Dr Who Review, Part 5 - The Tom Baker Era 

Thank you so much Carl. So happy my hard work is appreciated!

Carl B And you should thank you to me for the K9 stuff :)

I Wholeheartedly agree CarlB brilliantly produced Subbed, Tom is without a doubt my SuperHero, Big Finish is about to release some new audios of him playing his favourite character/ Himself, He continually says He's never been happier since he's come back to the Doctor in 2012 , Such a shame Liz Sladen died before they could record his first Big Finish audios, Tom Baker has without a doubt made the world a better place, as scary as the Hinchcliffe era was, Tom made it so enjoyable, if it wasn't for Mary "Fucking" Whitehouse we may have got a fourth Hinchliffe season. Great work CDF

Thanks so much! I've only heard a few of Baker's audios but they are superb. I agree; it's such a shame Lis Sladen passed away at such a young age.

I fully agree. A fascinating study of the era of the Fourth Doctor.

That is soo true . A great lesson to Artist and actor especially , a field filled with rejection. We all have our time so never give up trying!

no one can do better.

If I recall correctly, he had a bad period with alcohol late in his Doctor days and after, and then got better. That would mean two comebacks. He's impressive.

@@benw9949 Yes, he was very unhappy in his last season and drinking heavily on the set. JNT, worst producer of the classic era, actually sacked him.

@@benw9949 Over the last few years, he's been playing the fourth Doctor again in the audio Big Finish productions. I suppose you could count that as a third comeback in the 2010s and 2020s.

XD

@@nepeta3286 British shows have Series not Seasons...

@@thelastmotel well, in my country it's called seasons, but didn't knew that in UK it was called series

@@thelastmotel Not entirely. Classic Who has Seasons, Revived Who has Series.

horaciosi the Other: you guys get appearances?

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agreed, Alan. I grew up on those two. AND THE THEME MUSIC was great.

Definitely my favourites

Same here too really.

Went out for Halloween dressed as him, girlfriend knitting me a 14 foot long scarf for me 👍and I spent a whole week building a full sized Dalek for her in the kitchen for her to wear.... BRILLIANT night out with lots of clapping and cheering us on 👍👍👍💕🌃☮️🤗💜💗💡😂🤣☮️👍

@@stuartmack8769 you two are friggin adorable.

I had my Mum make me a Tom Baker scarf! Still have it, love it, endlessly useful in winter. (70 yrs old) Michigan / US

As did I. Each time I watch it, I smile when I hear him.

That episode brought together my favorite classic doctor (#4) and my favorite new era doctor (#11.) Others are fine, even very good at playing the doctor. But I will always remember when *they* were the doctor. That’s because they were my first impressions of both old and new Who.

i haven't seen much but he just became my favorite 10th, 11th, 4th are my favorite Doctor Who

no hes my doctor

Same here, he was my introduction to Doctor Who back in 1979.

He's not my fav Doctor ..he's "The Doctor" when Dr Who is mentioned..really only baker comes to mind .. but it's a case of generations and time, how peculiar as he's a time lord.. every incarnation holds a special place in the hearts of fans... if you were 12 years old in 68' you liked Pertwee, my exposure was through TV Ontario in the early 70's .. so baker was my Doctor, but he does stand out among all other doctors an instantly recognizable , you see the face and you don't think Tom, you think Dr.. and that impression is what sets him apart.. as he says" The Doctor was Tom, and visa versa " the others were acting , Tom was being Tom ..

@@planegaper I was gutted when he morphed into this buffoon.

Agreed: Tom could deliver a throwaway line like nobody else.

It's hard to believe it's so long ago. I was 15 to 21 and now I'm 63!

I did not get Doctor Who here in Louisiana until 1982

Hi, I'm sorry to sound ignorant, but I wasn't even aware up until recently that Dr Who was even AIRED or had an audience in America. I was under the impression that America had enough of its own great sci-fi shows and didn't need Dr Who, so I thought Americans didn't even care about it. I thought--then--that this was a shame, because for me, Dr Who is the greatest thing that Britain has ever produced, in terms of tv shows anyway, of course, I am speaking as a biased Dr Who fan here. Imagine my delight when I found out that Americans did like it, even love it, and there is a huge audience for it over there.

Loston Wallace: Pertwee, Baker, Sara Jane Smith. Perfection!

Right on, Brian!

He leaves even the best of the modern Doctors in the dust.

Tom Baker is one of my least favorite Doctors.

Have to agree with most everybody else on here. Tom was one hell of a fabulous Doctor and has become my favorite even though I didn't start with his Doctor!

Like he said himself, he really just got to be Tom! :D

Jon did that too

Legend has it the Dr who tapes were sent to that public station by accident. We used to get a lot of BBC stuff, so someone threw those in the box by mistake and we aired them. They seemed to hit a nerve and got popular. I 🤔 no by the time BBC found out about the mistake, there was already a big market.

PBS in the mid 80s at 6:00

Frankly this declaration alone ought to be enough to get you British citizenship.

@@buckster2575730pm for me

@Gregory Carter -- Wouldn't it be WONDERFUL if Tom Baker could do JUST that?

He'll just live on as the curator forever

I completely agree

There's a reason he's become iconic.

Doesn't hurt he has the best stories.

Jelly baby?

I dunno, McCoy gives him a run for his money.

The Doctor hasn't worn a scarf for nearly 4 decades, yet it remains an iconic part of the character.

@@sillygoose635 ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

The Doctor*

Think we can safely say Doctors 1 through to 4 were iconic, 5 to 9 not so much so. 10 & 11. Tom, Jon, Pat, Bill templates. Perfect. (Specialiy 11!)

Thanks so much, Michael! It was precisely because of those other videos that I was inspired to do this series so I'm glad it's serving its purpose!

You and Oliver Harper need to do something about whatever cause you 2 Brits are amazing an the quality in these videos shows some great passion!

Calling it a four star is doing it a dis-service, this series is far better than any other RU-vid documentary I've seen, hell, even real documentaries five stars!

Samuel Barber it could be that he is using a 4 star rating system because it’s an even number

Four out of three - first-class. Thank you.

😆

A time lord specifically that's been my theory, every interview I have seen of him he states he enjoyed being The Doctor more than Tom suggesting that being the doctor was the only time he could let his time lord side loose without suspicion. ( no wonder he dressed up as The Doctor outside shoots)

And Douglas Adams.

@@studogable eh no

@@stormhawk3319 lol. Adams was script editor and wrote City of Death

@@studogable and that was it. And he wasn’t in the same league as Robert Holmes and Terence Dicks as a script editor. Just introduced silly humour into science fiction.

@@stormhawk3319 who hurt you?

Christian Alan Wilson exactly this. Word for word I agree and it’s true.

Tragically?

Being from a small town in northern Iowa, we only had a few channels growing up in the 80’s with PBS being one of them. My favorite TV shows of all time are all British. Dr. Who, Red Dwarf, Are you being served, The Vicar if Dibley. My fondest childhood memories was being excited for Saturday nights when Dr. Who would be on. It was always preceded by Jack Horkheimer, Star Gazer.

same here. and since PBS played the episodes without any kind of preamble or background information, it was years before i even found out i was watching the fourth actor /Fourth Doctor. He just seems like the definitive one to me. i suppose everyone feels like that about whichever one they started with.

@ he meant tragically, he didn't get to see them in the seventies. Shhhh 🙄

it wasn't an "official" doc"? holy toledo!!!!! wow! excellent quality - thanks again :}

What? You mean full of falsehoods?

​@@Grandmastergav86 Dumbnut.

In the words of the Great man himself as the Doctor “9 times out of 10” honesty is the best policy.

Ehhh, Tom is my favorite Doctor, but I’m not sure he would consider himself the picture of “humility”. He was truly excellent and quite intelligent but I think it would be fair to say he gave up abject humility with his time in the monastery.

Lol humble? Hardly! He is full of bravado, has a learned accent and booming bass, brags, exaggerates and adds flourishes, and it's in that total lack of humility coupled with his shamelessness about the lifestyle that's left him violet red in the face and morbidly obese that makes him so captivating. I feel like you must have been watching a different video! "Humble" seems more like how you would describe Davison.

@@EC2019 I have to agree with you, humble is not a word I would use to describe Tom Baker, but you have to admit that he is brilliant, and interesting,.As for him being red in the face and Obese, he must be doing something right I think he's almost 90 years old. I think all of the actors who portrayed the Do for were brilliant. You mentioned Davison, a bit of a wanker in real life I always thought.

A fantastic human

Who's your favourite

You make a good point.his episodes aired on Channel 11(WTTW)here in Chicago back in the '80s.

Dr. Zippy Mcscoots or More than that

And beyond hopefully

This was a customary greeting to sovereigns in ancient times: "O King, live forever."

Tom Baker is Dr. Who for me up to this day, but, I was introduced into the Pertwee era and he will always be the Dr.

Well at least when the Doctor decides to stop being the Doctor, he becomes the Curator and shall be Tom Baker forever

Poor Things The episodes he’s written in series 12 has been some of his best and have been pretty entertaining.

ChickenToast26 it’s kinda ironic that the very thing he insulted about Colin and McCoy’s eras are the very thing he would to but even worse 30 years later 😂

@Poor Things "builds narrative and character around it"? That's giving it more credit than it deserves.

@@alex30425 um no

I’ll give you season 12s been some of his best but it’s still worse than the stuff we got pre-season 11. Spy fall and fugitive of the judoon are the only ones which you could call good the rest is either bland or outright terrible with hamfisted messages and either terrible dialogue/direction or completely wooden acting especially from the character who plays Ryan.

So was i TOM BAKER WAS THE BEST.............................EVER !!!!!

@Simon Leib agreed, some good Davison ones too!

thanks ABC aussie for repeating Tom Baker dr whos every year until 1990.

@@commentfreely5443 - Shoot!!!! wish we had that here in New York (City) - darn! :}

epitome of the Dr Who character - eccentric, witty, smart and sometimes dark (yes just realised that rhymed)

EGGGGZZZZAAAAAAAAAAAKKKKKKKKLLLLLLYYY

mine is just ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Yessss. It was his lifeblood

Never watched him but I can see now why he is mentioned as the best.

Gabby Davis Ool

WE ARE TWO.

Sign me up for that trail of thought.

Everybody does , that scarf is legendary.

Yes it is.

As do I. But I was born in 71. So of course Tom was the first doctor for me;)

gingerladyaubern Seeds of Doom.

Brain of Morbius was banned in Australia. I have only watched it once on tv and they showed it late at night. Tom Baker Dr Who is part of my child hood [I am 48].

Talons of Weng-Chiang was the greatest Dr Who story ever. If you disagree, you are wrong. Talons even heavily influenced the return of DW in 2005, and formed the basis for things like Captain Jack's backstory.

@@thelastmotel "if you disagree you are wrong"

@@thelastmotel If you disagree, you disagree, its an opinion.

Agreed!!!

Not just you mate everyone, even though Smith is my favorite Doctor Tom will always be the most popular.

Season 14 ones, yes. Season 15 ones, ehhhh.

Thanks very much! Hope you enjoy the rest of the series!

Good to see you here, man. Your videos are great.

@@cleverdickfilms Good documentary. I suppose only a Clever Dick could do such a fine job. My top three favorite episodes - 3. The Brain of Morbius 2. The Deadly Assassin 1. The Talons of Weng-Chiang

I loved that episode so much, it has so many good moments. "9 times out of 10" lmao

Tom played Tom not The Doctor.

@@Omnicient. or, the BBC actually choose a perfect casting! ;-)

In fairness to Tom he has joined in the mockery in recent years. He ended in mates with Vic Reeves I think.

The Daleks “single-suckeredly” built up the franchise between December 1963 and January 1964. Hiked the viewing figures from 6-7 million to over 10 million within a month in the ‘60s by word of mouth on school playgrounds. The inestimable Mr Pertwee didn’t do a bad job though :)

Hartnell and Troughton planted the tee. Pertwee lined up the ball. Baker swung a hole in one.

Thank you so much! I'm very flattered!

You shouldn’t be this is tremendous work. I grew up with the new series and the UKgold re-runs of the 3rd 4th and 5th doctor’s runs that happened after the first new series so this is so cool to see an in depth look into each doctor’s history.

YES! indeed!

Janka Janssen he is a living legend

Tom Baker is not just the best but he was legendary alongside with Hartnell, Throughton and Pertwee.

McCoy says hi.

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it!

Yes, I should have really. It's another one of my favourites!

Mine too!!!

I hate nitpicking about great episodes that were left out during some of the best series ever. That being said, it's a shame 'The Masque of Mandragora' and 'Image of the Fendahl' weren't mentioned as great examples of mingling historic elements with Sci-Fi. Same with The Stones of Blood.

The deadly assassin was good even though Roger Delgado was missed.

Spooky as all get out. Great episode!

I loved Genesis Of The Daleks at the time as a kid. Now I can see it could easily have been shown as an adult BBC1 drama of the time.

PBS turned me on to doctor who.

If I move my foot it'll go off - don't move your foot - I won't.

Harry Sullivan is an imbecile!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks so much for your kind words and thanks for sharing your experiences of the show; it's always fascinating to hear of how others discovered and enjoyed it! Hope you enjoy the rest of the series!

Did you happen to catch the Max Headroom interruption on WTTW during The Horror of Fang Rock?

PBS is where I found doctor who.

Thanks so much! Hope you enjoy the rest of the series!

c

No offense to Peter his Doctor has a huge part in my heart now, but I'd say I didn't really accept his Doctor at the time until Four to Doomsday Ep3. I think what didn't help was his Doctor's dismantling of the scarf.

And never wrote a good Doctor Who episode worth a damn. Including Torchwood.

I wasn't a fan of the Daleks; I enjoyed the Dalek episodes least of any. I have quite a few of the Tom Baker DVDs.

They'r fascinating aren't they? I find they really give me a perspective on responses to the modern series!

Clever Dick Films: I like your videos but I wouldn't go down that route of saying everybody who complains about changes today is like someone who complains about the show back in the 70s. This "Doctor Who is about change, so all change is good, and anyone who complains is like someone who couldn't stand William Hartnell turning into Patrick Troughton in the 60s" argument is a total straw man used to silence anyone with complaints. Using that argument I could turn the Doctor into a T-Rex and justify it with "oh people laughed at Tom Baker first" Remember this exchange from Bedazzled? "Call me a nutcase, they also said that of Einstein and Newton" "They said it about a lot of nutcases too." Doctor Who is NOT all about change. Like every single other work of fiction it has a core template and premise, that you must always stick within in order for it to be DW. If not why is the TARDIS still a police box? Why do we still not know the Doctors name, why do we still have the Daleks etc? Change should be taken on a case by case basis. Also in regards to the New Series well in the last few years people HATE it because it has begun to pander to a political ideology. Third Wave feminists and SJWs or the regressive left whatever you want to call them basically slandered Steven Moffat. They called him a sexist, a racist, a homophobe etc until he did everything they wanted. Its EXACTLY like Mary Whitehouse. Fanatic wants the show to pander to the, attacks producers, BBC caves to their demands, show is compromised. Please take the time to read these two articles I wrote about how the SJWs killed Who. I know they are long, but they will give you the other side of the debate when it comes to the Capaldi era. burrunjor.com/2017/09/24/why-a-female-doctor-who-is-anti-men-bigotry-and-hate/ burrunjor.com/2016/11/21/why-third-wave-feminism-and-social-justice-warriors-have-ruined-doctor-who/

The exact same thing happens now and will always happen: 1. New Doctor is announced. 2. Fan backlash, "New Doctor is too silly!" and "You can't replace Old Doctor!" are common complaints. 3. New Doctor has first season 4. Mixed reactions. "He's not too bad actually." and "He's starting to warm up on me." 5. New Doctor becomes Current Doctor once a fantastic episode or series comes out. 6. Current Doctor slowly starts to cement himself as "The Doctor". 7. New Doctor is announced. 8. Repeat.

Really? Where did you read that? Yes it was a mistake. But, BBC is full of idiots. Michael Grade, JNT, and Jimmy Savile were all alike.... Horrible creatures.

@@macturner2196 bit unfair to compare Grade to Saville. One is a joyless, small-minded yuppie and the other is the most prolific sex criminal of all time. JNT had some pretty nasty allegations levelled against him, granted.

Yeah. Nat Geo is the only real educational channel besides the science channel. TLC is not educational, and MTV doesn't play music. Discovery has disgusting reality shows. Maybe it's Disgustory Channel now

I meant to get that in and forgot! I think his mother was living there at the time.

mortalhellion.

Prefer the beatles but jagger is a legend all.the same

Tennant becomes too dark.

Disagree with all points

Agreed baker was the best

Totally agreed on all points. I was wondering if anyone else felt the same way, hehe.

Agree. Particularly, with Romana 1&2 being the best companions. 2 was the best, IMO.

Best incidental music as well.