Who on Earth Is Tom Baker?

Tom, with his expressive face and kind eyes was born in Liverpool to a raucous and lively Irish family where love and a good respect for the teachings of the Catholic Church were able to prepare him for an interesting and fulfilling life. In fact, Tom's early experiences with the church involved a trial at a monastery for an unsuccessful preparation as a priest and an insight into the daily workings of these institutions. A slow starting but rapidly improving acting career was followed by time spent pulling pints and on London construction sites before the big break. Then came with the casting agent and the meeting that allowed for instant world-wide recognition for the famous Doctor Who that still exists today.

The style of the story is very much that of a black comedy with a marriage, children and a certain fixation with a lawnmower and the mowing of the grass around his own gravestone, making for an enjoyable read. He is now happily married and living in a rural utopia outside of London, millions of miles and light years away from the hectic and all- consuming career of both straight acting and in the television role that has made him famous in more that 70 countries. --Brian Reinker

If you want to know about Tom's time as the Doctor, there is very little for you here.

If, on the other hand, you want to read a book which is hilarious and tragic, terrifying and thought-provoking and paints a picture not only of the actor's London of the 60s & 70s, but also the vanished Liverpool of the post-war years, then find a copy of this and start reading. You are unlikely to stop until he has. Hopefully, with the recent interest in Doctor Who, and Tom's own higher profile thanks to Little Britain and Monarch of the Glen, this will soon be back in print. In the meantime, hunt it down!