Tom Baker Doctor Who news.....old?

[EMCE Hammer]

I just saw this, or at least I think it's the first time I saw this.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/lost-apos-doctor-apos-episode-182100821.html

[palitoy]

It's been announced for a while but i think this trailer is fairly recent. I've never really cared about this story but I guess I'll check it out now.

[jwyblejr]

I thought this was about the video Tom posted on YouTube yesterday saying it was Doctor Who Day.

[Nostalgiabuff]

so it's, what, an unfinished episode from back then that they are now completing? the scene in the gondola was used in the 5 doctors to have Baker get stuck in a time vortex or whatever, while the other 4 were actually in the movie

[Mikey]

This is the first time I've heard of it.

After the announcement of the 13the Doctor I've given up on new Doctor Who.

Don't even care about the Christmas special ......

But this injects new life

Thank you Steve

[palitoy]

so it's, what, an unfinished episode from back then that they are now completing? the scene in the gondola was used in the 5 doctors to have Baker get stuck in a time vortex or whatever, while the other 4 were actually in the movie

Yeah a strike ended production but I guess they finished it by getting the cast together for voice recordings, it's clever. I rarely revisit the Williams era but it's one of my wife's favourites, so i'll give it a whirl. After years of holding off on the different versions of this, it'll feel new.

[Bruce Banner]

I'm looking forward to this release. Only about 50% of the story was filmed originally because of a BBC technicians' strike.
A truncated, cobbled together version was released on VHS back in the early 90s, and Big Finish remade it as an audio story with Paul McGann in 2003.

[palitoy]

This is remarkably sweet news to wake up to this morning.

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2017-11-24/tom-baker-returns-to-play-the-fourth-doctor-in-surprise-new-doctor-who-scene/

[Nostalgiabuff]

that's awesome news. I wonder how they will explain it in continuity. disc comes out December 4th

[Nostalgiabuff]

I guess the December 4th release date is only in the UK, not available here until January according to Amazon and only DVD is coming up for pre-order

[Earth 2 Chris]

Wow, now that is really giving the fans what they want. Even as a newbie Who fan, Baker's appearance in the 50th anniversary special got me all choked up. Good on him for still playing ball.

Chris

[PNGwynne]

Thanks for posting, that really got to me when I saw Baker in character. He was my first Doctor (PBS and WWOR in New York, I guess he's had the strongest impression on me although I grew to love Pertwee after seeing episodes later in college. I'll bet Who fans are ecstatic, I'm really excited and I'm just a dilettante.

[Mikey]

This is remarkably sweet news to wake up to this morning.

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2017-11-24/tom-baker-returns-to-play-the-fourth-doctor-in-surprise-new-doctor-who-scene/

Dang !!! ......... mop-up needed on isle 4 !!!

Thanks for making my weekend B

[fallensaviour]

Hell yeah,now that’s a doctor!!!
Just when I think I’m out,they keep pulling me back in!!!

[rche]

I am pretty excited about this. Douglas Adams was script writer for this story and I have always been sad that the strike killed the shooting for it. There was a pretty fun recent novelization wherein the author (Gareth Roberts) does a pretty passable job of ghost writing for the ghost of Adams.