Being Doctor Who, I used to look at the clock and know at half past four we were going to stop rehearsing - and that was a sad moment for me because I wanted to stay in this beautiful, unreal world.
Tom BakerI 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.
Tom BakerPlenty of clever children have to pretend to be not clever or else they get bullied by the thick.
Tom BakerIt never occurred to me that Iโd be typecast, although I was. And I never thought of the role as a commercial product, because I wasโฆ well, I was playing this slightly messianic alien. He isnโt violent, he doesnโt get his leg over the girl, he doesnโt steal, and heโs rather wry, and adorable, and mysterious. Heโs lived for 900 years or something. He lives the life of the old patriarchs of the Old Testament. Thatโs not commercial. Heโs special.
Tom Baker