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Yet Another Former Who Wants Back

Proof that Tom Baker knows a bandwagon when he sees one, the former Doctor Who (and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) remake) star has announced that he, too, would be willing to appear in the next season of the BBC's time-travelling series, if anyone's asking.

Baker, who's definitely "my" Doctor (Even now, I find myself wondering how David Tennant would look in a lengthy scarf, so strong was the impression Baker made on my childhood self), told UK newspaper Kent News that he'd be willing to pretend to be thirty years younger, should the invitation be polite enough:

Perhaps I might make a guest appearance - perhaps. Providing they ask me nicely, of course.

So now we have Baker, Davison... how long before Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy also realize that their careers could do with a bit of a boost?

Tom Baker ponders 'Doctor Who' return [Digital Spy]

3:24 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Graeme McMillan
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Tiwa Face Kontrol at 04:07 PM on 03/27/08
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I'm asking!
Dillenger69 at 04:37 PM on 03/27/08
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I'd love to see a multiple Doctors special.
Even something like Christmas Day at Doctor Who's

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castewar at 05:33 PM on 03/27/08
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"With nothing to watch but repeats on the telly of Doctor Who, Medics, and that episode of Blackadder II I was on, Lou and Andy go to rent a video."

Having listened to all the BBC Doctor Who radioplays (which was hatched by some of the minds that eventually moved over to the new TV series - hell, they even lifted some of their own stuff for recycling) I'm all for the other doctors coming back. Two reasons;
a)"they're too old" naysayers aside, it's not like they're getting any younger. Dye some hair, cake on that make-up, fuzz that lighting, and go for it, I say.

b) I have no second reason, I just think it's a really good idea and wasn't paying attention when I was typing the first paragraph.

Oh, here's one - the Sylvester McCoy character got awesome in the radioplays. All the "I'm the guy that's had to make really hard people-will-die decisions" angst in the TV show was lifted from the McCoy radioplays.
dOk at 05:51 PM on 03/27/08
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@Dillenger69
Ok... that Dr.Who parody video is the best thing i've seen this week on here... lol
CaptRavis at 07:05 PM on 03/27/08
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Still haven't forgiven him for not being in the Five Doctors.
SnotFare at 07:19 PM on 03/27/08
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yay!!! watched him as a child, most def will want to see him with DT
AdamL at 08:24 PM on 03/27/08
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The dude must look pretty different by now. Surely they could cast him as someone other than the Doctor. Wibbly-Wobbly explanations are starting to wear a bit thin.

Although... like I've theorized before... they have that parallel earth just sitting there. I originally suggested that Paul McGann's Doctor could get some closure by showing up as that reality's Doctor. (The 8th Doctor still, he just hasn't had to regenerate yet in that reality). Anyway, whos to say it couldn't be the 4th Doctor still kicking around in that Universe.
92BuickLeSabre at 06:45 AM on 03/28/08
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Connectedness Index: 558

Please?
(Is that nicely enough?)

@Dillenger69: Bravo.
Marcus at 07:00 AM on 03/28/08
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@CaptRavis: That *was* a dick move, wasn't it? That's the first thing I thought of when I saw this article.

He was flat out awesome in that episode of Black Adder, though, I must say. It's "Potato" if anyone wants to look it up.
RRich at 08:08 AM on 03/28/08
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Maybe he could go back and finish Shada first, and we'll see how that goes...

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Darcy at 08:12 AM on 03/28/08
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It'd be nice if he did an audio adventure or two... Everyone else has.
Justin K. Rivers at 09:30 AM on 03/28/08
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I don't think their careers really need a boost. Colin's been busy in (critically acclaimed and nominated) theater, McCoy was just doing a world tour with Ian McKellen in King Lear, and Tom's had a lot of stuff going on lately, with Monarch in the Glen, and the Little Britain gig.
lunadude at 09:50 AM on 03/28/08
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Yep, it is time for another Doctors reunion special.
Klebert L. Hall at 10:08 AM on 03/28/08
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Baker is certainly 'the' Doctor to me, but he must be like 80 or something by now... What's next, Pertwee's re-animated corpse?
-Kle.
$Image of I\'m Waitin\' for Dolemite$ I'm Waitin' for Dolemite at 11:20 AM on 03/28/08
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so here is a Tom Baker interview of recent vintage:

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FoolsRun at 11:29 AM on 03/28/08
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I'd like to see them bring back Eccleston, McGann and McCoy for a reunion episode. Recent doctors, two of whom didn't get their fair shake in the role (granted, Eccleston bailed, but he was still a good Doctor).
Tits McGee at 11:52 AM on 03/28/08
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Please, oh, please, Tom Baker!

(And if they bring back Eccleston too, my pants might explode.)
Lieutenant 030 at 12:30 PM on 03/28/08
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@castewar: "All the "I'm the guy that's had to make really hard people-will-die decisions" angst in the TV show was lifted from the McCoy radioplays."

More from the New Adventures novel line (1991-97) than the Big Finish audios, I suspect. Paul Cornell's "Human Nature" two-parter with Tennant was originally a New Adventures novel, and Russell Davies's first Who writing was the New Adventures novel Damaged Goods. The Seventh Doctor is a much darker and more manipulative bastard in the novels than in the audios I've heard so far.