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"Tom Baker is 80! National treasure, cult legend and Doctor Who&amp;#039;s longest-serving lead, Tom is now an official octogenarian. To celebrate, Digital Spy has compiled eight of Baker&amp;#039;s greatest moments from both the small and silver screens - Happy Birthday, TB! 1. Tom breaks big with Nicholas and Alexandra  In the early &amp;#039;70s, Baker got his big break, taking on a role he was surely born to play - the mad monk Rasputin - in historical epic Nicholas and Alexandra. He was recommended for the part by Laurence Olivier, donchaknow. 2. &amp;quot;The definite article, you might say\u2026&amp;quot;      &amp;quot;Well, here we go again...&amp;quot; In 1974, Tom Baker replaced Jon Pertwee as the star of Doctor Who and television history was made. Alright, so Tom&amp;#039;s debut adventure &amp;#039;Robot&amp;#039; is unlikely to lead any fan&amp;#039;s top 10 list, but his commanding charisma had viewers hooked from the off. Jon who? 3. &amp;quot;Do I have the right?&amp;quot; Perhaps Tom&amp;#039;s finest moment on Who - in 1975&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Genesis of the Daleks&amp;#039;, the Doctor has been transported back to ancient Skaro for the express purpose of wiping his arch-enemies the Daleks from existence, but when it comes to the crunch, our hero has a crisis of conscience... 4. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s the end\u2026&amp;quot;      After a record-breaking seven-year run, Tom ditched the long scarf and waved goodbye to Doctor Who. 1981&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Logopolis&amp;#039; may not be the perfect send-off, but there&amp;#039;s much to love about its final scene, from Paddy Kingsland&amp;#039;s haunting score to Baker&amp;#039;s broken, haunted turn. 5. Tom does drunk in Blackadder II      Baker featured in one of the very best Blackadder episodes, playing the appropriately sozzled Captain Redbeard Rum in series two&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Potato&amp;#039; (1986) - a deranged sailor lacking any real navigation skills, Rum resorts to just sailing round and round the Isle of Wight &amp;#039;til everyone gets dizzy. 6. Tom becomes the voice of Britain. Little Britain.      Tom&amp;#039;s unmistakable tones were put to perfect use by Matt Lucas and David Walliams on Little Britain - as the offbeat sketch show&amp;#039;s nutty narrator, Baker provided many of the best and biggest laughs. Good boo! 7. Tom livens up a bonkers remake of Randall and Hopkirk: Deceased As barmy TV concepts go, hiring Vic and Bob to star in an early &amp;#039;00s revamp of cult &amp;#039;60s series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) ranks pretty high on the &amp;#039;What the heck were they thinking?&amp;#039; scale. Amping up the insanity still further is a typically eccentric performance from Tom, who stars as Marty Hopkirk&amp;#039;s ghost mentor Wyvern. 8. Tom makes a &amp;#039;surprise&amp;#039; cameo in the Doctor Who 50th special  Remember that terrific surprise moment when Tom Baker made a completely unexpected appearance in Doctor Who&amp;#039;s 50th anniversary special this past November? Nah, us neither - Baker blabbed just a few days prior to the episode&amp;#039;s November 23 broadcast. Ah well, the scene&amp;#039;s wonderful regardless, with Baker recreating all of the fourth Doctor&amp;#039;s most famous mannerisms in a brief but magical exchange with then-Doctor Matt Smith.  What&amp;#039;s your favourite Tom Baker screen moment? Share your own picks below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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