1975: TOM BAKER on DOCTOR WHO | South Today | Classic Interviews | BBC Archive 

Flamboyant, charismatic, strange, borderline dangerous...I don't trust people who believe there was a better Dr.

Tom Baker was the best special effect in Dr Who.

As an American this is the ONLY Dr Who I grew up with. He was simply the best

What an absolute treasure of a human.

Legend!

Oh I loved watching Tom as Dr Who growing up 😊. Good memories as a family watching TV

Tom was the best. No one since has come close.

One of the very best of that kind of old-fashioned, "Thespian", that seemed to dominate that era of British TV... frequently utterly eccentric, feverishly theatrical, and totally committed to throwing their entire being into whatever absolutely ridiculous charade it was all supposed to be: as if it were all a matter of literal Life or Death - often being either actual toffs, or quite dedicated to expressing a certain, resolutely toffish, sensibility......while it's very good all that's changed a bit, it can't be denied that a remarkable breed seemed to come out of the Drama schools of the '50's and '60's... Sadly, Mr. Baker is looking like every minute of his 90 years, these days...unfortunately, the curtain does always have to come down at some point - but what a performance, Tom. Good God, man: what, a performance..👏🏻

One of my favourite Doctors, if not my favourite. But as a rollercoaster nutter I'll also always think of him as the Voice Of Nemesis!

Tom Baker….gosh he was the best Dr. Brings back such wonderful memories. Thank you Tom

Now an adult myself... I totally get why my mother was mesmerized by him back in the day, and I am not even on that team!!! It's that elusive unquantifiable 'C'-word... 'Charm', which is often best delivered silently, simply a sideways glance! Ironically apparently Rasputin had the same power, and not course Mr Baker played him perfectly. Life imitating art. I know French woman like him. I can feel when I have been trapped by their tractor-beam, and I know right from the start it is going to be a total nightmare, but what the hell... I would rather spend a moment on the rapids than a lifetime in the doldrums. 😉👍🇬🇧

Such a beautiful voice, he is a treasure.

Simply put: the Doctor *was* Tom Baker.

Terror of the Zygons was filmed as the finale of Tom Baker's first season (season 12) but was held-over and broadcast as the opening serial of his second season (season 13) instead.

Love Tom's 4th Doctor. In years to come he said he wasn't acting. I believe it.❤❤ That voice! Those curls! Mad crush on him when I was a teenager. And of course my first Doctor.

Love that last quote.... I'm concerned with saving the Universe every Saturday....❤

Tom Baker was the Doctor Who I grew up with, and is still the best IMO.

Tom Baker and K9 - Classic

Best Doctor who, for me, is growing up. 😊😊😊😊

This man will live forever!

The best Doctor.

Tom IS The Doctor!

A true LEGEND!

I liked Tom Baker along with Jon Pertwee, the two best doctors.

Great interview and Tom can talk me to sleep in a good way i love his voice so much he have a great voice

At the time the series was at it's pinnacle for millions of kids on Saturday evenings. Somehow, life seemed so-much simpler back then. So sad to see what it ultimately ended up becoming a decade later mind you. And I can't comment on the modern reboot in the new Millennium. But it was a role Tom Baker was born to play.

he was simply the best

So familiar South England in the 70s. Cortina Mk III Estate in the background. Our childhood personified. All exteriors for "Terror of The Zygons" were filmed in West Sussex. This segment was in the village of Climping where the North Sea scenes were filmed.

WOW what a find!! I'm 55 and I have never seen this. My favourite doctor, in my favourite doctors costume, not that burgundy bore

I’m from Littlehampton,which is just along the beach from here. I love to walk from Clymping to Littlehampton along the beach at low tide.

A wonderful humble man

'You have a woman's hands!!!!'🤣Bonus points anyone?

Wonderful, joyous stuff!

The Doctor I grew up with. Whilst I was already 6 when Tom Baker started as the 4th Doctor and recalled at least some of John Pertwee as the Doctor, Tom Baker just resonated and to this day, the only Doctor who came close was David Tennant with Matt Smith a close 3rd.

Bloody marvellous. The master!

Maybe my favorite Terror of the Zygons Loch Ness monster

THE Doctor. The genuine article.

Best ever!

For my generation, there came a change in the 1980s. And it was the Dr Who producer who went out of his way to demonstrate (through a series of repeats) that other actors had done it. Because Tom had become the part. And he cast a LONG shadow over the rest of the series.

the best dr who

The Sean Connery of Dr Who.

sick :)

hes a fellow scouser to

Tom's great...but let's face it... All the little boy's in us loved Romana I.

God, I miss Actors like Tom! They are so utterly Bland today, soulless corporate munchkins, surrounded by "People" and breathtakingly boring. Tom was and IS...simply awesome: a total English Eccentric in the best sense of the word. He of course, mixed with the likes of Jeffery Barnard and those old rogues in Soho, none of today's actors would ever dare to be seen in such company lol. Watching him as pre-teen, Tom was the kind of bloke I wanted to be, but never had the courage, lol. While My first Doctor was the wonderful Jon Pertwee, I have to say, Tom was the finest Doctor of them all.

Why cut it short?

The Dr.

Shirley,..................there's more ?????

I liked Dr who .

This is almost 6 months before Terror of the Zygons aired, so it must have been a tantalising preview. And not the sort of thing you'd ever get nowadays. These days you'd be sued into oblivion for even acknowledging the show's filming, as is the case for so much modern media.

02:18 guessing its running away from Nessie

Wow ...amazing ..and zero agenda ..apart from entetaining kids and adukts alike

I stopped watching Doctor Who when Tom stopped playing the Doctor and I've never watched it since!

Tom Baker was the Final Fantasy VII of Doctor Who.

Tom Baker set the gold standard for the character of the Doctor and I doubt anyone will come close to it. David Tennant and Matt Smith are close, but won't surpass Tom.

A shame all good things come to an end. Thankfully "The Tripods" filled that void but even that ended before it was finished. Good TV though as a kid of the 70's & 80's!

Yes, no time for trifles such as murder. 🤣

Doctor Who 1963 to 1989, the best!! NuWho (2005 onwards) has always been absolutely dreadful RTD fanfiction.

The best doctor EVER. He'll never be equalled. David Tennant however, is a very close second. A shame they squandered him so badly in the so-called 60th anniversary. Doctor Who is pretty much finished now. They cater to the minority now and that's definitely not sustainable.

Tom was BORN to play the Doctor! The first four Doctors were legendary, with Tom arguably the greatest! New Who is garbage in comparison!

You might think you're cool, but you'll never be Tom Baker cool.