Received: by 10.66.81.202 with SMTP id c10mr3626628pay.40.1349612123192; Sun, 07 Oct 2012 05:15:23 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Path: t10ni23620817pbh.0!nntp.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed.news.ucla.edu!news.snarked.org!news.nk.ca!.POSTED.doctor.nl2k.ab.ca!not-for-mail From: doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho Subject: Re: Tom Baker Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 12:15:22 +0000 (UTC) Organization: NetKnow News Message-ID: References: <506E3A0A.60E2@RADW.USENET> <1298576223371293186.948252bclark-es.co.nz@free.teranews.com> <50714D29.1461@RADW.USENET> Injection-Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 12:15:22 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: gallifrey.nk.ca; posting-host="doctor.nl2k.ab.ca:204.209.81.1"; logging-data="1653"; mail-complaints-to="use...@gallifrey.nk.ca" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Originator: doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) Bytes: 2385 Lines: 38 In article <50714D29.1...@RADW.USENET>, MDS wrote: >Brian wrote: >> >> MDS 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