Is the longest serving Doctor Who, his time in the role stretching from December 1974 until March 1981.
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Is the current "elder statesman" of "Doctor Who", having inherited that unofficial title upon the death of his predecessor Jon Pertwee in May 1996.
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Has performed with the National Theatre, the Bristol Old Vic and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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Tom's children (with Anna Wheatcroft): Daniel and Piers.
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He is a voice-over artist for television commercials in the UK.
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He has been mistaken by members of the public for Jon Pertwee.
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Trained at Rose Bruford Drama School Sidcup, Kent, UK alongside Freddy Jones. Later members include actors Ray Fearon, Gary Oldman and Stephen Armourae.
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Tom: "I wasn't interested in novelty ... I was looking for good drama."
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Tom:"To want to be an actor, especially these days, is to be ill."
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Tom: "I am a one success man."
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Tom: "I think quite often a fate worse than death is life - for lots of people."
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Tom: "The Old Testament is my favourite science fantasy reading."
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"I'm very interested in nostalgia because that's pretty well all that's left for me."
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Tom: "I recently got a copy of the Tom Baker Friendship Group's Fan Letter. It said owing to diminishing interest the price of this fan letter is going up from 30 to 58 pence."
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At 6'3", he and Jon Pertwee are the joint tallest actors to have played the Doctor in "Doctor Who".
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He is no relation of his fellow "Doctor Who" actor Colin Baker.
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Birth Name: Thomas Baker
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Tom Baker played The Doctor for a whoping 7 years.
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He was a monk for six years, from 1949 to 1955, before becoming an actor.
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His mother, Mary Jane Fleming, was Irish.
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Prior to Jon Pertwee's death in 1996, he was mistaken for him several times by members of the public.
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His father, John Stewart Baker, invented the steel drinks can.
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Although his father was Jewish, he was raised Catholic, the faith of his mother.
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He is the voice of BT text messaging.
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Like Sylvester McCoy, he is of Irish Roman Catholic parentage and planned to join the clergy in his youth.
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Along with Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann and David Tennant, he is one of four actors to play the Doctor in "Doctor Who" to be of Irish descent.
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He has been the oldest and earliest living Doctor since the death of Jon Pertwee on May 20, 1996.
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If he lives until December 4, 2010, he will surpass Jon Pertwee as the longest-lived Doctor.
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He nicknamed Jon Pertwee "The Tall Light Bulb".
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