To sum up Doctor Who in one sentence, the Doctor is a time lord alien from the planet Gallifrey who travels through time and space in the TARDIS. Four actors played the role during the eighties and these were; Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy.
One of the most popular Doctor's, Tom Baker, was the fourth incarnation of the timelord and played the part between 1974 and 1981. He wore a trademark long scarf and liked to share his jelly babies! Tom appeared in 172 episodes (42 stories). He was replaced by Peter Davison. Thanks to Tom Baker's popularity, by 1979, viewing figures were averaging between 9 and 11 million.
In this amusing video we have all of the clips featuring Tom Baker offering his Jelly Babies to anyone and everyone - including the creator of the Daleks, Davros!
There are two trailers on this video advertising a new series of Doctor Who starring Tom Baker.
Tom Baker had eight
companions during his time as the Doctor, with K-9 making the most
appearances - in seasons 15-18 he appeared 20 times. Other companions were Sarah Jane Smith, Harry Sullivan, Leela, Romana, Adric, Nyssa and Tegan Jovanka. Romana was first played by Mary Tamm and in her second incarnation was played by Lalla Ward.
These closing titles (used from Jan 1982 to March 1984) are
longer than the opening titles and you get to here more of the fabulous
theme tune. After listening to this again for the first time since the
80s, I reckon this has to be my favourite version of the theme tune.
As for the more recent series, it sounds far too orchestral for my liking. Peter Davison signed-up to replace Tom Baker in 1981 and played the role for just three years (he was scared of being typecast) between 1982 and 1984. At the age of 29, he was the youngest Doctor so far, and he remained the youngest until Matt Smith took on the role in 2009.
Colin Baker was the sixth incarnation of the Doctor and
played the role between 1984 and 1986. This lame new version of the
theme music helped to put the final nail in the coffin for Colin Baker's
much criticised role as the timelord. This was the 13th theme tune overall.
Lots of stills and photos of the sixth Doctor feature on this video. Although many criticised him in the 80's as being the worst Doctor Who, today there are just as many people who believe he was underrated. Maybe it was just the loud outfit that was his downfall - Who knows?
I didn't realise there were so many different versions of the theme tune until I started creating this page. I quite like this one as it sounds quite eerie. Better than the '86 version, anyway! The seventh incarnation of the Doctor (in 1987) was Slyvester McCoy and he made his first appearance in the serial Time and the Rani. The best part of his outfit was his question mark walking stick. |
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 Colin Baker (The Sixth Doctor) gets a phone call from The Master live on Saturday Superstore!
 The cover of The Seeds of Doom featuring Tom Baker  The cover of the book "Doctor Who and The Invisible Enemy" In The Invisible Enemy TV serial which was shown in from 1977, the Doctor acquired K-9 the robot dog.  K-9 the Doctor's robot dog companion  Lalla Ward as Romana 
The TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimensions in Space) has been disguised as a Police Box since the very first serial in 1963, An Unearthly Child.  The Seventh and final doctor of the eighties, Sylvester McCoy in the 1988 serial Remembrance of the Daleks.  
 Colin Baker as the multi-coloured Sixth Doctor Attack of the Cybermen (1985) featuring Colin Baker as the Doctor |
