Tom Baker
Tom Baker
Thomas Stewart Bakeris an English actor. He is best known as the fourth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction series Doctor Who from 1974 to 1981, a longer tenure than any other actor, and for the narration of the comedy series Little Britain. Baker's voice, which has been described as "sonorous", was once voted the fourth most recognisable in the UK...
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth20 January 1934
CityLiverpool, England
wall rain cutting
I was cutting and threading pipe in the tunnels to get water into the shower rooms for athletics. I was repairing old metal windows, fixing cement walls where rain was coming through, and drying out the maple gym floors in hopes of removing the warping.
kindness heart oneness
Loving friends let kindness grow in their hearts, creating a oneness with their souls.
laughing scripts i-can
I've never ever read a script. I really must read Macbeth, because I was in it once. I got a lot of laughs in that, I can tell you.
thinking voice people
Well, I think people don't recognise my face because I'm so much older now, but it is astonishing that people can recognise a voice. I do sometimes get recognised, and indeed a lot of people do come and see me.
stars doctors important
Lis Sladen was very important to me, you know. When I joined the little world of 'Doctor Who', Lis was already a star.
daily-mail politician journalist
Politicians are just Daily Mail journalists writ large, aren't they? They're always telling us what's going to happen, and we know they don't know!
television watches knows
I don't watch television. I know better than that.
believe acceptance self
My capacity as a monk was to passionately believe utter nonsense, and when you're an actor you have to do the same thing. Also, Christianity used to have a lot to do with self-loathing and an acceptance of criticism and things like that which is terribly important for actors.
children hero play
I've been involved in one or two successes in classical plays but nothing to touch the excitement and the glamour and the gratification of being a children's hero for so long.
ideas substance want
We are pre-disposed for fantasy, there is a natural impulse for human beings to want to get off their heads or out of their heads in something in a substance or a drink or an idea or a religion which will comfort them and make life exciting.
true-friend heart light
A True Friend who leaves heart felt messages, can be a lighthouse to others, sharing light and truth, which comes from their heart.
men strange-man london
I'm the only man in London that 'Don't talk to strange men' doesn't apply to.
baby life-is-like together
Life is like the rungs on a ladder. The reason they are placed so close together is that we can learn to take baby steps and reach our destinations safely.
blessed heart soul
From soul to soul, and heart to heart. May you be blessed, I wish to impart.