The Tom Baker Years

[jadewarlock]

Tom's actually wrong - all of Pertwee's episodes exist. If he was referring to just color, then he'd be right, as Pertwee's has several missing that are there in video in B&W. The only Doctors who don't are Hartnell and especially Troughton (who has only I think six stories completely intact.

[SuperTheo333]

what is the opening music?

[themirrorsofmymind]

AFTER WATCHING A CLIP FROM THE ROBOTS OF DEATH>>>

"I just had to giggle at the notion of opening that door with the Sonic Screwdriver. Which, of course, it could open ANY door in the universe. Unless, of course, it COULDN'T open ANY door in the universe, it depended on the script. And it used to absolutely SLAY me! It was very difficult to keep my face straight when somebody would say 'use the Sonic Screwdriver Doctor'..."

[Nautilus1972]

Robot was such a crap story.

[bentsimon]

The best. Makes me proud to be English, if only I had such character!

[icemachine79]

"I came up with another idea... new, different, exciting... and not mine."

I love Tom Baker. :) Even if he didn't come up with that line either, he still is the only actor I know who could deliver it effectively.

[CYBERDOODY]

Tom Baker is still the Doctor. He is so much better than Tennant.

[CHEESOdorito]

@CYBERDOODY You're so right!

[idealtypical]

I have always been an 'Anglophile' (that's what they call people like me who live in the States who are enthusiasts of British culture). I'm sure that having seen episodes of Tom Baker-era Doctor Who during my childhood must have played a part in making me wish I had been born in the UK. What an intelligent, charismatic character he created! What did we have in the USA? James T. Kirk? No comparison...

[Suprahampton]

@idealtypical Being British isn't really that brilliant lol

[idealtypical]

@Suprahampton Heh, your point is well–taken! From the vantage point of adulthood, it was obviously a case of pining for the exotic & unfamiliar. The UK I dreamed of as a kid—although inspired by Tom Baker's Doctor Who, the Beatles, Roald Dahl, Dickens, Monty Python & John Lydon, etc.—was invented by my own imagination.

The USA & the UK have a long tradition of imaginatively misinterpreting the others' culture & selling these clever misinterpretations back to one another. May it long continue!

[Biskits99]

Woah, you guys are just a legacy of aggro!

[arc20051]

I have the original Double VHS release of this program. It goes on and on and on forever..............oh well, price you pay for such a long legacy

[thexev]

to think he narrates little britain now. love it.

[harpur1]

I remember buying this video in 1992. I got him to sign it last year. All clips were chosen by JNT.

[interstitialofficial]

One can kind of tell... the clips are carefully chosen not to be emblematic of what made that era so different from any other. It just looks like a good guy vs. baddies, nothing more to it than that.

[mortalhellion]

I grew up with the Tom Baker stuff when I was a kid back when Public Television ran them in 1983. I'm still a fan. Baker remains my favorite. Love the new series too.

[matsui2001]

Sorry Tom..You are WRONG what you said at 01:00 in this video. ALL of the John Petwee clips have been found now. (Appart from the fact that some only now exist in Black and white) but ALL of the John Petwee episodes are now accounted for

The ambasadoor of death (1970) The mind of evil (1971) and invasion of the dinosaurs (1973) Have been found, They survive in black and white only BUT they still exist . ALL John Petwee eposodes now exist!!!!

[matsui2001]

John Pertwee even LOL

[thatenglishkid]

Yes, you do realise when this was made?

[matsui2001]

Fair point,

Surely it is good that ALL John Pertwee Dr Who,s are now accounted for (even if some only exist in black and white)

[thexev]

you do realise how old this clip show is right? of course they'd have been found by now.

how aggro do you wanna get?

[hcvang]

You do realise that someone already told him this, before you did, thexev, right? How aggro do you wanna get?

[thexev]

being that the replies weren't in order, no i didn't.

i wasn't actually being aggro. no where near as aggro as that other user anyway.

why are you defending them anyway? did i say something to offend? maybe you should find something better to do than trawl through and reply to old comments not made to you personally. maybe go outside or something. how much of a douche do you wanna be?

[josetogan]

who's to say God isn't talking to us through the works of BBC's Dr Who?

[hcvang]

I bloody well am.

[craigybus1]

Oh my goodness, The music sounds awfully cheesy

[hcvang]

Uh, no....

[rotateddisk]

tom baker will always be my doctor

[Drwhofan1971]

agreed. I grew up watching Tom's incarnation. Curly hair, long scarf, jelly babies, toothy smile, rich voice, K9....Pure TV magic.

[jcook51]

I wish I still had my VHS copy of this! Thanks for uploading it.

[MarvelroxDCsux]

The doctors, in order of greatness:

1. Baker

2. Eccleston/tennent(tied)

After that, idk. I didn't watch any other doctors.

[spongeything]

His best role was as Sinbad when his foot got turned into a duck's leg. Brilliant it was. Anyone know what it was called?

[Metabelisanarian]

I don't think the duck's leg got a name in the credits. Cruel though, using animal parts as cheap prosthetics just to make a movie.

[thepescaton]

His character was called prince koura in the film he was the villain and he was excellent in fact his role in the sinbad film was how he got the part of the doctor,as the producer and the script editor went to the cinema to see it.

[thepescaton]

There is a posting of the film on you tube it is called The golden voyage of sinbad it is available on dvd from hmv have a look at the posting it is as good as i say.i still have the tom baker years on video and i had to buy a new copy as the first one wore out.

[Trayusstudent1]

They've got to release these on DVD some day!

[ClareCG]

in the clip at the end that's the first time i've noticed the scarf hiding the neckbrace and sling Tom Baker had to wear after he broke his collar bone. when i first watched i didn't notice that. maybe because then i probably wasn't looking out for it cause i didn't know about him breaking his collar bone.

[siuphilip]

oh geez i had this on VHS lol

[fhudkins]

Thanks for posting this, Simon! I've been trying to get a hold of this for years! :-)

[TubesMonster007]

Love when they show his reactions

[siuphilip]

haha

"actually Brigadier there is nothing worry about ... the brontosaurus is large and placid ........... and stupid!"

[TubesMonster007]

lmao

haha

[glnelson1956]

Simontimelord, thank you for posting this clip from "The Tom Baker Years".

Tom's too wise to say who his favorite companion was as Dr Who, but his comments here (and elsewhere) show he is very fond of Elisabeth Sladen. That probably explains why their episodes together remain all-time favorites.

I suspect that in any list of top 10 Dr Who episodes, that Tom/Lis would be in at least 3 of them!

[Backintime90stv]

Hi simontimelord

great upload of the Tom Baker years it was interesting to watch.

[CaptianKay]

5:58 they used that hallway for more than one episode. See if you can tell which episodes its from.

[simontimelord]

Yes, It is a double video, but I have trouble with the sound. I will try again.

[greengrendel]

oh please give us the second part!

[Fattyrat]

"plz sir, i want some more..."

lol, plz?

[tt2pain]

Do u have any more of this? I loved these episodes.