{"id":44216,"date":"2024-01-20T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T08:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1963771"},"modified":"2024-01-20T10:50:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-20T09:50:38","slug":"doctor-who-legend-tom-baker-in-newly-released-photos-as-he-turns-90","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-legend-tom-baker-in-newly-released-photos-as-he-turns-90\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who legend Tom Baker in newly released photos as he turns 90"},"content":{"rendered":"

Five new and exclusive photos of the sci-fi icon as he celebrates a big milestone. <\/p>

By Louise Griffin\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Saturday, 20 January 2024 at 08:00 AM<\/p>

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As Doctor Who<\/a> legend Tom Baker<\/a> celebrates his 90th birthday, we had to mark the occasion in style \u2013 with some rare and newly released photos of the man himself.<\/p>\n

Last year, Baker, who famously played the Fourth Doctor, celebrated Doctor Who\u2019s 60th anniversary<\/a> with Radio Times<\/strong> magazine, opening up in an interview and posing for photos.<\/p>\n

Now, we can exclusively share five more portraits from that shoot, which show Baker suited up and draped in a replica of his iconic Fourth Doctor scarf.<\/p>\n

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Yoshitaka Kono<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n

To date, Baker remains the longest-serving Doctor, playing the Time Lord from 1974 to 1981. His incarnation is instantly recognisable, with fans still deeply invested in his Doctor and characters from his era.<\/p>\n

Just recently, Louise Jameson<\/a> starred in a short written and directed by Pete McTighe, which saw her character Leela leaving the battlefield of the Time War and returning to the TARDIS<\/a> to reunite with Baker\u2019s Fourth Doctor.<\/p>\n

\"Tom\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>
Tom Baker<\/span><\/figcaption> Yoshitaka Kono for Radio Times<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
\"Tom\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>
Tom Baker<\/span><\/figcaption> Yoshitaka Kono<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Speaking to Radio Times<\/strong> a few months before his 90th birthday, Baker said: \u201cNobody failed as Doctor Who, did they?\u201d adding: \u201cWell, we mustn\u2019t be ungenerous to anyone. But certainly I didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for anything he thought the new Doctor, Ncuti Gatwa, should know? \u201cKnowing anything is a bit dangerous when you play Doctor Who,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\"Tom\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>
Tom Baker<\/span><\/figcaption> Yoshitaka Kono<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
\"Tom\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>
Tom Baker<\/span><\/figcaption> Yoshitaka Kono<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s better to know nothing. And to be good-natured. The trick is to respond generously to other actors, which halves your task because you don\u2019t have to be driving it all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, he made it clear that a reunion with his fellow Doctors wouldn\u2019t be on the cards, saying:\u00a0\u201cI avoid them, you know. Not with any malice. A degree of contempt, perhaps. But mildly. Mildly contemptuous.\u201d<\/p>

Doctor Who will return in May. Check out more of our\u00a0Sci-Fi<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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