Watch Tom Baker's Entertaining First DOCTOR WHO Interview

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Check out this video of the first time Tom Baker (4th Doctor) was interviewed about his role as "the Doctor" in Doctor Who! For fans familiar and unfamiliar with Baker, this will be a treat. The beginning starts off with the reporter foolishly walking around asking for "Doctor Who" until he mistakenly runs into Tom himself who does his trademarked bug eyed look and agrees to an interview. At one point in the interview Baker offers the reporter a "jelly belly" and brilliantly sums up what it means when a new actor comes on as the Doctor. The whole thing is worth a watch for fans of the show, if for no other reason than the confused old man when he sees Cybermen making their way into the pub.

Tom Baker interview from 1974. I believe this must be his earliest Doctor who interview. It was filmed when on location for the episode 'Revenge of the Cybermen' and the interviewer doesn't seem to know know what he looks like (though I suspect that part to be a bit staged) and is even surprised by his Doctor outfit.