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{{article | publication = The Tampa Tribune | file = 1995-01-01 Tampa Tribune.jpg | px = 450 | height = | width = | date = 1995-01-01 | author = Walt Belcher | pages = Florida Television, p. 6 | language = English | type = | description = | categories = | moreTitles = | morePublications = | moreDates = | text = He's more than 700 years old, has two hearts, likes to nibble Gummi Bears, travels through time and space in a London bobbie call box and wears 20-foot-long, brightly colored scarves. He often travels in his TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimension in Space) with a sexy female companion and robotic dog. He usually saves the universe from weird-looking aliens. Who is he? Doctor Who, that's who. Although actor Tom Baker has tried to distance himself from his campy 1970s portrayal of the time-traveling alien in "Doctor Who," it remains the crowning achievement of his career. Many fans of this long-running British series consider him the best of the seven actors who have played the role. The Baker episodes are returning to the Tampa Bay area this week when [[broadwcast:WUSF|WUSF]], Channel 16, adds "Doctor Who" to its Saturday night lineup at 11:30 p.m. The popular science fiction series made a big splash in Tampa back in the 1980s when it aired on [[broadwcast:WEDU|WEDU]], Channel 3, on Saturday nights. Now that science fiction programs are hot ("The X-Files," "Deep Space Nine," "Earth 2," "Babylon 5," "seaQuest DSV"), the time could be right for a revival of Whovian fever. "Doctor Who" began in 1963 on the BBC and ran for more than 20 years. With cheesy, low-budget special effects, the series followed the adventures of a renegade "Time Lord" who traveled through time and space, encountering a variety of alien monsters (usually guys dressed in hokey foam rubber suits). "Doctor Who" started out as a children's series but quickly developed an adult following. Baker was the fourth doctor in the series, thanks to a plot device that allows this type of alien creature to "rejuvenate" into a new form. He took the role in 1974 and quit in 1981 after 178 episodes of fighting Cybermen, Daleks, Kraals and Krynoids. He achieved fame in Great Britain and a worldwide cult following, but he couldn't translate that success into other roles. Baker brought charm, wit, eccentricity and style to the role. He makes it worth watching. }}

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