Tom Baker

. There is persistent talk of Head starring in a Buffy spin-off series for the BBC entitled Ripper, but so far nothing has come of this.
. Early in his career he provided vocals for some of the tracks on the Chris de Burgh album The Getaway and especially the reading from The Tempest on Don't Pay The Ferryman. Tom sold his school house to his Randall and Hopkirk co-star Vic Reeves. Outside of television work, he has released an album of songs with musician George Sarah entitled Music for Elevators and guest starred in the Excelsis Trilogy, a series of Doctor Who audio adventures produced by Big Finish Productions. They moved to a converted school in Maidstone, Kent where they kept lots of cats before emigrating to France in 2002. He has also guested as the Prime Minister in popular BBC comedy sketch show Little Britain since 2003.

In 1987, Baker married Sue Jerrard, who had been an assistant editor on Doctor Who. He also appeared in guest roles in various other dramas, such as Silent Witness and Spooks, as well as returning to America periodically for substantial roles in the final two seasons of Buffy. In 1981 he married Lalla Ward who had co-starred in Doctor Who with him for two years - their marriage lasted only 16 months. In 2002, he returned to Britain and co-starred in the BBC Two television series Manchild, concerning four fifty-something men who spend all of their time talking about sex. In response to the numerous inquiries he gets about his time as the Doctor he often replies 'You will have to excuse me but I was drunk at the time.'. Success on the stage and a number of brief appearances on American TV such as the short-lived VR-5 led to accepting the role of Rupert Giles in Buffy in 1997, for which he lived full-time in the United States during the late 1990s and early 2000s, although his family continued to live in the UK. Several reference books published in the late 1980s erroneously reported that Baker died of a drug overdose in 1982. Baker does have a reputation, acknowledged in his autobiography, of being a heavy drinker like fellow Doctor actor William Hartnell, and sometimes makes humourous reference to it. His first role was in the musical Godspell; this led to roles in television on both BBC and ITV and then a series of twelve coffee commercials with Sharon Maughan for Nescafé Gold Blend (re-edited to include the US brandname, Taster's Choice), which was what brought him fame.

His distinctive voice has become a gift for impressionists, and he is regularly impersonated in the popular comedy series Dead Ringers. Anthony was educated at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). He has also written an autobiography, entitled Who on Earth is Tom Baker (ISBN 000638854X ). His older brother is actor and singer, Murray Head. Also a talented writer, Baker created a short fairytale-style novel titled The Boy Who Kicked Pigs (ISBN 057119771X), which has been described as "A Grotesque Masterpiece". Born in Camden Town, London; his father was Seafield Head, the founder of Verity Films, and his mother was the actress Helen Shingler. Baker had a brief foray into the world of music, providing the monologue to the track Witness to a Murder (Part Two) on the album Six by Mansun. In the UK, outside of Buffy, he is more commonly credited simply as Anthony Head, or occasionally Tony Head.

He plays Donald McDonald, an eccentric former race car champion who, having been away since early childhood, returns home after hearing of the death of his brother Hector (who was played by Richard Briers until his departure at the end of the previous season). Anthony Stewart Head (born February 20, 1954) is a British actor in theatre, television and films but most widely known for his role in the American television drama series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the role of Frank N Furter in the London revival of The Rocky Horror Show, and a series of coffee commercials in Britain and the US. More recently, Baker completed filming a season of Monarch of the Glen, a popular BBC drama series. He also narrated the comedic BBC radio series Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World and later Little Britain and continues to narrate the television series of the same name. He had a part in the 2001 BBC Radio 4 version of The Thirty-Nine Steps as Sir Walter Bullivant.

In the late 1990s he had a recurring role in the revival of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). He became mostly known, however, for doing advertising voiceovers. He played character parts on television and radio (including an Elizabethan sea captain in Blackadder and Puddleglum in the BBC's production of The Chronicles of Narnia), and also hosted the children's literature show The Book Tower. Baker's subsequent career was relatively unremarkable.

However, Sylvester McCoy is considered by some to be the longest serving Doctor, on and off screen, having assumed the role in 1987 and, despite the series' cancellation in 1989, only relinquishing it to Paul McGann in 1996. Baker's tenure as the Doctor on screen lasted the longest. Prior to leaving Doctor Who, Baker had married, as his second wife, his co-star Lalla Ward, but they divorced after 16 months. His decision to move on in 1981 was regretted by many of the programme's fans, and his incarnation is generally regarded as the most popular of the Doctors.

His eccentric style of dress, particularly with his trademark long scarf, and speech made him an immediately recognisable figure, and the viewing public quickly forgot his predecessors. In 1974, Baker took on the role of the Doctor from Jon Pertwee, and quickly made it his own. In 1971, he got his first big break with the role of Rasputin in the film Nicholas and Alexandra. He left school at 15 to become a novice monk and remained in the monastic life for six years, but left and went into the Merchant Navy, at the same time taking up acting, at first as a hobby.

His father was a sailor who was rarely at home resulting in Tom being raised largely by his mother in her Roman Catholic faith. Baker was born in Liverpool. Thomas Stewart Baker (born January 20, 1934) is a British actor, mainly associated with the role of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, whom he played for seven years.