Who was the actor that played Dr. Who when Tom Baker stepped down in 1980?
The Doctor (Doctor Who) 1978 serial "The Invasion of Time", the Fourth Doctor is asked to sign a document; although the signature itself is not directly seen on screen, his hand movements clearly indicate that he signs it with a question mark. A similar scene occurs with the Seventh Doctor in "Remembrance of the Daleks." In the early years of the franchise, the character was credited as "Doctor Who" or "Dr Who", up to the final story of season 18, "Logopolis" (1981), which was the last story featuring Tom Baker as the then-incumbent Fourth Doctor. Beginning with the debut of Peter Davison as the
Tom Baker (American actor) Tom Baker (American actor) Tom Baker (August 23, 1940 – September 2, 1982) was an American actor who starred in the Andy Warhol film "I, A Man" (1967). He was a close friend of Jim Morrison of The Doors. Baker was the son of Tom Baker Jr. and Ellie, military parents who retired in San Francisco. His older sister married and then divorced a well-known British Formula 1 racer. Baker started his career as a stage actor in New York City and assisted Norman Mailer in the stage adaptation of Mailer's novel "The Deer Park". Once he moved to Hollywood,