Tom Baker at Folkestone Film TV and Comic Con 2015(almost uncut) 

has he driven 'round Top Gear's track?

@@provisionalhypothesis is it?

Buy the camera operator a tripod!

what a disgrace to the memory of Tom and Jon what they have done to the Dr who franchise !!!! . . .what next a 24 year old Ugandan as the Dr ???? 😔

Agreed

+Scott Yes indeed.

Short

Same

Me too

raydeen2k I was the guy who asked him that question. :) It was great to meet him. Funny, down to earth and slightly eccentric as only a British actor can be.

+Nick Lawrence Really wish I could meet Tom. Very awesome man!

I agree.😆

@Jim Newcombenot really, no not them.

88 now and still working (26/11/22).

90 now

I do to. I hope I meet him before that happens! Check out Tom's sweet and touching Christmas wish to all the fans on his Facebook page. You can wish him a Merry Christmas back as well. You can also leave him a message on his Website. God bless.😀

Yes, thank you Linda, he mentioned being with us 82 years. I really hope to meet him, he is quite a character, and always put you at your ease.

Andrew Dexter Going to a stinger. Let's hope it will be a while until this happen

@Andrew Dexter ••• I totally agree Andrew. I still haven't had the pleasure to meet this fine gentleman, who I regard (no pun intended) as the best of all the Doctors. I did get the chance to meet and spend one-on-one time back in 1993 with Ray Harryhausen, who co-produced and did the wonderful VFX for THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD. Tom Baker mentions in the video above that his portrayal in this 1973 film (as Prince Koura) was pivotally important to his casting as the Doctor. Ray spoke very highly of Tom as an actor and felt it was the standout performance of the film. This is high praise, indeed as John Philip Law was Sinbad and Robert Shaw played the Oracle in the same movie, not to mention Douglas Wilmer as the Golden Masked Vizier. Anyway, I said what you said about Mr. Baker with regards to Mr. Harryhausen years ago and vividly remember my shock and sadness when I heard of Ray's passing on NPR's afternoon radio news show on May 7, 2013. I imagine I shall be just as saddened on that inevitable day in the future when we loose our Doctor. But hopefully, God willing, that day will still be a long way off, bless Tom's soul. He is just as riveting to watch in person here as he ever was in any of his many performances. I now know why we loved him on the program so much... he truly IS the Doctor... on camera and in real life! A great scene featuring Tom in SINBAD : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LdX1Acby_aU.html [0:39] This fan made trailer is better and more encompassing of the film than Columbia's original : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-88eHBeFBrVY.html [2:24] •

@@scottgamble7767 Hello Scott, thank you for your very welcome reply, I sincerely hope you get to meet this man, he's quite awesome and very interesting, I felt nervous when going to meet him, but he made me feel completely at ease.

Nice choice of words! 😉🏆

I have to agree with you!!!

Linda Taylor And so should everyone else.

+TheZebbga Amen! I hope Tom is with us a bit longer. :)

Linda Taylor I don't know what the whole "Amen" has to do with this statement but who wouldn't hope that?

DEFINITELY!

I have to admit.....To. is refreshingly honest and is not afraid to be honest about himself or his imprrfections. I have a lot of respect for anyone who can admit that they have behaved badly at times. I think that is why fellow actors like Louise Jamison and his ex-wife Lalla Ward are willing to work with Tom again and in Louise's case absolutely love and adore Tom so much now and speak highly of him. I just wish he wouldn't put himself down as harshly as he doas sometimes. I have to admit I will miss Tom when he finally leaves us for good. God bless.

LordRollo i

all the early dr's are great ...not necessarily the later 'politically correct' ones of course ....😆

Be gon ya Pope *OBVIOUSLY CATHOLIC* ! lol

+The8thDOCTOR They say the Queen loves Doctor Who. So I would also like to know. But they say Chris was her favourite Doctor.

Atheist Perspective ahhh...but who is "They" ?

The8thDOCTOR Gallery High Command of course ;) And the other 12 doctors :D

+The8thDOCTOR A Knighthood would be redundant he already holds the much greater title of Doctor.

I always want to hug Tom as well!

He'd be Sir Thomas, in fact.

He was brilliant in both roles.

I filmed it glad you enjoyed it.

I would have loved to have seen more season's from Tom as well! Loves the fans so much and we love him. Best Doctor ever in my opinion.

Seven years wasn't enough for you?!??! Most things on TV go sour after they hit 5 years and people don't care when they leave. Tom Baker is fortunate enough that he didn't ever sour that much for many Dr. Who fans.... I don't particularly care for what I've seen of the series itself -- classic or renewed -- but Tom Baker still stood out for me. With its chaotic direction, writing that seems to go all over the place, and questionable production values (horrible special effects in the original series, too many explosions and a lot more violence in the new series), if the lead character/actor didn't grab you, it was game over. Again, Tom Baker stood out for me and that's who I remember when people say Dr. Who... ... And he really is an interesting chap in real life!

Actually, you're wrong there, the modern Doctor Who may be loud and frenetic but it's nowhere near as violent as the original Doctor Who sometimes was, especially during the Philip Hinchcliffe era. They've been far more careful about the depiction of violence in the 21st century version. This difference between the series has been discussed on numerous classic series DVDs.

"With its chaotic direction, writing that seems to go all over the place, and questionable production values (horrible special effects in the original series" The original Doctor Who was a very low budget series compared to television today. Having said that, the special effects weren't ALWAYS bad - if you want to see a much lower standard in special effects and general production values, you should have watched The Tomorrow People on ITV. That made Doctor Who from the same era look like a movie.

Personally, i think Philip Hinchcliffe got it bang on when he said "We had to rely on the story because there was little we could do with the effects. Star Wars in a way was the turning point. Once Star Wars had happened, Doctor Who effectively was out of date from that moment on really, judged by that level of technological expertise."

I do too. His early life was hellish at times and the BBC didn't treat Tom very well at times during the last days of Doctor Who and after I as well. Such a kind and gentle man and tremendously talented actor.

Over 40 years later,And I still have a terrible crush on Tom Baker!

I don't think he ever really played the role. Throughout Doctor Who, he was just being himself.Fortunately this sufficed since Tom Baker is such a unique individual. His innate personality fitted the role like a glove.To use an example: when Jeremy Brett played Sherlock Holmes in the 1980's Granada Television Production. Brett immersed himself so deeply in the role that he found it difficult to shake the character at the end of filming.

Matt Maloney Totally agree.

aparanty from what i have written about that, the tensions was all about rowan akinson having such a massive ego and he was the star of the show .he actually got worried that tom baker would get the spotlight ,he actually ask tom to play down his preformance ,,when the director told tom not to Atkinson told the directot that tom will play his role down .

I would pay to have a DVD of that and watch it every night! Rowan met his match with Tom who doasn't back down easily.

you have a womans purse

+Layton Percy Jones LOL.😄 Thank you!

Layton Percy Jones and it was never used as a boat.

TIME lord and saviour :)

Tom Baker is now starting to look like Jon Pertwee did as the 3rd doctor - or maybe those two doctors have morphed into one, or maybe Jon Pertwee (RIP) has regenerated again as Tom Baker (except for the voice..?!!)

Well, as he said, he's only 749.

His mind is even younger, he still sounds sharp and on point.

I love Tom to and I have less then two seasons to get on DVD to have his entire run! I am also collecting the limited series Titan comic book that just starting coming out in March of this year. It's excellent so far! God bless.

Can't wait to check it out!

My fave line at the event

I can listen and watch Dr. Who Tom Baker

klgamit Nope that's just an unintentional editing error, thought I'd got the order right but it was shot on a couple of different cameras and the files were a tad hard to sort.

I thought so :) just trying to say it's all well and good that it came out to be in the Doctor who spirit ...

Me to. Tom's so cool and hysterical.

vkorchnoifan Absolutely agree. It's masterful!

Look,I don't want to be unpleasant, but this is about Tom Baker.