Tag Archives: Tom Baker

A Companion To The Doctors: The Fourth Doctor

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on April 25th, 2013

One of the most appealing aspects of Doctor Who is that the reality created within the show is conceptually strong enough to handle the replacement of every single actor in it. This means that fandom and appreciation can be comfortably ...

‘Doctor Who’ On The Moon: A History

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on January 17th, 2013

Well, fairly complete anyway. You can’t blame the writers of Doctor Who for seeking inspiration from the moon from time to time.

GALLERY: The Royal Mail Issues A Special Set Of ‘Doctor Who’ Stamps

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on December 26th, 2012

Royal Mail stamp of Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor

This March, a new collection of Royal Mail stamps will be issued to mark the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. There will be eleven first class stamps, featuring each of the Doctor’s incarnations to date, and four second class ...

‘Doctor Who’: The Fury Of A Time Lord

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on October 24th, 2012

There are two personality quirks that unite all eleven Doctors to date. One is that they all share a whimsical sense of humor (although some are less keen to display it than others), and the other is their respective tempers.

Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: Season 7 Trailer! Christmas! Richard E Grant! Argh!

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on August 7th, 2012

Forgive us, there were simply too many exciting things going on last week to gather them all into a Who’s Day roundup that didn’t immediately become outdated by a startling revelation or two. So we’ve been squirreling ...

#NewToWho: How I Discovered ‘Doctor Who,’ Time Travel And Sofa Picnics

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on July 27th, 2012

The appearance of Matt Smith on the cover of this week’s Entertainment Weekly will probably introduce a lot of people to Doctor Who for the first time. And that’s quite a heady thought, imagining someone settling down to a ...

RIP Mary Tamm, The First Romana From ‘Doctor Who’

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on July 26th, 2012

I’m writing this on behalf of every Doctor Who fan who finds it hard to know what the appropriate response may be when one of the many actors who gave their favorite show life, loses theirs. I’ve never met the actress Mary ...

‘Doctor Who’ Rogues Gallery: The Robots (Of Death)

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on July 6th, 2012

This blog is going to be a moment of personal catharsis from my youth, and as such, there may be repressed emotions at play that I can’t control, and I won’t know they’re on the way until they pop up, so bear with ...

Life Outside The TARDIS: Tom Baker

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on May 10th, 2012

For other people in the public eye, it might not be all that relevant to cite six years of a training as a monk, from the age of 15. I mean if it turned out that Alan Alda or Jack Johnson had been through such an experience, it would ...

Rob Zombie Impersonates Tom Baker…Ish

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on March 30th, 2012

Our friends over at the Nerdist Channel have released this video to promote Rob Zombie’s new show, in which the Grizzled Dead Mountain Bear of Rock and Films (no trademark, I just made it up) waggles a Fourth Doctor doll in front ...