- "There were special tickets issued to people at the BBC — producers, directors, actors — and we all went to a screening at 10 in the morning. When the first scene came — the size and duration of that ship sailing through — well, we absolutely were shattered with joy. It was simply beyond anything we'd seen. Now, in 2016, to be joining this genre of entertainment, I'm a happy man."
- ―Tom Baker commenting on watching the first Star Wars film in 1977
Tom Stewart Baker (born January 20, 1934)[1] is an English actor. He is best known as the Fourth Doctor in the science fiction series Doctor Who from 1974 to 1981. He provides the voice for Bendu in the third season of Star Wars Rebels.[2] He is the third actor in the role of the Doctor to appear in a Star Wars production, following David Tennant as Huyang in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Peter Cushing as Wilhuff Tarkin in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.
Due to studio secrecy, no one except executive producer Dave Filoni told Baker anything about the character he was voicing. When voicing Bendu, who was described as a "life force", Baker drew on his own religious upbringing ("believing in angels, devils, divine forces and other worlds") and embraced in his imagination all the thoughts he had from his past.[2]
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Series | Contribution(s) |
---|---|---|---|
2016 | Star Wars Rebels: Steps Into Shadow | Star Wars Rebels | Bendu |
2016 | "The Holocrons of Fate" | Star Wars Rebels | Bendu |
2016 | "Visions and Voices" | Star Wars Rebels | Bendu |
2017 | "Zero Hour" | Star Wars Rebels | Bendu |
NOtes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Big Finish Insider (@bigfinish) on Twitter (January 20, 2021): "Today we celebrate the 87th birthday of the legend that is Tom Baker! Wishing the Fourth Doctor the best of days! 🎂🥳" (backup link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 'Doctor Who' star Tom Baker is a Force in 'Star Wars Rebels' by Brian Truitt on USA Today (September 15, 2016) (archived from the original on January 29, 2022)
External links[]
- Tom Baker at the Internet Movie Database
- Tom Baker on Wikipedia