{"id":13138,"date":"2024-03-15T13:53:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T13:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=13138"},"modified":"2024-03-22T09:29:25","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T09:29:25","slug":"media-tom-baker-at-90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=13138","title":{"rendered":"MEDiA: Tom Baker at 90!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Starting to look like the older Bertrand Russell?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Teresa mentioned that she\u2019d heard it was Tom Baker\u2019s birthday today. I thought I\u2019d see if it was\/how old he is. Turns out he\u2019s 90. And his birthday (acc. to Wikipedia) is Jan 20th. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As the IVth Doctor Who.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d gotten used to seeing him looking a bit chubby, like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He appears to be wasting away, as a nonagenarian. It\u2019s a bit alarming! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Baker\/Who in The Simpsons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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\u2019s father, Harry, was any kind of influence on Baker\u2019s Dr Who? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Harry Wheatcroft, famous Rose grower.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Teresa mentioned that she\u2019d heard it was Tom Baker\u2019s birthday today. I thought I\u2019d see if it was\/how old he is. Turns out he\u2019s 90. And his birthday (acc. to Wikipedia) is Jan 20th. I\u2019d gotten used to seeing him looking a bit chubby, like this: He appears to be wasting away, as a nonagenarian. … <\/p>\n

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