Teresa mentioned that she’d heard it was Tom Baker’s birthday today. I thought I’d see if it was/how old he is. Turns out he’s 90. And his birthday (acc. to Wikipedia) is Jan 20th.
I’d gotten used to seeing him looking a bit chubby, like this:
He appears to be wasting away, as a nonagenarian. It’s a bit alarming!
Bake era Doctor Who is the only iteration of the franchise I can abide. And one of my favourite Tom Baker themed things is his excellent autobiography, Who On Earth Is Tom Baker.
In this book, his time married into the Wheatcroft family is very vivid and memorable. Sadly for all the wrong kind of reasons. I wonder if his wife Anna’s father, Harry, was any kind of influence on Baker’s Dr Who?
