. One of the few >> people who could run with a long scarf an=
>d not trip over it (grin). >> >> -- >> Regards Brian > > >He declined to ap=
>pear in The Five Doctors, which he later said was a >mistake he regrets. Yo=
>u're right about his relaxed style, and he >brought the humorous dialogue t=
>o life in ways that I doubt any of the >other actors to have played the rol=
>e could have done. If he does make >an appearance in the 50th anniversary, =
>I hope that said appearance does >his established role justice; otherwise, =
>what a waste. > > > >-- >MDS (Mister Doctor Sir) Well TB's talents are wast=
>ed on Little Britain. -- Member - Liberal International This is doctor@nl2k=
>.ab.ca Ici doc...@nl2k.ab.ca God,Queen and country!Never Satan President Re=
>public!Beware AntiChrist rising! http://www.fullyfollow.me/rootnl2k USA pet=

>ition to dissolve the Republic and vote to disoolve it in November 2012
>
>
>What? He's great. No one else could have voiced that like Tom did.

Little Britain is a waste of TV!

[The Doctor]

In article <822ce555-e55f-4186...@googlegroups.com>,

WILL GILLIES <WILLG...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> Well TB's talents are wasted on Little Britain.
>
>
>And why has no one mentioned Big Finish? Getting Tom Baker doing any kind of Doctor Who was a real coup for them. Paul McGann was an achievemnt, but getting Tom? Thats not just the icing on the cake, thats practically a whole patissere!
>

TB would be better off with Big Finish.

[The Doctor]

In article <chine.bleu-F58E3...@news.eternal-september.org>,
An tSin Gorm <chine...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>In article <k52050$c0$1...@gallifrey.nk.ca>, doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor)
>wrote:
>

>> In article <822ce555-e55f-4186...@googlegroups.com>,
>> WILL GILLIES <WILLG...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> >> Well TB's talents are wasted on Little Britain.
>> >
>> >
>> >And why has no one mentioned Big Finish? Getting Tom Baker doing any kind of
>> >Doctor Who was a real coup for them. Paul McGann was an achievemnt, but
>> >getting Tom? Thats not just the icing on the cake, thats practically a whole
>> >patissere!
>> >
>>
>> TB would be better off with Big Finish.
>

>In Joni Mitchell Miles of Aisles at one point the audience calling out what they
>want to hear next. Joni responded.
>
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Sing on!

[Raymond Daley]

"Brian" <bcl...@es.co.nz> wrote in message

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I was recently spitballing McGuffins with my brother to explain his aging
and came up with a cracker that no doubt has occurred to the Grand Moff.
DT had a human incarnation who could get older.
I thought perhaps when he was "made" you could use wibbly wobbly timey wimey
to say that every other incarnation ALSO got such a person with them.
Then explaining how and why they look old.

Corner. Painted out of ;-)

I'd still quite like an "overuse of the Sonic Screwdriver" joke written in.
Was it PD or CB that had it removed from their run as Who?
Have them come out of their TARDIS with MS waving his screwdriver around and
they can say "Not that thing? It's more trouble than it's worth!"

I'd quite like someone to do this too. MS turns up to a situation and uses
the Psychic paper. Person he's waving it at looks totally unimpressed,
sparks up a cigarette lighter and sets fire to it then looks at him and says
"What's with the blank paper?" as he's from a species it doesn't work on.

[Raymond Daley]

"Adam H. Kerman" <a...@chinet.com> wrote in message
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> Here's something I don't know: Why was there footage from a never
> completed
> episode with Romana II? Whatever became of that episode? I assume that's
> not Baker's fault.

It wasn't. The scenes you see in Five Doctors with Tom and Lalla are from
Shada.
It was never finished due to strikes at the BBC.
It has been since rereleased with Tom doing narration over the bits they
never filmed.
They also did an animated version with Paul McGann's Doctor.

[MDS]

WILL GILLIES wrote:
>
> On Sunday, 7 October 2012 12:15:23 UTC, The Doctor wrote:
>
>
> What? He's great. No one else could have voiced that like Tom did.

Will! Good to see ya!

[The Doctor]

Little Britain is waste of a concept.

[Charles E. Hardwidge]

"Raymond Daley" <raymon...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:Pkids.261636$4I.2...@fx03.am4...

>
> I'd still quite like an "overuse of the Sonic Screwdriver" joke written
> in. Was it PD or CB that had it removed from their run as Who?
> Have them come out of their TARDIS with MS waving his screwdriver around
> and they can say "Not that thing? It's more trouble than it's worth!"
>
> I'd quite like someone to do this too. MS turns up to a situation and
> uses the Psychic paper. Person he's waving it at looks totally
> unimpressed, sparks up a cigarette lighter and sets fire to it then looks
> at him and says "What's with the blank paper?" as he's from a species it
> doesn't work on.

Star Wars set limits on the light sabre and Jedi mind tricks years ago and
did it it better. Why the producers of DW haven't learned from this is a
mystery.

The rest is hick fan wankery.

--
Charles E. Hardwidge

[Duggy]

[Duggy]

TBaker has said if asked nicely and he likes what they have he'd return. That implies he hasn't been asked.

[The Doctor]

In article <49846c04-4283-49cb...@googlegroups.com>,
Duggy <p.allan...@gmail.com> wrote:

Him and Tennent tie for second best after William Hartnell.