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| {{Short description|English actor (born 1934)}}
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| {{Infobox person
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| | name = Tom Baker
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| | image = Tom Baker.jpg
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| | caption = Baker in 2010
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| | birth_name = Thomas Stewart Baker
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| | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1934|1|20}}
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| | birth_place = [[Vauxhall, Liverpool]], England
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| | alma_mater = [[Rose Bruford College]]
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| | occupation = Actor, writer
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| | years_active = 1967–present
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| | spouse = {{unbulleted list
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| | {{marriage|Anna Wheatcroft|1961|1966|end=divorced}}
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| | {{marriage|[[Lalla Ward]]|December 1980|April 1982|end=divorced}}
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| | {{marriage|Sue Jerrard|1 April 1986}}
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| | children = 2
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| | website = {{url|https://www.tombakerofficial.com/}}
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| '''Thomas Stewart Baker''' (born 20 January 1934) is an English actor and writer. He is well known for his portrayal of the [[Fourth Doctor|fourth incarnation]] of [[The Doctor (Doctor Who)|the Doctor]] in the science fiction television series ''[[Doctor Who]]'' from 1974 to 1981.<ref name="Scott2006">Scott, Danny. (17 December 2006). [https://web.archive.org/web/20131205122801/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/style/article176986.ece "A Life in the Day: Tom Baker"], ''[[The Sunday Times]]''.</ref><ref name=NYT>{{cite news|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Shattuck, Kathryn|title=What's on Sunday|date=28 April 2013|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/arts/television/whats-on-sunday.html?_r=0&gwh=F8E52D6768623CB7D93EFF51A9A7FDFD}}</ref>
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| Later in his career, Baker performed in the television series ''[[Medics (UK TV series)|Medics]]'' (1992–1995), ''[[Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000 TV series)|Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)]]'' (2000–2001) and ''[[Monarch of the Glen (TV series)|Monarch of the Glen]]'' (2004–2005). He also provided narration for the television comedy series ''[[Little Britain (sketch show)|Little Britain]]'' (2003–2006) and ''[[Little Britain USA]]'' (2008).<ref name="Scott2006" /> His voice, which has been described as "sonorous", was voted the fourth-most recognisable in the UK in 2006.<ref name="Faces of the week">{{cite news | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4674514.stm | title= Faces of the week | work=BBC News | date=3 February 2006 | access-date=12 July 2015}}</ref>
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| == Early life ==
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| Thomas Stewart Baker was born on [[Scotland Road]] in the [[Vauxhall, Liverpool|Vauxhall]] area of [[Liverpool]] on 20 January 1934. His mother, Mary Jane (''née'' Fleming), was a cleaner and devout [[Catholic]]. His father, John Stewart Baker, was a seaman and was largely absent from the family due to being away at sea.<ref name="BFI">{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/462127/|title=British Film Institute biography, Tom Baker|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=28 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Cabell |first1=Craig |title=The Doctors Who's Who - The Story Behind Every Face of the Iconic Time Lord: Celebrating its 50th Year |date=2011 |publisher=Kings Road Publishing |location=London |isbn=978-1843585763 |page=Chapter 5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4yCtDwAAQBAJ&q=%22john+stewart+baker%22+tom&pg=PT70 |access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref>
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| Baker attended [[Cheswardine|Cheswardine Hall]] Boarding School in [[Shropshire]]. At age 15, he became a novice religious brother with the Brothers of Ploermel (Brothers of Christian Instruction) in [[Jersey]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Little Jersey|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/jersey/content/articles/2004/12/13/little_jersey_facts_feature.shtml|website=www.bbc.co.uk|publisher=BBC|access-date=19 November 2015}}</ref> and later in [[Shropshire]].<ref name="screenonline.org.uk">{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/462127/index.html|title = BFI Screenonline: Baker, Tom (1936-) Biography}}</ref> He left the monastery six years later after losing his faith.<ref name="NH">[http://newhumanist.org.uk/865/alehouse-rock-laurie-taylor-interviews-tom-baker New Humanist website, ibid]. Newhumanist.org.uk.</ref> In his autobiography, he said he had realised that he wanted to break each of the [[Ten Commandments]]—-in order—-so he’d thought he should get out before he did something serious.
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| He undertook his [[National Service#Peacetime service|national service]] in the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]], serving from 1955 until 1957. Upon leaving the army, he served in the [[Merchant Navy (United Kingdom)|Merchant Navy]].
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| He took up acting around 1956, joining the [[Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama]] in [[Sidcup]]. He became a professional actor in the late 1960s.<ref name="BFI" />
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| == Career ==
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| === Early work ===
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| Baker was in his thirties when his professional acting career began and he worked in provincial [[rep theatre]]. He had his first break whilst performing in a late-night pub revue for the 1968 York Festival. His performance was seen by someone with the [[Royal National Theatre]] who encouraged him to audition for the company, which was headed at the time by [[Laurence Olivier]].<ref name="NYT" /> Baker did so and was offered a contract. From 1968 to 1971, he was given small parts and understudied; one of his bigger roles was the horse Rosinante in ''Don Quixote''.<ref name=BFI/>
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| Baker's stage work led to work on television, where he gained small parts in series such as ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'', ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''[[Market in Honey Lane]]'' and ''[[Softly, Softly (TV series)|Softly, Softly]]''.<ref name=BFI/> His first major film role was as [[Grigori Rasputin]] in the film ''[[Nicholas and Alexandra]]'' (1971), which he got after Olivier had recommended him for the part.<ref name="Canby">{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=14 December 1971|first=Vincent|last=Canby|author-link=Vincent Canby|title=Nicholas and Alexandra|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=990CEFD71038EF34BC4C52DFB467838A669EDE}}</ref> He was nominated for two [[Golden Globes|Golden Globe Awards]] for his performance, one for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and another for Best Newcomer. Baker appeared as Moore, an artist whose paintings are imbued with voodoo power, in ''[[The Vault of Horror (film)|The Vault of Horror]]'' (1973), and as Koura, the villainous sorcerer, in Ray Harryhausen's ''[[The Golden Voyage of Sinbad]]'' (1973).
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| Baker also appeared in [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]]'s [[I Racconti di Canterbury|1972 film version]] of [[Geoffrey Chaucer]]'s ''[[The Canterbury Tales (film)|The Canterbury Tales]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/doctor-who/30040/doctor-who-the-film-careers-of-patrick-troughton-tom-baker|title=Doctor Who: the film careers of Patrick Troughton & Tom Baker|work=denofgeek.com|date=9 April 2014|access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref> as the younger husband of [[The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale|the Wife of Bath]].
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| === ''Doctor Who'' ===
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| [[File:Tom Baker, Whovent 1986.jpg|thumb|right|Baker at Whovent in September 1986]]
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| In 1974, Baker took over the role of [[The Doctor (Doctor Who)|the Doctor]] from [[Jon Pertwee]] to become the [[Fourth Doctor]] in the BBC TV series.<ref name="NYT" /> He had been recommended to producer [[Barry Letts]] by the BBC's Head of Serials, Bill Slater, who had directed Baker in a ''[[Play of the Month]]'' production of [[George Bernard Shaw|Shaw]]'s play ''[[The Millionairess (play)|The Millionairess]]''. Letts was impressed by Baker upon meeting him, and then, after seeing his performance in ''The Golden Voyage of Sinbad'', became convinced he was right for the part.<ref name="Rawson-Jones 2009">
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| | title = A tribute to 'Doctor Who' legend Barry Letts
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| | date = 14 October 2009
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| | work = [[Digital Spy]]
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| | publisher = [[Hearst Corporation|Hearst Magazines UK]]
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| | location = New York City, USA
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| | access-date = 9 January 2013
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| | quote = Having seen unknown hod-carrier Baker in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, Letts took the goggle-eyed aspiring actor away from the building site and into the Tardis in 1974.
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| </ref> Baker was working on a construction site at the time, as acting jobs were scarce. When he first took on the role, the media dubbed him "Boiler Suit Tom" because he had been supplied for a press conference with some old studio-set clothes to replace his modest garments.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/people/tom-baker-1/trivia/ TOM BAKER TRIVIA], Retrieved 20 November 2013</ref> Letts left the series after producing Baker's debut story, ''[[Robot (Doctor Who)|Robot]]'' (1974–75),<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/52D6TRwlqdcPmD4By2rsYdj/the-fourth-dimension | title= The Fourth Dimension | work=[[BBC Online]] | access-date=16 August 2020}}</ref> and was replaced by [[Philip Hinchcliffe]]. Under Hinchcliffe and script editor [[Robert Holmes (scriptwriter)|Robert Holmes]] the series gained a "Gothic tone" influenced by [[Hammer Film Productions]] and, according to Hinchcliffe, was aimed "a bit more to the adults in the audience".<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/cult/a860236/doctor-who-lost-stories-tom-baker-season-15/ | title= Doctor Who's former producer Philip Hinchcliffe reveals his plans for 'lost' season of Tom Baker stories | work=Digital Spy | first=Morgan | last=Jeffery | date=25 June 2018 | access-date=16 August 2020}}</ref>
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| Baker quickly made the part his own, and audience-viewing figures for his first few years returned to a level not seen since the height of '[[Dalek]]mania' a decade earlier.<ref name="lyons">{{cite web | url= http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/tom-baker-definitive-doctor-who | title= Tom Baker: the definitive Doctor Who? | work=BFI | first=Kevin | last=Lyons | date=31 January 2014 | access-date=22 August 2015}}</ref> His eccentric style of dress and quirky personality (particularly his [[trademark look]]—-wearing a long scarf—and his a fondness for [[jelly baby|jelly babies]]), as well as his voice, made him an immediately recognisable figure, and he quickly caught the viewing public's imagination. Baker contributed ideas for many aspects of his Doctor's personality; he became known for making "frequent and often comedic scripting suggestions and [[Ad libitum|ad-libs]]",<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/season15.shtml | title= Season 15 | work=[[BBC Online]] | access-date=16 August 2020}}</ref> but the idea of wearing a scarf had been created by accident. [[James Acheson]], the costume designer assigned to his first story, had provided far more wool than necessary to the knitter, Begonia Pope, thinking this would enable her to choose a suitable colour.{{citation needed|date=September 2020|reason=need a citation for 'suitable colour' motivation}} However, due to a miscommunication, Pope knitted all the wool she was given.<ref>{{cite web | last=Setchfield | first=Nick | url= https://gamesradar.com/i-am-basically-ridiculous-tom-baker-talks-doctor-who-jodie-whittaker-and-the-origins-of-that-famously-long-scarf/| title='I am basically ridiculous' - Tom Baker talks Doctor Who, Jodie Whittaker, and the origins of that famously long scarf | work=[[SFX (magazine)|SFX]] | date=10 July 2018 | access-date=3 September 2020}}</ref>
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| During his period as the star of ''Doctor Who'', the original series received its highest viewing figures.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/mar/31/broadcasting.bbc2 | title= Fans from 70s keep Doctor's appointment | first=John | last=Plunkett | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=31 March 2005 | access-date=26 December 2022}}</ref> Baker played the Doctor for seven consecutive seasons, making him the longest-serving actor in the part, and his incarnation is often regarded as the most popular of the Doctors. According to [[BBC News]] in 2006, in polls conducted by ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', Baker only lost the "Best Doctor" category to [[Sylvester McCoy]] in 1990 and to [[David Tennant]] in 2006.<ref name="best">{{cite news|title=David Tennant named 'best Dr Who'|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6211584.stm|work=BBC News|date=6 December 2006|access-date=25 February 2007}}</ref> In a 2010 interview, Baker said that he had not watched Tennant's performance as the Doctor but thought his ''[[Hamlet]]'' was excellent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://benjamincook.net/writing/doctor-who-magazine/interviews-and-articles/tom-baker/|title=benjamincook.net|access-date=27 December 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000043/http://benjamincook.net/writing/doctor-who-magazine/interviews-and-articles/tom-baker/|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> Many of the stories from his early period in the role are considered to be classics of the series, including ''[[The Ark in Space]]'' (1975), ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'' (1975), ''[[The Brain of Morbius]]'' (1976), ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'' (1976) and ''[[The Robots of Death]]'' (1977).<ref name="Masters">{{cite news |last=Masters |first=Tim |date=4 November 2013 |title=Tom Baker on Doctor Who: 'It was so much better than real life' |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24657064 |access-date=20 August 2015}}</ref> However, the violent tone of the stories produced by Philip Hinchcliffe saw the series come under heavy criticism from morality campaigner [[Mary Whitehouse]].<ref name="lyons"/> Concerns over violence during this early period led to a lightening of the tone and an "erratic decline" in both the popularity and quality of the series.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/454592/ | title= Doctor Who (1963–89, 2005–) | work=Screenonline | first=Anthony | last=Clark | access-date=22 August 2015}}</ref> In a 2014 interview, Baker described Hinchcliffe as "amazing" and identified that as his favourite time on the series. He described Hinchcliffe's successor, [[Graham Williams (television producer)|Graham Williams]], as "absolutely devoted" but said he lacked his predecessor's flair and had "let me get away with murder".<ref name="digital spy">{{cite web | url= http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/feature/a564726/tom-baker-remembers-classic-doctor-who-probably-i-stayed-on-too-long.html#~plWPvOuIQEKSKI | title= Tom Baker remembers classic Doctor Who: "Probably I stayed on too long" | work=Digital Spy | first=Morgan | last=Jeffery | date=15 April 2014 | access-date=20 August 2015}}</ref> He acknowledged that his final producer on the series, [[John Nathan-Turner]], had made changes he did not agree with and that they "did not see eye-to-eye really about very much"; however, according to Baker, the two became good friends afterwards and forgot their disagreements.<ref name="digital spy"/> Baker additionally criticised [[Doctor Who (season 18)|season 18]], his last on the show and Nathan-Turner's first as producer, for the decision to increase the number of actors in the regular cast, which Baker felt resulted in stories that relied too much on the Doctor (rather than on other principal characters) to drive the plot forward. Baker ultimately suggested that he may have stayed in the role for one series too many, stating that, in hindsight, he felt it would have been better for him to have left with Williams and let Nathan-Turner recast the role of the Doctor for season 18.<ref name="digital spy"/>
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| [[File:Tombaker1991london.jpg|thumb|Baker and a [[Dalek]] in [[Trafalgar Square]], 1991]]
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| According to Baker in 2017, "When I was doing ''Doctor Who'', it was the realisation of all my childhood fantasies... so I took to it like a duck to water, and I still do. ''Doctor Who'' was more important than life to me—I used to dread the end of rehearsal... that's why I can't stay away from it."<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/cult/a843776/doctor-who-shada-tom-baker-new-scene/ | title= Tom Baker is back playing Doctor Who (in live action) for the first time in almost 40 years | first=Morgan | last=Jeffery | work=Digital Spy | date=24 November 2017 | access-date=16 August 2020}}</ref> Although Baker declined to appear in the 20th anniversary ''Doctor Who'' episode ''[[The Five Doctors]]'' (1983) because it wasn't long since he'd left and he "didn't want to play 20 per cent of the part" and be "a feed for other Doctors",<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-04-14/tom-baker-id-do-more-doctor-who/ | title= Tom Baker: I'd do more Doctor Who | first=Paul | last=Jones | work=Radio Times | date=14 April 2014 | access-date=16 August 2020}}</ref> he briefly returned to the role of the Doctor for the 30th anniversary charity special ''[[Dimensions in Time]]'' (1993) and also recorded the audio for the [[IBM PC compatible|PC]] [[video game]] ''[[Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctors]]'' (1997). Baker continued to be associated with the Doctor, appearing on documentaries such as the 40th anniversary BBC television retrospective ''The Story of Doctor Who'' (2003) and giving other interviews about his time on the programme, including for documentaries on the extras of [[Doctor Who DVD releases|''Doctor Who'' DVD releases]] from his era as the Doctor, and he has recorded DVD commentaries for many of the stories.
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| Baker was also involved in the reading of old [[List of Doctor Who novelisations|Target novelisations]] in the BBC Audio range of talking books, "''Doctor Who'' (Classic Novels)". ''Doctor Who and the Giant [[Robot (Doctor Who)|Robot]]'' was the first release in the range read by Baker, released on 5 November 2007, followed by Baker reading ''Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius'' (released 4 February 2008), ''Doctor Who and [[the Creature from the Pit]]'' (released on 7 April 2008) and ''Doctor Who and the [[Pyramids of Mars]]'' (released 14 August 2008). In October 2009, Baker was interviewed for [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''Last Word'' to pay tribute to the deceased former ''Doctor Who'' producer [[Barry Letts]]. He described Letts, who originally cast him in the role, as "the big link in changing my entire life".
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| On 20 November 2013, Baker revealed that he would appear in the 50th-anniversary special, "[[The Day of the Doctor]]", stating, "I am in the special. I'm not supposed to tell you that, but I tell you that very willingly and specifically; the BBC told me not to tell anybody but I'm telling you straight away."<ref>{{cite news|first=Aaron|last=Sagers|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aaron-sagers/exclusive-tom-baker-to-ap_b_4295773.html|title=Exclusive: Tom Baker to Appear in 'Doctor Who' 50th Anniversary Special|work=The Huffington Post|date=20 November 2013|access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref> The episode saw Baker in the role of a mysterious curator in the [[National Gallery]] who openly discusses his resemblance to the Fourth Doctor with the [[Eleventh Doctor]].
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| Baker also filmed inserts in 1992 for a video release of the unfinished [[Douglas Adams]] ''Doctor Who'' serial ''[[Shada (Doctor Who)|Shada]]'', originally begun in 1979 but abandoned due to strike action, and presented the video release ''The Tom Baker Years'' (1992), which was a look back at his time on the series with Baker watching short clips from his episodes. In November 2017, Baker returned to the Doctor role by completing ''Shada''. Animation was added to complete the original story. He also filmed one new scene for inclusion in the final episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-42080978|title=Doctor Who: Tom Baker returns on screen for 1979 Shada serial|publisher=BBC|date=25 November 2017|access-date=25 November 2017}}</ref>
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| ===''Doctor Who'' audio dramas===
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| While [[Peter Davison]], [[Colin Baker]], [[Sylvester McCoy]] and [[Paul McGann]] have all reprised their roles for audio adventures produced by [[Big Finish Productions]] (and sometimes the BBC) since the 1990s, Baker declined to voice the Doctor until 2009, saying that he had not seen a script he liked. In July 2009, the BBC announced that Baker would return to the role for a series of five audio dramas, co-starring [[Richard Franklin (actor)|Richard Franklin]] as [[Captain Mike Yates]], which would begin release in September. The five audios comprise a single linked story under the banner title ''[[Hornets' Nest (Doctor Who)|Hornets' Nest]]'', written by author [[Paul Magrs]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Tom Baker Returns to Doctor Who after 28 Years|url=http://onceuponageek.com/2009/07/16/tom-baker-returns-to-doctor-who-after-28-years|work=[Once Upon a Geek]|date=16 July 2009|access-date=21 July 2009}}</ref> He returned with a sequel to ''Hornets' Nest'' called ''[[Demon Quest]]''.<ref>[http://www.bbcshop.com/Science-Fiction/Doctor-Who-Demon-Quest-Volume-1/invt/9781408466674 "Doctor Who" Doctor Who: Demon Quest 1 The Relics of Time at BBC Shop]. Bbcshop.com.</ref>
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| In March 2011, it was announced that Baker would be returning as the Fourth Doctor initially for two series of plays for Big Finish Productions, starring alongside former companions Leela ([[Louise Jameson]]) and [[Romana I]] ([[Mary Tamm]]). The first series of six audios were released starting in January 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bigfinish.com/ranges/released/doctor-who---fourth-doctor-adventures/perpage:0|title=Doctor Who – Fourth Doctor Adventures – Released Items – Ranges – Big Finish|work=bigfinish.com|access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref> Big Finish had also arranged for Baker to record a series of stories reuniting him with [[Elisabeth Sladen]]'s character [[Sarah Jane Smith]] (for which special permission was obtained from the producers of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'' TV series), but Sladen died in April 2011 before any stories could be recorded.<ref>[[Nicholas Briggs]], "Remembering Elisabeth Sladen", ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' No.440, October 2011, p. 34</ref> Baker recently recorded several Big Finish audio stories with [[Matthew Waterhouse]], who played [[Adric]], and [[Lalla Ward]], who played [[Romana II]] (though Ward recorded her sections separately).
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| It was reported in April 2020 that Baker had recorded "Return of the Cybermen" for Big Finish, an alternative version of the story ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' (1975), with [[Sadie Miller]], Elisabeth Sladen's daughter, taking over the role of Sarah Jane Smith from her mother. The story was released in March 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedigitalfix.com/life/review/big-finish-review-doctor-who-return-of-the-cybermen/|title = Big Finish Review: Doctor Who – Return of the Cybermen | the Digital Fix}}</ref>
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| Baker also returned to the role of the Curator for Big Finish, joining the casts of ''[[Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures|The Eighth Doctor Adventures]]'' and ''[[UNIT (audio drama series)#The New Series|UNIT: The New Series]]''.
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| === Later film and television work ===
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| [[File:Tom baker.jpg|thumb|upright|Baker in August 2012]]
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| In 1982, Baker portrayed [[Sherlock Holmes]] in a four-part BBC1 miniseries version of ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982 TV serial)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]''; in the US, this production was telecast on [[A&E Network|A&E]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0174399/|title=The Hound of the Baskervilles|date=3 October 1982|access-date=27 December 2016|via=IMDb}}</ref> He also made an appearance in ''[[Blackadder II]]'', in the episode "Potato", as the sea captain "Redbeard Rum". He played [[Puddleglum]], a "marsh-wiggle", in the 1990 BBC adaptation of [[C. S. Lewis]]' ''[[The Silver Chair]]''.<ref name="screenonline.org.uk"/>
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| For the third series of the British game show ''[[Cluedo (UK game show)|Cluedo]]'', Baker was cast as [[Professor Plum]], a "man with a degree in suspicion". He was also cast in the 2004 series ''[[Strange (TV series)|Strange]]'', as a blind priest who possessed knowledge of the Devil. In addition, he played the part of Donald MacDonald in the BBC series ''[[Monarch of the Glen (TV series)|Monarch of the Glen]]'', from 2004 until 2005. Previously, he had appeared as a guest on the quiz show ''[[Have I Got News For You]]'' and was subsequently described by presenter [[Angus Deayton]] as the funniest guest in the series' history.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} A particular highlight{{according to whom|date=February 2020}} was when Baker gave an anecdotal account of how, while entering a recording studio in [[Wales]], he was accosted by a member of the public who told Baker: "I will never forgive you, nor will my wife, for what you did to our grammar schools." Baker responded with: "What are you talking about, you daft bugger?" to which the stranger replied: "I'm so sorry. For a moment I thought you were [[Shirley Williams]]."
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| Baker later returned to ''Have I Got News For You'' as a guest host in 2008. Baker played the role of the Captain in the [[Challenge TV|Challenge]] version of ''[[Fort Boyard (game show)|Fort Boyard]]'', and has also hosted the children's literature series, ''The Book Tower''. He recorded a special called, ''Tom Baker – In Confidence'' that was shown in April 2010.
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| In the late 1990s, it was reported that Baker was a candidate for the role of [[Gandalf]] in the ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|Lord of the Rings]]'' films.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/1/940961808|title=Just Who on Earth is Tom Baker?|access-date=17 August 2006|last=Regina|first=Michael|date=26 October 1999|work=TheOneRing.net}}</ref> Baker has since stated that he was only approached for "a role" in the film, and turned down the offer when told that it would mean spending months away in New Zealand.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/doctor-who/10468029/Doctor-Who-50-things-you-didnt-know.html "Doctor Who: 50 things you didn't know"], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 23 November 2013</ref> He appeared as Halvarth, the Elven healer, in ''[[Dungeons & Dragons (2000 film)|Dungeons & Dragons]]'' (2000).
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| === ''Little Britain'' ===
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| After his work on ''[[Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World]]'', Baker was cast as a similar narrator of ''[[Little Britain (sketch show)|Little Britain]]'' on [[BBC Radio 4]] and remained in the role when it transferred to television. He has suggested that he was chosen for the part in ''Little Britain'' due to his popularity with creators [[Matt Lucas]] and [[David Walliams]], part of the generation for whom he is the favourite Doctor. "I am now being employed by the children who grew up watching me", he stated in a DVD commentary.<ref>Voice-over commentaries on the BBC DVD "[[Robot (Doctor Who)|Robot]]" (1974, 2007)</ref> Another trademark of ''Little Britain''{{'}}s narration is the deadpan quotation of old rap lyrics, usually in the opening credit sequence. On 17 November 2005, to mark the start of the third series of ''Little Britain'', Baker read the [[Continuity (broadcasting)|continuity announcements]] on [[BBC One]] from 7 pm to 9:30 pm [[GMT]]. The scripts were written by Lucas and Walliams; Baker assumed his ''Little Britain'' persona. He used lines such as:
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| === Voice acting ===
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| Baker has appeared in various radio productions, including a role as "Britain's most celebrated criminal barrister", Sir [[Edward Marshall-Hall]] in ''John Mortimer Presents the Trials of Marshall Hall'' (1996), "[[Josiah Bounderby]]" in [[Charles Dickens]]' ''[[Hard Times (novel)|Hard Times]]'' (1998) and a part in the 2001 [[BBC Radio 4]] version of ''[[The Thirty-Nine Steps]]'' as [[Sir Walter Bullivant]]. He guest starred in ''[[The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]'' (a pastiche series written by [[Bert Coules]]) in the 2002 episode "[[The Saviour of Cripplegate Square]]". From 2000 to 2005 Baker voiced the character Max Bear in the Channel 4 (UK) Max Bear Productions animated series. He also voiced the role of the villain [[ZeeBad]] in the 2005 computer-animated film version of ''[[The Magic Roundabout (film)|The Magic Roundabout]]''. In 2007 he voiced the character of Robert Baron in the BBC animated series ''The Secret Show''.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}
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| Baker narrates the children's computer-animated series ''[[The Beeps]]'' which is shown on [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]]'s ''[[Milkshake!]]'' as well as narrating ''Tales of Aesop'' on [[BBC]], a television series based on [[Aesop's Fables]] with beautiful puppet animation. Most recently, Baker has returned to the role of the Fourth Doctor, first in three series of audio adventures for [[BBC Audiobooks]]: ''Hornet's Nest'', ''Demon Quest'' and ''Serpents' Crest''; and now in a new series of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' audio adventures for [[Big Finish Productions]] also starring [[Louise Jameson]] as "[[Leela (Doctor Who)|Leela]]". There were seven releases in 2013 with [[Mary Tamm]] as [[Romana (Doctor Who)|Romana]]: (''[[The Auntie Matter]]'', ''The Sands of Life'', ''War Against the Laan'', ''The Justice of Jalxar'', ''Phantoms of the Deep'', ''The Dalek Contract'' and ''The Final Phase'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bigfinish.com/ranges/coming_soon_reverse/doctor-who---fourth-doctor-adventures|access-date=10 January 2013|title=Doctor Who – Fourth Doctor Adventures – Coming Soon|work=Bigfinish.com}}</ref> Subsequent series also feature Baker alongside [[John Leeson]] as [[K9 (Doctor Who)|K9]], Lalla Ward as the second incarnation of Romana and [[Matthew Waterhouse]] as [[Adric]], all reprising their television roles.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}
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| In the third season of the animated series ''[[Star Wars Rebels]]'', Baker provided the voice of Bendu, a powerful [[the Force|Force]]-sensitive being.<ref>{{cite news |title='Doctor Who' star Tom Baker is a Force in 'Star Wars Rebels' |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2016/09/15/tom-baker-star-wars-rebels-exclusive-clip/90410988/ |access-date=21 December 2018 |agency=USA Today}}</ref>
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| === Video games ===
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| Baker starred as the Fourth Doctor in the 1997 video game ''[[Destiny of the Doctors]]'' where he provided the voice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.destructoid.com/games-time-forgot-destiny-of-the-doctors-58927.phtml|title=Games time forgot: Destiny of the Doctors|work=destructoid.com|date=11 December 2007|access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref> His voice has also been featured in ''[[Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future]]'' (2000),<ref name="gamesradar.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamesradar.com/the-stars-behind-gamings-voices/?page=5|title=The stars behind gaming's voices|work=gamesradar.com|date=18 September 2007|access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref> ''[[Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior]]'' (2003), "[[Sudeki]]" (2004), ''[[Cold Winter]]'' (2005), ''[[{{Not a typo|Med|iEvil}}: Resurrection]]'', ''[[Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising]]'', and ''[[Little Britain: The Video Game]]'' (2007).<ref name="gamesradar.com"/>
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| === Narration ===
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| Baker is a prolific voiceover artist and his voice was voted as the fourth most recognisable in the UK in 2006 after [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|the Queen]], [[Tony Blair]] and [[Margaret Thatcher]].<ref name="Faces of the week"/>
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| In 1992 and 1993, Baker narrated BBC radio comedy series ''[[Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World]]''. In 1994 he provided the narration for [[Channel 4]]'s ''[[Equinox (TV programme)|Equinox]]'' [[rave]] documentary ''Rave New World''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887478/|title=Rave New World|date=6 November 1994|access-date=27 December 2016|via=IMDb}}</ref> In 2002 he had a speaking role in the critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful ''[[Hostile Waters (game)|Hostile Waters]]'' as the Narrator.
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| He voiced both the narrator and the god "Tetsu" in the role-playing game ''[[Sudeki]]'', but was uncredited.<ref>{{cite news |first=Greg|last=Howson|url=https://www.theguardian.com/computergames/story/0,,1290507,00.html|title=Games watch|work=The Guardian|date=26 August 2004|access-date=17 August 2006}}</ref> During the first three months of 2006, his voice was used by [[BT Group|BT]] for spoken delivery of [[Short message service|text messages]] to landline phones. He recorded 11,593 phrases, containing every sound in the English language, for use by the text-to-speech service.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=[[BT Group]]|date=27 January 2006|url=http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/ShowArticle.cfm?ArticleID=a40cfaf2-043b-47a0-8543-bb216333707f|title=Voice of ''Little Britain'' becomes BT's voice of text|access-date=17 August 2006}}</ref> The BT text message service returned from 1 December 2006 until 8 January 2007, with two pence from each text going to the charity [[Shelter (charity)|Shelter]]. Also, a single "sung" by Baker's text voice, "[[You Really Got Me]]" by [[The Kinks]], was released on 18 December 2006 with proceeds going to the charity. The creator of the song was Mark Murphy, designer of the site.<ref>[http://tombakersays.com/ "Tom Baker Says ..."]. Tombakersays.com.</ref><ref>{{cite press release|publisher=[[BT Group]]|date=1 December 2006|url=http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/Showarticle.cfm?ArticleID=3f6046da-2f3c-42bb-89c2-eb136cd9b222|title=Tom Baker says... "You really got me"|access-date=4 December 2006}}</ref>
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| Baker's voice may be heard at London's [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]] narrating commentary to some of the exhibits that demonstrate [[Charles Darwin|Darwin's]] theory of [[natural selection]]. He has made three other brief forays into the world of music: he provides the monologue to the track "Witness to a Murder (Part Two)" on the album ''[[Six (Mansun album)|Six]]'' by [[Mansun]]; he appears on Technocat's single "Only Human" in 1995, and in 2002 he recorded the monologue to the track "Megamorphosis" on the album ''Andabrek'' by Stephen James, although the album was not released until 2009. Baker provides narrative at two British tourist attractions: the [[Nemesis (roller coaster)|Nemesis roller coaster]] at [[Alton Towers]], Staffordshire; and the [[London Dungeon]], a museum depicting gory and macabre events in the capital, narrating the events leading up to and comprising [[the Great Fire of London]].
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| Baker voiced the character "Max Bear", a series of animated stories broadcast on Channel 4 (UK Terrestrial) from 2000 to 2005. He narrated Australian cartoonist [[Bruce Petty]]'s 2006 film about world politics, ''Global Haywire''.
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| === Books ===
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| Baker's autobiography, ''Who on Earth is Tom Baker?'' was published in 1997 and made available on [[Amazon Kindle|Kindle]] devices in September 2013.<ref name="screenonline.org.uk" />
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| Baker has also written a short fairytale-style novel called ''[[The Boy Who Kicked Pigs]]''. In 1981 he edited a collection of poems for children: ''Never Wear Your Wellies in the House and Other Poems to Make You Laugh''.
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| In 2019 Baker released a Doctor Who novel called ''Scratchman.''<ref> See [[Old Scratch]].</ref> Co-written with [[James Goss (producer)|James Goss]], the novel is based on a script Tom Baker and Ian Marter wrote for a Doctor Who film in the 1970s. The plot involves the Fourth Doctor meeting Scratchman who may be the devil.<ref>{{cite web|last=Liptak |first=Andrew |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/25/18111578/tom-baker-fourth-doctor-who-scratchman-script-novel |title=Tom Baker is turning his long-lost Doctor Who movie script into a novel |work=The Verge |date=25 November 2018}}</ref>
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| === Theatre ===
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| In 1966 Baker became a member of [[Frank Dunlop (director)|Frank Dunlop]]’s Pop Theatre Company production of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]’s ''[[The Winter's Tale]]'', which was performed at that year's [[Edinburgh International Festival]] and in the [[Cambridge Theatre]], London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/1v/the-winters-tale/production/wgj|website=Theatricalia|title=Pop Theatre}}</ref> Other cast members included [[Carry On (franchise)|“Carry On...”]] stalwart [[Jim Dale]] and up-and-coming actress [[Jane Asher]]: Baker played several small roles within the play, including the infamous “bear”.
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| Baker joined the National Theatre in 1968 as an understudy for ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead]]'' followed by small parts in ''[[The National Health (play)|The National Health]]'' by [[Peter Nichols (playwright)|Peter Nichols]] (directed by [[Michael Blakemore]]).
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| After playing the horse in ''The Travails of Sancho Panza'' (directed by [[Joan Plowright]]), [[Laurence Olivier]] subsequently cast him as the [[The Merchant of Venice|Prince of Morocco]] in ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]''. The play was directed by [[Jonathan Miller]], with Baker appearing alongside Olivier as [[Shylock]]. Still under contract at the National, Baker also played a Russian in ''[[The Idiot]]'', Sir Frances Acton in ''A Woman Killed With Kindness'', opposite [[Anthony Hopkins]], and [[Filippo]] in ''[[The Rules of the Game]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tombakerofficial.com/biography/the-national-theatre-and-beyond/|website=Tom Baker Official Website|title=National Theatre and beyond}}</ref>
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| After leaving the role of [[The Doctor (Doctor Who)|The Doctor]] in 1981, Baker returned to theatre to play [[Oscar Wilde]] in ''Feasting with Panthers'' at the [[Chichester Festival Theatre]]. The following year, he played [[Judge Brack]] in ''[[Hedda Gabler]]'', with [[Susannah York]] as Hedda, in the West End. Also in 1982, Baker played Dr. Frank Bryant in a [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] production of ''[[Educating Rita]]'', alongside Kate Fitzgerald as Rita.<ref name=Jones>{{cite news|last1=Jones|first1=Catherine|title=Educating Rita actors through the years|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/educating-rita-actors-through-years-8537856|access-date=19 November 2015|work=The Liverpool Echo|date=29 January 2015}}</ref> He returned to the National Theatre in 1984 to play Mr Hardcastle in ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'' in the [[Olivier Theatre]] and on a later tour. The following year he played both [[Sherlock Holmes]] and [[Professor Moriarty|Moriarty]] in ''The Mask of Moriarty'' by [[Hugh Leonard]] at the [[Gate Theatre]] in Dublin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tombakerofficial.com/after-doctor-who/|website=Tom Baker Official Website|title=After Doctor Who}}</ref>
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| In 1987 Baker played [[Inspector Goole]] in a revival production of ''[[An Inspector Calls]]'' directed by [[Peter Dews (director)|Peter Dews]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tombakerofficial.com/theatre/|website=Tom Baker Official Website|title=Theatre}}</ref>
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| === Music ===
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| In 1998, Baker provided narration on the track Witness to a Murder (Part 2) on the album ''[[Six (Mansun album)|Six]]'' by the English alternative rockband [[Mansun]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mansun.co.uk/more-from-the-six-4-disc-deluxe-book-tom-baker-outtakes/|title = More from the 'Six' 4 Disc Deluxe Book ... Tom Baker Outtakes|date = 27 March 2019}}</ref>
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| On 13 May 2020, Dutch producer and songwriter [[Arjen Anthony Lucassen]] announced that Baker would provide spoken vocals for the character of "The Storyteller" on [[Ayreon]]'s album, ''[[Transitus (album)|Transitus]]''.<ref name="GuessingGameBaker">{{cite web |last=Lucassen |first=Arjen Anthony|title=Ayreon - Transitus - Guessing game #1: Tom Baker |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td_G0a1Qa_U |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Td_G0a1Qa_U| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|work=Lucassen's YouTube account |date=May 13, 2020 |access-date=May 13, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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| == Personal life ==
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| Baker's first marriage was in 1961, to Anna Wheatcroft, niece of rose grower [[Harry Wheatcroft]]; they had met and started dating whilst at acting school. They had two sons and divorced in 1966. Baker lost contact with his sons until a chance meeting with Piers in a New Zealand pub allowed them to renew their relationship.<ref name="weathers">Helen Weathers, "Who's got views for you", ''Daily Mirror'', 30 December 1998</ref> In December 1980, he married [[Lalla Ward]], who had co-starred in ''Doctor Who'' as his character's companion [[Romana (Doctor Who)|Romana]]. They divorced in April 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thomas-stewart-baker.com/article04.html|title=Tom Baker - Dark Side of the Doctor - article reprint four|work=thomas-stewart-baker.com|access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref>
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| Baker married for a third time on 1 April 1986, to Sue Jerrard, who had been an assistant editor on ''Doctor Who''. They moved to the Bell House, a converted school in [[Boughton Malherbe]], [[Kent]], where they kept several cats before moving to France in January 2003. They sold the property to Jim Moir ('[[Vic Reeves]]') shortly after Baker had worked with him on the BBC revival of ''[[Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000 TV series)|Randall and Hopkirk]]''.<ref>[http://www.kentnews.co.uk/kent-news/Baker--I_d-do-Dr-Who-cameo-_if-they-ask-me-nicely_-newsinkent11102.aspx?news=local ''Kent News'' interview with Baker] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081103000836/http://www.kentnews.co.uk/kent-news/Baker--I_d-do-Dr-Who-cameo-_if-they-ask-me-nicely_-newsinkent11102.aspx?news=local |date=3 November 2008 }}</ref> In November 2006, Baker bought a house in [[Royal Tunbridge Wells]], Kent, before later moving to [[Rye, East Sussex]].<ref>[http://www.tom-baker.co.uk/ The Official Tom Baker Website]. Tom-baker.co.uk.</ref><ref>[http://www.tom-baker.co.uk/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=152 Biodata]. Tom-baker.co.uk.</ref>
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| Baker is cynical of religion and describes himself as irreligious, or occasionally as [[Buddhism|Buddhist]], but not anti-religious.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/interviews/baker.html |title=Transcript of Tom Baker interviewed by Mark Gatiss at the British Film Institute, 29 September 2001 |access-date=27 December 2007 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605215023/http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/interviews/baker.html |archive-date=5 June 2011 }}</ref><ref name=Herald>Mark Smith, [http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/from-gallifrey-to-glenbogle-monk-soldier-time-lord-now-tom-baker-s-arrived-in-monarch-of-the-glen-and-he-s-loving-every-minute-by-mark-smith-1.75339 "From Gallifrey to Glenbogle"], ''The Herald'', 17 September 2004</ref> Politically, Baker has expressed disdain for the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] and [[New Labour]], saying in 1998, "when the Conservatives were in I cannot tell you how much I hated them, but I realise how shallow I am because I now hate the Labour Party as much."<ref name="weathers" />
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| == Popular culture ==
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| * English [[synthpop]] band [[the Human League]] recorded a track entitled "Tom Baker".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=January 18, 2015 |title=Remember that time The Human League released a song about TOM BAKER? - Warped Factor - Words in the Key of Geek. |url=http://www.warpedfactor.com/2015/01/remember-that-time-human-league.html |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=Warped Factor}}</ref> In 1981 it was released as the B-side to their "[[Boys and Girls (Human League song)|Boys and Girls]]" single.<ref name=":0" /> The instrumental track was re-released on some CD versions of their ''[[Travelogue (Human League album)|Travelogue]]'' album.<ref name=":0" /> The song was inspired by the incidental music of ''Doctor Who''.<ref name=":0" />
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| * A cartoon of Tom Baker, as the Fourth Doctor, appeared as one of the "esteemed representatives of television" in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episodes "[[Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming]]", "[[Treehouse of Horror X]]", and "[[Mayored to the Mob]]". A fan of ''Doctor Who'' since childhood, ''Simpsons'' creator [[Matt Groening]] favours Tom Baker’s Doctor.<ref name="Simpsons">Hauge, Ron. (2008). Commentary for "Treehouse of Horror X", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Eleventh Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref> ''Simpsons'' writer [[Ron Hauge]] said, "There are several ''Doctor Who'' actors but Tom Baker is the one we always go with."<ref name="Simpsons" />
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| * Impressionist [[Jon Culshaw]] regularly impersonates Baker in the comedy series ''[[Dead Ringers (comedy)|Dead Ringers]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fox-Leonard |first=Boudicca |date=2021-03-06 |title=Jon Culshaw: 'I want to play Doctor Who, not just impersonate Tom Baker' |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/life/jon-culshaw-want-play-doctor-not-just-impersonate-tom-baker/ |access-date=2022-09-21 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-05-26 |title=Jon Culshaw impersonates Tom Baker and Jon Pertwee in 'The Day of the Doctor' Great Curator Parody |url=https://cultbox.co.uk/news/clips/jon-culshaw-tom-baker-jon-pertwee-great-curator-day-of-the-doctor |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=CultBox |language=en-US}}</ref> On one episode of ''Dead Ringers'', Culshaw called Baker himself using his impersonation, introducing himself as the Doctor. An amused Baker replied, "No, there must be a mistake. ''I'm'' the Doctor!"
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| * A fictional version of Baker appears in the Kevin Sampson novel ''[[Awaydays]]''. In this story, he is attending the seventh International ''Doctor Who'' Convention in Halifax in December 1979, where the chief protagonists of the novel (a group of [[Tranmere Rovers]] hooligans) accidentally gatecrash. They befriend him and try to persuade him to tour the country as the Doctor sets fire to his farts. This scene was not included in the film version of the novel. In the DVD of the film the producer wanted to include extras with scenes of Baker in ''Doctor Who'' in it from the time but the BBC was not forthcoming because of the violent nature of the film.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 December 2009 |title=Awaydays DVD review |url=http://www.denofgeek.com/dvd-bluray/8363/awaydays-dvd-review |access-date=27 December 2016 |work=denofgeek.com}}</ref>
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| == Filmography ==
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| === Film ===
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| | 1967 || ''[[The Winter's Tale (1967 film)|The Winter's Tale]]'' || Minor role ||
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| | 1971 || ''[[Nicholas and Alexandra]]'' || [[Grigori Rasputin|Rasputin]] ||
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| | 1972 || ''[[The Canterbury Tales (film)|The Canterbury Tales]]'' || Jenkin ||
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| | rowspan="5" | 1973 || ''[[Dear Parents|Cari Genitori]]'' || Karl ||
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| | ''[[The Vault of Horror (film)|The Vault of Horror]]'' || Moore ||
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| | ''[[Luther (1973 film)|Luther]]'' || [[Pope Leo X]] || Does not appear in some versions of the film
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| | ''[[Frankenstein: The True Story]]'' || Sea captain ||
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| | ''[[The Golden Voyage of Sinbad]]'' || Koura ||
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| | 1974 || ''[[The Mutations]]'' || Lynch ||
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| | 1980 || ''[[The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980 film)|The Curse of King Tut's Tomb]]'' || Hasan ||
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| | rowspan="2" | 1984 || ''[[The Passionate Pilgrim (1984 film)|The Passionate Pilgrim]]'' || Sir Tom || Short film
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| | ''[[The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood]]'' || [[Sir Guy of Gisbourne|Sir Guy de Gisbourne]] ||
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| | 1985 || ''[[Enemy Mine (film)|Enemy Mine]]'' || Narrator ||
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| | 1989 || ''[[The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (film)|The Wolves of Willoughby Chase]]'' || Narrator ||
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| | 1998 || ''Backtime'' || Sarge ||
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| | 2000 || ''[[Dungeons & Dragons (2000 film)|Dungeons & Dragons]]'' || Halvarth ||
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| | 2005 || ''[[The Magic Roundabout (film)|The Magic Roundabout]]'' || Zeebad || Voice - UK Dub
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| | 2006 || ''Global Haywire'' || Narrator ||
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| | 2010 || ''The Genie in the Bottle'' || Narrator || Short film
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| | rowspan=2|2013 || ''Break Glass in Case Of...'' || Monica || Voice
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| || ''[[Saving Santa]]'' || Santa || Voice - UK Dub
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| | 2019 || ''[[Wonder Park]]'' || Boomer || Voice - UK Dub<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.entertainment-focus.com/film-section/film-news/wonder-park-hear-tom-baker-caspar-lee-and-joe-sugg-in-new-trailer/ |title=Wonder Park: hear Tom Baker, Caspar Lee and Joe Sugg in new trailer |work=Entertainment Focus }}</ref>
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| === Television ===
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| | rowspan="5" | 1968 || ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' || The man || Episode: "The Attack"
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| | ''[[Market in Honey Lane]]'' || Doorman || Episode: "The Matchmakers"
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| | ''[[George and the Dragon (TV series)|George and the Dragon]]'' || Porter || Episode: "The 10:15 Train"
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| | ''[[Z-Cars]]'' || Harry Russell || Episode: "Hudson's Way"
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| | ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' || Foreman || Episode: "Number 13"
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| | 1969 || ''Thirty-Minute Theatre'' || Corporal Schabe || Episode: "The Victims: Frontier"
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| | 1970 || ''[[Softly, Softly (TV series)|Softly, Softly]]'' || Site foreman || Episode: "Like Any Other Friday"
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| | 1972 || ''[[Play of the Month]]'' || Dr. Ahmed el Kabir || Episode: "The Millionairess"
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| | 1973 || ''[[Arthur of the Britons]]'' || Brandreth / Gavron || Episode: "Go Warily"
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| | 1974–1981 ||''[[Doctor Who]]'' || [[Fourth Doctor]] || 172 episodes
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| | 1975 || ''[[Jim'll Fix It]]'' || Fourth Doctor || 1 episode
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| | 1976 || ''Piccadilly Circus'' || rowspan="2" | Mark Ambient ||
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| | 1977 || ''Nouvelles de Henry James'' ||
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| | 1978 || ''Late Night Story'' || Host || 4 episodes<ref>[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1155411/index.html Late Night Story, 17 January 2008]. screenonline.</ref>
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| | 1979 || ''[[The Book Tower]]'' || Presenter || 22 episodes
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| | 1982 || ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982 TV serial)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'' || [[Sherlock Holmes]] ||
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| | rowspan="2" | 1983 || ''[[Jemima Shore Investigates]]'' || Dr. Norman Ziegler || Episode: "Dr. Ziegler's Casebook"
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| | ''[[Doctor Who]]'' || Fourth Doctor || Episode: ''[[The Five Doctors]]'' Previously untransmitted archive footage only
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| | 1984 || ''[[Remington Steele]]'' || Anatole Blaylock || Episode: "Hounded Steele"
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| | 1985 || ''[[Jackanory]]'' || Storyteller || Episode: "The Iron Man"
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| | rowspan="4" | 1986 || ''[[The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (mini-series)|The Life and Loves of a She-Devil]]'' || Father Ferguson || Episode 4
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| | ''Redwall Friar'' || Hugo || (voice)
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| | ''[[Blackadder II]]'' || Captain Redbeard Rum || Episode: "[[Potato (Blackadder)|Potato]]"
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| | ''[[The Kenny Everett Television Show]]'' || Patient/John Thompson/Blu-Tac/Tom || Season 1, Episode 2
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| | rowspan="4" | 1990 || ''[[The Silver Chair (1990)|The Silver Chair]]'' || [[Puddleglum]] ||
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| | ''Tales of Aesop'' || Narrator ||
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| | ''[[Hyperland]]'' || Software agent ||
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| | 1991 || ''[[Selling Hitler]]'' || Manfred Fischer || 4 episodes
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| | rowspan="3" | 1992 || ''[[Cluedo (UK game show)|Cluedo]]'' || Professor Plum || 6 episodes
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| | ''[[Screen Two]]'' || Sir Lionel Sweeting || Episode: "The Law Lord"
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| |''[[Doctor Who]]'': The Tom Baker Years || Presenter || Video
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| | 1992–1995 ||''[[Medics (British TV series)|Medics]]'' || Professor Geoffrey Hoyt || 34 episodes
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| | 1993 || ''[[Doctor Who]]'' || Fourth Doctor || Episode: "[[Dimensions in Time]]"
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| | 1994 || ''[[The Imaginatively Titled Punt & Dennis Show]]'' || Actor in supermarket || Cameo
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| | 1998 || ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'' || rowspan="2" | Himself ||
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| | rowspan="3" | 2000 || ''[[This Is Your Life (UK TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' ||
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| | ''[[The Canterbury Tales]]'' || Simpkin || Voice only. Episode: "The Journey Back"
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| | ''Max Bear'' || Max Bear || Voice only
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| | 2000–2001 ||''[[Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000 TV series)|Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)]]'' || Professor Wyvern || 10 episodes
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| | 2001 || ''[[Fun at the Funeral Parlour]]'' || Quimby || Episode: "The Jaws of Doom"
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| | rowspan="4" | 2003 || ''[[Swiss Toni]]'' || Derek Asquith || Episode: "Cars Don't Make You Fat"
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| | ''[[2DTV]]'' || Fourth Doctor || Voice only. Series 4, Episode 1
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| | ''[[Strange (TV series)|Strange]]'' || Father Bernard || Episode: "Asmoth"
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| | ''[[Fort Boyard (game show)|Fort Boyard]]'' || Captain Baker || 20 episodes
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| | 2003–2005, 2019 ||''[[Little Britain (sketch show)|Little Britain]]'' || Narrator || 21 episodes
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| | 2004 || ''The Little Reindeer'' || [[Santa Claus]] || Voice
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| | 2004–2005 ||''[[Monarch of the Glen (TV series)|Monarch of the Glen]]'' ||Donald MacDonald || 12 episodes
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| | 2005, 2007, 2015, 2016 || ''[[Comic Relief|Comic Relief Does Little Britain]]'' || Narrator || 5 episodes
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| | 2006 || ''[[The Secret Show]]'' || Robert Baron || Voice only. Episode: "The Secret Room"
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| | 2006–2007 ||''[[Little Britain Abroad]]'' ||Narrator ||2 episodes
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| | 2007 || ''[[Agatha Christie's Marple]]'' || Frederick Treves || Episode: "[[Towards Zero]]"
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| | 2007–2008 ||''[[The Beeps]]'' || rowspan="2" | Narrator || 45 episodes
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| | rowspan="2" | 2008 || ''[[Little Britain USA]]'' || 6 episodes
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| | ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'' || rowspan="2" | Himself ||
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| | 2010 || ''Tom Baker: In Confidence'' || Interviewed by [[Laurie Taylor (sociologist)|Professor Laurie Taylor]]
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| | 2013 || ''[[Doctor Who]]''<ref name="Tom Baker">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aaron-sagers/exclusive-tom-baker-to-ap_b_4295773.html|title=Exclusive: Tom Baker to Appear in 'Doctor Who' 50th Anniversary Special|work=[[Huffington Post]]|date=19 November 2013|access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref> || The Curator || Episode: "[[The Day of the Doctor]]"
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| | 2016–2017 ||''[[Star Wars Rebels]]'' || Bendu || Voice<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thewrap.com/star-wars-rebels-season-3-trailer-introduces-new-character-voiced-by-doctor-who-alum-video/|title='Star Wars Rebels' Season 3 Trailer Introduces New Character Voiced by 'Doctor Who' Alum (Video)|date=16 July 2016|work=thewrap.com|access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref>
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| | 2017 || ''[[Doctor Who]]'' || Fourth Doctor || Episode: "[[Shada (Doctor Who)]]" Newly completed version - voice for new animation plus new live action final scene<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-42080978|title=Doctor Who: Tom Baker returns on camera for 1979 Shada serial|work=BBC News|date=24 November 2017}}</ref>
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| | 2020
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| | ''[[The Big Night In]]''
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| | Narrator
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| | Little Britain special
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| === Video games ===
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| | 1995 || ''[[Little Red Riding Hood]]'' || Narrator || Voice<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/little-red-riding-hood-1995 |title=Little Red Riding Hood (1995) |year=1995 |access-date=4 February 2020}}</ref>
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| | 1997 || ''[[Destiny of the Doctors]]'' || [[Fourth Doctor]] || Voice and likeness
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| | 2000 || ''[[Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future]]'' || rowspan="5" | Narrator || rowspan="9" | Voice
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| | 2001 || ''[[Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising]]''
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| | 2003 || ''[[Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior]]''
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| | 2004 || ''[[Sudeki]]''
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| | rowspan="2" | 2005 || ''[[Kult: Heretic Kingdoms|Heretic Kingdoms: The Inquisition]]''
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| | ''[[{{Not a typo|Med|iEvil}}: Resurrection]]''|| [[Death (personification)|Death]]
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| | rowspan="2" | 2006 || ''[[Cold Winter]]'' || John Gray
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| | ''[[Little Britain (sketch show)|Little Britain]]: The Game'' || rowspan="2" | Narrator
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| | 2007 || ''[[Little Britain (sketch show)|Little Britain]]: The Video Game''
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| | rowspan="2" | 2015 || ''[[Lego Dimensions]]'' || Fourth Doctor || Voice; archive sound
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| | ''Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet'' || Sebastian J. Coot || rowspan="2" | Voice
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| | 2018 || ''Shadows: Awakening'' || Krenze
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| === Radio ===
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| | 1976 || ''Exploration Earth: The Time Machine'' || [[Fourth Doctor]]
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| | 1992–1993 || ''[[Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World]]'' || Lionel Nimrod
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| | rowspan="2" | 1994 || ''The Russia House'' || Barley Blair
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| | ''Lost Empires'' || Nick Ollanton
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| | 1995 || ''[[Bomber (novel)#Adaptation|Bomber]]'' || Narrator
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| | 1998 || ''[[Hard Times (novel)|Hard Times]]'' || Josiah Bounderby
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| | 1999 || ''[[Marilyn Imrie#Nicholas Nickleby|Nicholas Nickleby]]'' || Vincent Crummles
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| | 2009 || ''[[Hornets' Nest (Doctor Who)|Hornets' Nest]]'' || rowspan="3" | Fourth Doctor
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| | 2010 || ''[[Demon Quest]]''
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| | 2011 || ''[[Serpent Crest]]''
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| |2015
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| |[[Sky (United Kingdom)|Sky]] Adverts
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| |Himself
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| |2019
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| |''[[Little Britain (sketch show)#Little_Brexit,_2019|Little Brexit]]''
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| |Narrator
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| === Audio dramas ===
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| |1976 || ''[[Doctor Who and the Pescatons]]'' || rowspan="13" | Fourth Doctor
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| |2009 || ''[[Hornets' Nest (audio drama)|Hornets' Nest]]''
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| |2010 || ''[[Demon Quest]]''
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| |2011 || ''[[Serpent Crest]]''
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| |2012–present ||[[The Fourth Doctor Adventures]]
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| | rowspan="2" |2012 || ''[[The Fourth Doctor Boxset]]''
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| |''[[Night of the Stormcrow]]''
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| |2013 || ''[[The Light at the End (Doctor Who audio)|The Light at the End]]''
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| |2014–present
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| |[[Doctor Who: Philip Hinchcliffe Presents]]
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| |2015
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| |Doctor Who: Novel Adaptations
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| |2017
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| |[[Doctor Who: Classic Doctors, New Monsters]]
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| |2019
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| |Doctor Who: ''The Legacy of Time''
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| |2021
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| |Doctor Who: ''Return of the Cybermen''
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| == Publications ==
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| | 1981 || ''Never Wear Your Wellies in the House and Other Poems''
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| ''to Make You Laugh (edited by Tom Baker)''
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| |Random House|| {{ISBN|978-0099273400}}
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| | 1997 || ''Who on Earth is Tom Baker?''
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| |HarperCollins|| {{ISBN|0-00-638854-X}}
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| | 1999 || ''[[The Boy Who Kicked Pigs]]''
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| |Faber and Faber|| {{ISBN|0-571-19771-X}}
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| |2014
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| |''Tom Baker at 80''
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| |Big Finish
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| |{{ISBN|9781781783764}}
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| | 2019 || ''Doctor Who: Scratchman''
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| |Penguin Group|| {{ISBN|978-1785943904}}
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| == Discography ==
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| | 1982
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| | ''Serafina - the Story of a Whale''
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| | Adamus Plato<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Tom-Baker-4-Joanna-Lumley-David-Bellamy-Serafina-The-Story-Of-A-Whale/release/10725225|title = Tom Baker, Joanna Lumley, David Bellamy – Serafina the Story of a Whale (1982, Vinyl)|website = [[Discogs]]}}</ref>
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| | 1998
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| | [[Mansun]]
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| | ''Six''
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| | Narrator on track "Witness to a Murder (Part 2)"
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| | 2020
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| | [[Ayreon]]
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| | ''Transitus''
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| | The Storyteller<ref name="GuessingGameBaker"/>
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| == References ==
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| == External links ==
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| {{Wikiquote}}
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| * {{official website|http://www.tombakerofficial.com/}}
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| * {{IMDb name|48982}}
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| * {{iobdb name|27639}}
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| * [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/462127/index.html Tom Baker Biography – British Film Institute]
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| * [http://www.dwasonline.co.uk/node/898?cat=node/897 Tom Baker as Doctor Who in Denis Allen Print Birthday Cards circa 1978] at Doctor Who Appreciation Society Online Archive
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