Tom Baker at a 1984 Philidelphia Convention

[@adamwalkervfx]

"Yes, you're important to me.".......Why did you have to make me cry like that, Tom?

[@colinmcphan]

I love Tom so much. He really doas appreciate and love the fans so much. The man is too adorable!♡♡♡♡♡♡😀😀😀😀

[@RCaIabraro]

He's just as sweet and gracious to this day

[@colinmcphan]

The narrator must have been on drugs.I'm a female and I don't think of Tom's Doctor as a father figure. I think of him as the charming, handsome boyfriend that might scare your parents just a little bit.

[@reserrrrve69forplant]

not a little bit :D

[@RCaIabraro]

Mad man in a blue box to show you all of space and time... what earthling could possibly compete with that.

[@whocrusader5179]

Lmao

[@davidthedeaf]

I thought he was going to say women wanted him as a husband or lover, but then he went as “father” and I figured must be his assumption that with a big nose women couldn’t fall in love.

[@artron6833]

Personally I can see why One, Three, Seven would be seen as father figures… But not Four… NOT AT ALL! IT’S TOTALLY DIFFERENT! 🥰❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥🧣

[@LilRonin01]

@farshnuke Yeah and he also had to deal wit JNT and he nearly killed the Baker Doctor

[@teresarothaar6225]

13-year-old me was in this audience somewhere, and I couldn't believe it! You have to remember, this was prior to the internet, and I was a kid. The idea that my favorite actor, who lived in *England,* was standing in front of me was overwhelming. My only regret is that I have no photos to commemorate that day. This was also before pro photo ops and digital cameras. My uncle snapped a photo of me standing next to Tom, but it didn't develop correctly. But I have the memory, and nobody can ever take that away from me.

[@MacJaxonManOfAction]

This comment is rated F for Fabulous :)

[@logicalnetwork1611]

Hi Teresa its so heartening to read your memory of seeing Tom Baker in The USA. Tom Baker is the best doctor who and a great actor. I wish he had made more films.

[@romangomez4660]

That is amazing you got to meet him. I met Elizabeth Sladen and she was a sweetheart.

[@EricBrunoBorgman]

Oh! I'm sorry your photo didn't come out! I saw him in Boston, I think in '83 and I would have been 13 then too and my brother took a Polaroid of me next to him. At least there is this footage of the event to remember the occasion by, I've never found any from his Boston appearance.

[@mikeebo3538]

All these years and Ive never looked for a video of this occasion, 14 year old me sitting in the audiance with @teresarothaar6225 and many of you here! Amazing and unforgetable.

[@20centuryfox100]

there are red roses all over the stage. tom's holding one in his hand as he talks. no woman gives red roses to her father. i rest my case.

[@karengiancaterino8560]

He kissed me at the convention that day. I'll never forget my first Doctor!

[@pearllove9554]

What happened? I know I'm rather late but you've piqued my curiosity.

[@littleripper312]

@@pearllove9554 She just said he kissed her when she met him. Obviously not make out like kiss on the cheek. He does that.

[@diddymuck]

I was there! a group of girls threw roses at his feet on his stage entrance; he picked one up, and placed it between his teeth! He then held onto it the rest of the show!

[@joshuakohlmann9731]

"Feeling tragically sorry for myself, which sometimes can be a rather pleasant sensation"...how true.

[@lauraboiocchi4666]

Narrator "Popularity with women as a father figure" * 5 minutes later * A fan: "Did you ever assume you will have so many american fans, especially women in love with you?" LOL LOL LOL

[@etanaedelman9011]

I wonder how many fans he'd slept with by then...

[@ghostofgralton6859]

Very Oedipaen

[@goldenroar5074]

Did this clueless male narrator just state that Baker's female fans regard him as a FATHER FIGURE??? And fanboys wonder why they're alone on Saturday night ....

[@darrylguerrant5101]

A couple of hours after Doctor Who went off for the week, in Philly. Uh huh!

[@littleripper312]

I don't think he's a separate thing for men and women like the announcer says. I think he represents a father figure and resilience to both men and women the same. The only difference is that some women and gay men might find him attractive.

[@GeishaShattori]

For some reason, I like the way he says the word "pervert". Wait... That doesn't make me a pervert, does it...?

[@TylerMumford]

I was there! THANK YOU!!!!

[@yvonnedoran6465]

Tom Baker is so eloquent he really holds your attention when he's talking, literally about anything! 😀 I've become quite obsessed of late, keep watching the same vids 💜

[@colinmcphan]

I don't blame you. This is a great video and Tom is an awesome and ADORABLE guy! Would love to meet him.

[@RCaIabraro]

I could listen to this man read Ikea instructions and never get bored

[@colinmcphan]

Tom Baker was such a special Doctor. Such a awesome and cool guy. He seems to love his his fans as much as we love him! I remember a little bit from one episode of Tom's back when PBS ran the show out of N.Y. Then I started watching the new series because of that memory. I enjoyed a fair amount of the episodes and actors (especially Matt Smith ). Now BBC America is re-running some of Tom Baker's best episodes. I started watching them to see what all the fuss had been about with his Doctor. I fell completely in love with Tom's Doctor. He is soooo adorable. With his deep voice, curly brown hair and 6.3" height...he made such an imposing figure as the Doctor. I to wish he could have done a few more years. JNT was such an Ass for forcing Tom out of the show.

[@sarahkinsey5434]

Oh and his smile! His smile never fails to brighten my day!

[@colinmcphan]

+Sarah Kinsey His smile is soooooooo AWESOME! Totally agree! Also love Tom's sense of humor. He is a very funny guy.

[@charlesmento5968]

I love him as the Doctor and when he just talks in interviews but I don't know how cool anyone would think he was at times.

[@Archivist82]

@pumpkinofdoom Yeah that seems a little naive of the speaker. Look at those red roses thrown on stage and in his hand....women tend not to throw roses to men they see as father figures..... Even a female fan comments how many women had fallen in love with him. He was so overwhelmingly charming in this clip. We share another appreciation of him. :) [girlish giggle.]

[@WatchVenusSpa]

Tom Baker was to England what Gerard Depardieu was to France; A loveable bohemian rogue! One of the good ones!

[@logicalnetwork1611]

I cant see the comparison. Lol

[@TheEddieLandsberg]

I was there... I was a little kid, I remember how saucy his narrative was... and you could shake his hand but no autograph.

[@farshnuke]

When Tom Baker said "I did rather a lot of it you know" I think that accounts for his not appearing in any canonical specials

[@Walesbornandbred]

Tom Baker is,was and always will be the best, Tom and Sarah in TARDIS was my childhood.

[@minicle426]

Pat and Jon still outrank him for me.

[@geoffjoffy]

Still had the curly hair in 1984.

[@9Tailsfan]

And he still does today!

[@Wr0ngNumb3r]

I was there and remember this well.....great time.

[@WatchVenusSpa]

Hail to the King!

[@diddymuck]

he's like the homeless motorcycle rider who befriends you and makes you want to run away from your present life and search for thrills. Think Easy Rider.

[@sboyd4723]

Wow, I'm in the audience! It sure has been a long time!

[@greatguy200]

It seems that Tom Baker should've reprised his role in the Five Doctors as he was given a larger script.

[@YoVinny]

I was a this convention. Very cool to see again.

[@seanhb]

I was in the auditorium for this. Thanks for posting!

[@tahutoa]

So, is bohemian another word for a "well, here's hoping

[@pumpkinofdoom]

father figure? um....okay.

[@Wr0ngNumb3r]

I posted another video from this convention. I was there too!

[@gallifreyantauri]

Thanks for uploading this! I was at this. In fact, I believe the lady taking the photo is my friend and I was to the right of her.

[@davidthedeaf]

I like how he was blunt and bold and it got him a job. Well and prob the best job ever. I can use that as a role model.

[@farshnuke]

@LilRonin01 What definitions are you using for killed and Baker? Two Baker Doctors, various ways that you could say they were nearly killed. And yes there are producer issues but I think Tom rather got stuck in the same rut that Hartnell did, he became the show and knew it, never a good thing.

[@PatchestheCanadianneko]

Tom Bakerwas/is one of the BEST Doctors in Dr. Who history. Nobody will ever, EVER, top him. They can try as they might. But Tom will always be the top.

[@kathleenmaryparker8662]

I was there ! :)

[@robertszatmari9971]

I was there in the audience at the age of 17, I remember getting a chance to shake his hand. He was amazing!

[@martinmanifold2241]

The difference between a scouser and a liverpudlian.....puds are posh scousers...LOL

[@WilliamMcCannIII]

Thanks for sharing this! I remember seeing it on MPT back in the day. I may even have a copy on VHS. Tom Baker, today's elder ambassador for Doctor Who.

[@romangomez4660]

If you have a copy i would pay for it. I would love to see the whole thing.

[@diddymuck]

I WAS THERE!!!

[@evocationimages]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! This is brilliant! I appreciate so much how well Tom speaks and how warm and articulate he is in being so modest, honest and so considerate to equally considerate fans in answering their questions and comments! Well shot & great sound quality! A huge Tom Baker as "THE DOCTOR" in Australia, I always got my homework done early enough so I was ready to watch Doctor Who at 6:30pm, and saved up my pocket money to buy Tom Baker card and even badges! It is so poignant for me to be able to catch up on these GEMS in the "Whoinverse" and so actually see on video that there were more people out there than I ever realised at the time with the same connection! GRATEFUL to share in this!

[@evocationimages]

and indeed his comments are so poignant for all Artists / Performers / Sports Persons etc., who rely on being on stage, screen, galleries, museums, conventions etc etc in order to have a full sense of existence and identity!

[@TishArtMa]

Marvellous 🪄🌹🪄

[@japanbobtuna]

I was there!

[@calderarecords]

What an amazing guy.

[@alanpwhelan]

A terribly modest Man

[@justice_productions_]

So he could do this but not appear in the 5 Doctors?!!?!

[@obscureentertainment8303]

Well at least he came back for Dimensions in Time and the 50th Anniversary.

[@kylethedalek]

David Roberts so why couldn’t he appear in the 5 Doctors?

[@rnw2739]

@@kylethedalek Officially Tom declined due to having just left the show two years earlier and fearing typecasting... in reality, Tom has always been very sneering and dismissive of the other Doctors and would never appear on screen with them....or even join them onstage at conventions ...until very recently. Arrogance....plain and simple.

[@kylethedalek]

RNW why?

[@rnw2739]

@@kylethedalek Why is he arrogant? I cant answer that. It is a common trait in actors although, to his credit, Tom does admit how intolerable he was back when he was the Doctor and about his alcoholism.. I think it's just a common jealousy thing regarding the other Doctors.... he prefers to be the only one.

[@charlesmento5968]

Unperturbed? Sometimes he was. Tom Baker as the Doctor was EVERYTHING great about TV and DW mostly.

[@crproductions4149]

Haha

[@tonybudgie8103]

I Would Of Kissed Him When I Was There Or If I Was There

[@lewiscarr7952]

Remarkable some 3 years after he gave it up he was still this adored by fans.

[@stramayne]

1984? I might've been there.

[@tonybudgie8103]

I'm Crying I Want Him

[@tonybudgie8103]

You Look Good Tom Xx

[@StormsongK]

1:04 Steampunk before it was cool.

[@ellenmurphy2150]

Read the phone book Tom!( sigh) Ever notice how Tom and Peter Capoldi sound an awful lot alike?

[@rnw2739]

Are you mad? Capaldi is Scottish and Baker is English. They sound nothing like each other whatsoever.

[@ellenmurphy2150]

RNW if you listen to Peter Capoldi he sounds more like Tom Baker then Tom Baker does. Not all the time, just sometimes.