Tom Baker as the Doctor
Tom Baker is looking forward to seeing the 50th anniversary special of 'Doctor Who'.
The 79-year-old actor played the Fourth Doctor from 1974 until 1981 and is excited about watching 'The Day of the Doctor' as much as anyone, because it is an historic television moment.
He told BANG Showbiz: "I'm going to watch the big show, it will be very interesting to see what the BBC do. I'm a great admirer of the BBC, it's the sort of place that can make murder sound like charity, so when they do a big deal like that they'll surely get it right and it'll be exciting ...
Tom is very proud of his time in the TARDIS and he is still amazed that people come up to him in the street to wish him well and introduce him to their children as the Doctor.
Because of the show's incredible history it has become part of British popular culture, although he admits he only ever wanted to be the star of the show never a viewer.
Tom explained: "I'm still being introduced by middle-aged men to their little sons as 'my Doctor'. It's been passed on and it enters into our lives, seeps into our lives. Not mine, except as an old Doctor Who I can't stop thinking about it. But I never watched 'Doctor Who' before and I never watched it when I was in it, so I'm certainly not watching it now. I never wanted to watch 'Doctor Who' - I wanted to be Doctor Who. I wanted to do it, I was more interested in the filming, I was interested in sometimes being able to influence scripts, put in jokes or devise comic bits. I saw him as this benevolent alien who was frequently heroic and often utterly silly and that suited my personality because I come from a very religious background so that made very partial to utter silliness."
'The Day of the Doctor' will be broadcast on BBC One on Saturday November 23 and sees current Doctor Matt Smith joined by David Tennant, John Hurt, Billie Piper and Jenna-Louise Coleman.
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