Title: An ever so slight brush with greatness
Post by: Gothmog on 23 November, 2004, 01:56:42 PM
Post by: Gothmog on 23 November, 2004, 01:56:42 PM
I 99.9% certain Tom Baker outside the Body Shop in Tunbridge Wells yesterday.
Unfortunately I was in a mad dash for a bus and my brain didn't catch up with my eyes until I was well past him so he missed out on the chance to have me stood in front of him turning red with embarassement and trying to think of something to say that didn't make me sound like a complete gimp.
Sadly that brief glimpse is probably the most exciting thing to happen in my life for the past couple of weeks (with the exception of Half-Life 2).
Unfortunately I was in a mad dash for a bus and my brain didn't catch up with my eyes until I was well past him so he missed out on the chance to have me stood in front of him turning red with embarassement and trying to think of something to say that didn't make me sound like a complete gimp.
Sadly that brief glimpse is probably the most exciting thing to happen in my life for the past couple of weeks (with the exception of Half-Life 2).
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Post by: Max Kon on 23 November, 2004, 01:58:35 PM
Post by: Max Kon on 23 November, 2004, 01:58:35 PM
Erm... Who is Tom Baker?
Title: Re: An ever so slight brush with g...
Post by: Gothmog on 23 November, 2004, 02:11:09 PM
Post by: Gothmog on 23 November, 2004, 02:11:09 PM
Hmm don't know why this popped up as a "Help!" topic, sorry.
Tom Baker was the curly-haired, unfeasibly-long scarfed Doctor Who. Younger boarders may know him as the voice-over on Little Britain.
Tom Baker was the curly-haired, unfeasibly-long scarfed Doctor Who. Younger boarders may know him as the voice-over on Little Britain.
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Post by: Dudley on 23 November, 2004, 02:15:25 PM
Post by: Dudley on 23 November, 2004, 02:15:25 PM
I got Tom Baker's autograph once, in a copy of (from memory) Dr Who And The Giant Robot. Had loadsa Dr Who novels at the time, so naturally picked one from the Third Doctor series. D'Oh!
Nice chap, though.
Nice chap, though.
Title: Re: An ever so slight brush with g...
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 23 November, 2004, 03:20:58 PM
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 23 November, 2004, 03:20:58 PM
Max, Tom Baker is an actor who was the fourth (and probably the most popular) Dr Who. He does the narrator voice for Little Britain too
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Post by: Wake on 23 November, 2004, 03:57:56 PM
Post by: Wake on 23 November, 2004, 03:57:56 PM
I met Tom Baker on Oxford rail station once (early 90s). For some reason I was dressed in Dark Age clothes (tabard, tunic, trews), and I embarassingingly asked him more about Douglas Adams than himself (since I'd recently seen him in a short view of the future TV program written by Douglas).
Wake
Wake
Title: Re: An ever so slight brush with g...
Post by: Dunk! on 23 November, 2004, 04:07:10 PM
Post by: Dunk! on 23 November, 2004, 04:07:10 PM
When i was in London i used to see him quite regularly wandering around the pubs of Soho. This is when he was a lot weightier in the late 90's.
Never approuched him though, huge scary looking man with a permanent determined scowl on his face.
No sirree.
Still the best Doc though and can even brighten up shite like Monarch of the Glen with his presence.
Never approuched him though, huge scary looking man with a permanent determined scowl on his face.
No sirree.
Still the best Doc though and can even brighten up shite like Monarch of the Glen with his presence.
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Post by: Richmond Clements on 23 November, 2004, 04:16:48 PM
Post by: Richmond Clements on 23 November, 2004, 04:16:48 PM
How does a cyberman not know who Tom Baker is?
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Post by: Devons Daddy on 23 November, 2004, 05:03:09 PM
Post by: Devons Daddy on 23 November, 2004, 05:03:09 PM
any young uns not sure.
whos tom baker is he?
best DR we ever had thats who he is.
bloody great. saw him once in hamleys many years ago. late 80s must have been.
i didnt speak to him, but felt he looked bigger then i had imagined him to be.
whos tom baker is he?
best DR we ever had thats who he is.
bloody great. saw him once in hamleys many years ago. late 80s must have been.
i didnt speak to him, but felt he looked bigger then i had imagined him to be.
Title: Re: An ever so slight brush with g...
Post by: Max Kon on 23 November, 2004, 05:05:53 PM
Post by: Max Kon on 23 November, 2004, 05:05:53 PM
we only know his many incarnations as 'the doctor', not their individual names.
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Post by: therev on 23 November, 2004, 05:19:02 PM
Post by: therev on 23 November, 2004, 05:19:02 PM
It's his 41st birthday today.
er.."The Doctor" that is not Tom Baker!
er.."The Doctor" that is not Tom Baker!
Title: Re: An ever so slight brush with g...
Post by: Pyroxian on 23 November, 2004, 06:04:30 PM
Post by: Pyroxian on 23 November, 2004, 06:04:30 PM
>Dr Who And The Giant Robot
No, that was a 4th doctor one. Just after he'd reincarnated (So it was between Planet of the Spiders and Terror of the Zygons - man, I'm such a who-er)
Steve
No, that was a 4th doctor one. Just after he'd reincarnated (So it was between Planet of the Spiders and Terror of the Zygons - man, I'm such a who-er)
Steve
Title: Re: An ever so slight brush with g...
Post by: Richmond Clements on 23 November, 2004, 06:34:39 PM
Post by: Richmond Clements on 23 November, 2004, 06:34:39 PM
'Dr Who and the Giant Robot' was of course, the name of the book, the adventure as screen was called 'Robot'.
A nerd told me, I didn't know this myself. No sir.
A nerd told me, I didn't know this myself. No sir.