Happy Birthday Tom Baker! One of his early roles was in the Ray Harryhausen fantasy film, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973) where he played the sorcerous Koura. Then, he took the iconic part of the Fourth Doctor in Doctor Who (1974-1981). I will say he is my Doctor since I grew up with the Tom Baker Doctor with the long scarf and floppy hat. He took the part of Sherlock Holmes in the BBC mini-series The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982). Baker was Puddleglum, the guide to the Narnia children, in the BBC adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ The Silver Chair.
He finally completed the Doctor Who episode, Shada, written by Douglas Adams, in 1992 and in 2017, it was completed with animation. In 1997, he wrote an autobiography, Who on Earth is Tom Baker? In 2000, he played the elf Halvarth in the film of the game, Dungeons & Dragons. Baker narrated several video games and also the series Little Britain (2003-2006). He also voiced The Bendu in the animated series, Star Wars: Rebels (2016-2017). In 2019, Tom Baker consulted on a Doctor Who novel, Scratchman, with Sarah Jane Smith and Harry Sullivan. Baker read the book for BBC Audio. The November 2023 issue of Radio Times featured an interview of Tom Baker and photo shoot of him as the Fourth Doctor. “Would you like a Jelly Baby?” Yes!, this Jelly Baby is for you Doctor! Happy Birthday Tom Baker!
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