The Dark Side Of Tom Baker

[DWF]

http://thomas-stewart-baker.com/article04.html

In these articles he talks about how he got the part and his marriages.

 

[Whofan]

Yeah, Tom has quite the messed up past and I've heard he caused quite a few problems for several directors and actors. He's sort of the Shatner of the Doctor Who world, kind of a massive ego, although that's kind of cooled in recent years.

 

[Davros]

About a decade ago I read his autobiography. He is an interesting fellow to say the least.

 

[EJA]

Tom could be extremely unpleasant on the set of DW. On a documentary on one of the DVDs (I think it's Logopolis or Castrovalva), you can actually see behind-the-scenes footage of him mouthing off to people on the set, and just generally being an obnoxious, inconsiderate pain in the @$$. He's a very fine actor, but not a very nice person unfortunately.

 

[Shatnertage]

Yikes! How have the last 15 years treated him?

At least he has a sense of humor about himself--I liked the line about women wanting to whip and cane him because of his acting.

 

[Atticus]

The good thing is that in recent years Tom's admitted that he behaved at times quite badly on set - I seem to recall him being quite frank about it on one of the Keeper Of Traken/Logopolis/Castrovalva DVDs.

 

[Saga]

if you can ever find a copy of his autobiography, Who On Earth Is Tom Baker, i suggest picking it up. its quite good and very interesting.

 

[Davros]

if you can ever find a copy of his autobiography, Who On Earth Is Tom Baker, i suggest picking it up. its quite good and very interesting.

I laughed out loud at the part when he worked in the veterans hospital.

 

[Saga]

if you can ever find a copy of his autobiography, Who On Earth Is Tom Baker, i suggest picking it up. its quite good and very interesting.

I laughed out loud at the part when he worked in the veterans hospital.

the stuff about his mother in law cracked me up.