On March 26th 2013 various sets of stamps were issued by Royal Mail to celebrate Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary. The first class stamps, which are now available to buy online and in 9,000 Post Office branches, feature
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Tom in Treasure Island, a new Big Finish audio production
NEW FROM BIG FINISH…TREASURE ISLAND A lavish full cast audio adaptation starring Tom Baker and Nicholas Farrell. A brand new release from the Big Finish Classics range, Treasure Island finds Tom Baker returning to the
Continue reading »Terribly sad news about Mary Tamm
The dreadful news of Mary Tamm’s death amazed me. I had no idea she was ill. We got on terribly well and I admired her wit and style and warmth. We used to meet at
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Mary Tamm The dreadful news of Mary Tamm’s death amazed me. I had no idea she was ill. We got on terribly well and I admired her wit and style and warmth. We used to
Continue reading »New Portraits of Tom available as autographed Art Prints.
Photographer Oliver McNeil, based in Hastings UK, recently took a range of new portraits of Tom and is offering some of them for sale as high quality art prints. The images are shown below, but
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Autograph session at St Michael’s Hospice On Sunday I attended a fund raising event at St. Michael’s Hospice, Hastings. This is because of my experience at the London Hospice where I went to say goodbye
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Nick Courtney’s Memorial Last Friday I went up to London for The Brigadier’s memorial service at St Paul’s Church in Covent Garden. It’s known as the actor’s church. Nick Courtney loved the old place. There
Continue reading »Next opportunity to meet Tom is February 11th 2012
Tom will help launch the first series of The Fourth Doctor Adventures and The Fourth Doctor Lost Stories Box Set produced by Big Finish. When? Saturday 11th February 2012 Where? Barking Abbey School, Longbridge Road,
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1948 – 2011 Sarah Jane dead? No, impossible! Impossible. Only last week I agreed to do six new audio adventures with her for Big Finish Productions. She can’t be dead. But she is: she died
Continue reading »Sad news that Lis Sladen has died. Read Tom’s tribute here in his latest Newsletter.
Lis Sladen played Doctor Who’s Assistant, Sarah Jane Smith, for Tom’s first two series. Both from Liverpool, Lis and Tom became good friends and Tom felt that Lis’s appreciation of his sense of comedy had
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