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Tom Baker
The British character actor tom baker, best known as the fourth incarnation of The Doctor, was born in 1934 in Liverpool, England. Tom, along with his younger sister Lulu and younger brother John, was raised in a poor Irish Catholic community by his mother Mary Jane Fleming Baker, a house-cleaner and barmaid, who was a devout Catholic and his father John Stewart Baker, a Jewish sailor, who was rarely at home. At age 15, Baker left school to become a monk with the Brothers of Ploermel on the island of Jersey. Six years later, he abandoned the monastic life and performed his National Service in the Royal Army Medical Corps., where he became interested in acting. Baker then served on the Queen Mary for seven months as a sailor in the Merchant Navy before attending Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in Kent, England, on scholarship. Baker acted in repertory theaters around Britain until the late 1960s when he joined up with the National Theatre, where he performed with such respected actors as Maggie Smith, Anthony Hopkins and Laurence Olivier, who helped him get his first prominent film role as Rasputin in Nicholas And Alexandra (1971). His performance in this film earned him two Golden Globe Award nominations, one for best actor in a supporting role and another for best new star of the year. A couple of years earlier, Baker had made his theatrical film debut in The Winter's Tale (1967). Despite appearances in a spate of films, including Pier Paolo Pasolini's I racconti di Canterbury (1972), The Mutations (1974), The Vault of Horror (1973) and The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad (1974), Baker was working as a labourer at a building site when he landed the role of the main character in the popular, long-running British television series "Doctor Who" (1963), a role that brought him international fame and popularity. After his seven-year stint as Dr. Who from 1974 to 1981, Baker returned to theatre and made occasional television and film appearances, playing Sherlock Holmes in "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1982), Puddleglum in The Chronicles of Narnia story "The Silver Chair" (1990) and Hallvarth, Clan Leader of the Hunter Elves, in Dungeons & Dragons (2000). Throughout his career, Baker's acting style has been to portray his characters with a "larger-than-life" air.
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The Beeps - Here Comes The Beeps!
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Tom Baker, Timmy Mallet
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Join THE BEEPS of Beep Island for this wonderful collection of fun and cheerful animated adventures. Also includes the episodes 'The Rainbow' and 'A Little Adventure'.
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30%
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Tom Baker's Ultimate Sci-Fi Quiz
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Tom Baker
Director: Max Barber
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The hugely popular Tom Baker invites all Sci-Fi enthusiasts to embark on an intergalactic voyage destined to stretch the outer limits of their minds. The ULTIMATE SCI–FI QUIZ contains over 500 questions split across 14 categories, using video clips, music, photographs and classic Sci-Fi quotes to ..read more »
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56%
from 70 members
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Little Britain - Series 1
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Paul Putner
Director: Steve Bendelack
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Meet the characters that inhabit Little Britain, in the first series of the comedy sketch show. Characters such as Dafydd, the only gay man in his village, Fatfighters group leader Majorie Dawes, teenage girl Vicky Pollard, and rubbish transvestite Emily Howard.
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69%
from 18,327 members
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Dungeons And Dragons
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Justin Whalin, Marlon Wayans
Director: Courtney Solomon
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In the mystical land of Izmer, a class of Mages rule by means of magic and otherworldly powers. One Mage, Profion (Jeremy Irons), wants to rule the land by himself and hopes to topple the young and inexperienced Empress Savina (Thora Birch) by acquiring her mystical scepter--the key to controlling ..read more »
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48%
from 1,623 member
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Doctor Who - Horror Of Fang Rock
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Tom Baker
Director: Paddy Russell
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An engineer dies in mysterious circumstances on the lighthouse on the isle of Fang Rock. The Doctor and Leela soon discover clues that suggest that no-one is safe on Fang Rock...
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71%
from 1,925 member
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Chronicles Of Narnia, The - The Silver Chair
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Tom Baker
Director: Alex Kirby
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Based on the novel by C.S. Lewis, 'The Silver Chair' follows the adventures of Jill Pole and Eustace Scrubb as they find themselves on a mission to rescue Prince Rillian from a Witch Queen.
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59%
from 2,043 members
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Blackadder - Series 2
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry
Director: Mandie Fletcher
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The degradation of the grand and proud tradition that is the British monarchy continues as the loathsome Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) snivels his way through the 16th century into the court of Queen Elizabeth I.
All 6 Episodes of Series 2:
1. Bells
2. Head
3. Potato
4. Money
5. Beer
6. ..read more »
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80%
from 25,330 members
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Doctor Who - The Five Doctors
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Peter Davison, Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton
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Produced to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the series. The five Doctors are forced to play the deadly game of Rassilon, in the Death Zone of Gallifrey, meeting once again some of their most dangerous adversaries.
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70%
from 2,960 members
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Doctor Who - The Leisure Hive
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, John Leeson
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Tom Baker's Doctor and Romana set off for a delightful holiday at the Leisure Hive, a resort compound on the post-apocalyptic Argolis, planet of pleasure. Unfortunately, the Doctor soon finds himself saving the universe from a madman intent on destruction.
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64%
from 1,732 member
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Doctor Who - Destiny Of The Daleks
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Peter Straker
Director: Ken Grieve
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The Doctor (Tom Baker) and the newly-regenerated Romana land on a strangely familiar planet and investigate the drilling that is going on there. The Daleks are searching for their creator, Davros (last seen in 'Genesis of the Daleks'), in the hope that he can assist them in their war with the ..read more »
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74%
from 989 members
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Doctor Who - The Key To Time
(7 discs)
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Tom Baker
Director: George Spenton-Foster, Norman Stewart, Michael
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Join the popular Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) and the beautiful Romana on a 26-episode intergalactic treasure hunt for the six segments of the all-powerful Key to Time. Includes all six stories from the popular series: The Ribos Operation, The Pirate Planet, The Stones of Blood, The Androids of Tara, ..read more »
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77%
from 827 members
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Doctor Who - The Invasion Of Time
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson
Director: Gerald Blake
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The Doctor returns to his home planet of Gallifrey and claims the presidency of the Time Lords. Leela suspects he is acting out of character and it is soon revealed that the doctor has in fact been planning all along to outwit the Vardans and Sontarans...
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71%
from 649 members
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Doctor Who - The Talons Of Weng Chiang
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Tom Baker
Director: David Maloney
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This feature-length adventure, set deep in the heart of Victorian London, sees the good Doctor in deadly combat with giant creatures from the sewers, the deformed and dangerous Magnus Greel, and a bizarre Chinese illusionist....
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72%
from 2,154 members
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Doctor Who - The Robots Of Death
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson
Director: Michael E. Briant
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In this episode, Doctor Who (Tom Baker) and his new companion, Leela (Louise Jameson), land on Storm Mine 4, a planet where a few humans oversee the work of a multitude of servile robots who do the mining. Almost as soon as they arrive, Dr. Who and Leela are accused of committing two recent murders...read more »
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72%
from 2,051 members
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Doctor Who - The Hand Of Fear
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Glyn Houston
Director: Lennie Mayne
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The Doctor and Sarah return to Earth, but are plunged into danger as soon as they step from the Tardis. They arrive in a quarry rigged with explosives, and the blast leaves Sarah unconscious in the rubble, a fossilised stone hand in her grip. What strange power does the hand have over Sarah Jane?
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71%
from 1,314 member
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Doctor Who - The Brain Of Morbius
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Colin Fay
Director: Christopher Barry
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On the graveyard planet of Karn, the eternal Sisterhood fights to keep the sacred flame alive. High in the castle, the brilliant surgeon Mehendri Solon conducts gruesome experiments on living flesh. And as a storm approaches, evil from the depths of Time Lord history plots its return to the land of ..read more »
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76%
from 773 members
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Doctor Who - The Deadly Assassin
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Tom Baker, Angus Mackay, George Pravda
Director: David Maloney
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The Doctor arrives on Gallifrey, where he is accused of the assassination of the Time Lord President. Investigating with the aid of Co-ordinator Engin and Castellan Spandrell, he discovers that this is part of a plot hatched by his old adversary the Master.
Having used up all twelve of his ..read more »
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76%
from 391 members
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Doctor Who - Pyramids Of Mars
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: Tom Baker
Director: Paddy Russell
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The Doctor arrives on Earth in 1911 to find an Egyptologist, Marcus Scarman, who has been possessed by the last of the Osirans, Sutekh - who is trapped inside a pyramid in Egypt by a beam from Mars. Under Sutekh's control, Scarman builds mummy robots which are, in turn, to build a missile to ..read more »
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74%
from 2,158 members
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Doctor Who - Robot
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Tom Baker
Director: Christopher Barry
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Can Doctor Who save the Earth from an atomic war....? A four-part adventure which heralds the start of the Tom Baker era.
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71%
from 920 members
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Doctor Who - The Ark In Space
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen
Director: Rodney Bennett
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In this feature-length space story the Doctor, Harry and Sarah arrive on an artificial satellite where the survivors of Earth lie in cryo-genic suspension, waiting for a new life. But the Doctor soon discovers there has been a sinister intrusion and some of the survivors are not now what they seem...
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70%
from 2,043 members
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The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: John Philip Law, Tom Baker, Caroline Munro
Director: Gordon Hessler
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Sinbad sails to ancient lands and there finds many an adventure. A few of the great special effects by Ray Harryhausen include the ship's figurehead coming to life and an incredible six-armed living statue. Great saturday matinee fare.
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66%
from 931 members
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Nicholas And Alexandra
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Laurence Olivier
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
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The story of the final years of Tsar Nicholas and Empress Alexandra of Russia, and the revolution which turned their lives upside down, and changed the world. Academy Award Nominations: 6, including Best Picture. Academy Awards: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design.
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64%
from 407 members
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History Of Flight
on DVD
Starring: Tom Baker
Director: David Curnock
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This is the compelling and inspiring story of aviation, from its earliest origins through to supersonic passenger flight and beyond. "The Little Book of Flight" is written by David Curnock whose fascination with all things aviation started at an early age. Fantastic photographs highlight some of ..read more »
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50%
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Who Is Tom Baker? - Unauthorised
Starring: Tom Baker
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Includes a highly revealing interview with Tom plus lots of clips and other fascinating Doctor Who information.
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24%
from 5 members
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History Of Ships
on DVD
Starring: Tom Baker
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Explores the ships of the twentieth century which have ruled the seas.
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42%
from 19 members
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6 May 2004
...ense situation is made even more so by the appearance of the Doctor and Leela. Tom Baker's put down of Brian Croucher's character Borg is memorably delivered! The main...
FANTASTIC 13 May 2005
