Tom Baker is 92 today

@Natasha_Jay
I bumped in to Tom a few years ago. I didn’t want intrude as he perused the wine selection in Waitrose but I knew I’d always regret not saying anything. So, politely and discretely I asked, “Excuse me, I don’t mean to bother you but…you do look a lot like Tom Baker.”
He leaned toward me and said, with that smile and a twinkle in his eye: “I used to be!”
Never meet your heroes. Unless they’re The Doctor.

@Natasha_Jay That’s so beautiful. Happy birthday to the best Doctor. I will not be accepting further comments at this time.

@Natasha_Jay

He was my all time favorite

@Natasha_Jay Count me in for one of those thumbs up.

Happy Birthday, Tom – you will always be *my Doctor.*

#DoctorWho #TomBaker

@randywalters
Lovely story about - by all accounts - a smashing guy

so are you also a GenXer?

Tom Baker is my Doctor Who and the one guy i call creepy Who. he always freaked me out. took me decades, and #10, before i could finally enjoy the show.

@Natasha_Jay

@Natasha_Jay when I was a very wee boy and Tom was the Doctor, he signed my Doctor Who novels in a bookshop. Twenty five years later I got to host him in a theatre for his autobiography tour. My inner ten year old was very, very happy!

@Natasha_Jay Tom Baker is my Doctor. Always will be.

@saulm @Natasha_Jay reminded me of this

Thanks for sharing your story

@blogdiva
Yes, but I found him fine, if deliberately weird.

The guy after him, Peter Davidson, felt very bland.

Now Daleks, they literally gave me nightmares as a kid.

@Natasha_Jay Oh geez, that's the kind of thing where I'd just instinctively put my arms out and give the guy a big hug. Thumbs up just wouldn't do...

@Natasha_Jay …until we couldn’t blink

@blogdiva @Natasha_Jay ahhhhh. i didn't realize this was a gif and moused over it and it moved and I'm not saying I peed a little, but I might have peed a little

@blogdiva @Natasha_Jay Weeping angels are so much worse than any of the Alien movies.

@schrotthaufen @Natasha_Jay true, unadulterated terror with the most minimal of movement. BLINK is a masterpiece.

@blogdiva @Natasha_Jay

He will always be my Who

10 is mine. i rebuke Baker. was he number 4 or 3?

@RobotDiver @Natasha_Jay

@blogdiva @Natasha_Jay

I can't remember. I really need to catch up on my Who as well. I found Tennant was really hard/funny to watch because he is the doppelgänger of my cousin which is hilarious and I think helped my cousin with his game with the ladies growing up to no end.

@RobotDiver @Natasha_Jay LMAO lucky cousin

@blogdiva @Natasha_Jay Right? I recall the game Witcher 3 having an Easter egg where some angel statues on a cemetery move every time they’re not in view. First very subtly. The “Wait a minute… didn’t that statue face the other way just now?” *turns again* “OH SHIT! OH FUCK! NOPE NOPE NOPE!” was very strong.