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In the News (Mon 30 Nov 09)

  
  Quotes from Tom Baker, page 1 of 1
What a piece of advice to give to a poor sod who comes off at the sound of his wife's car in the drive.
Tom Fleming, the eldest, was said to look like King George V, and indeed, was often mistaken for His Majesty when in the vicinity of Scotland Road, Anfield Road or Lime Street.
We are all quite capable of believing in anything as long as it's improbable.
www.amk.ca /quotations/tom-baker   (1458 words)

  
 Tom Baker Says...
I am Tom Baker and I will be saying things to you by the magic of SMS.
A message from Tom on his return to the land of text...
One of the first things we came up with was getting Tom to say some classic (and not so classic, but rude) movie quotes.
tombakersays.com   (694 words)

  
  TOM BAKER - The DJ List
In the late 1990s Tom committed to a bi-monthly residency with the Sound Architecture organization in Holland, and the door to the developing global temperament of the underground house scene was opened.
Tom Baker's sets could be described as soulful, deep, driving or funky, but will inspire passion and a rapturous reaction, playing to the party whilst equally striking into the hearts of the chin-strokers.
For a preview Tom can be found live on the radio waves, every Wednesday evening on The Open House Radio show: pulseradio.net 9-11pm GMT with Natalie C and various international house and techno guests.
www.thedjlist.com /djs/TOM_BAKER   (540 words)

  
  Tom Baker Photos - Tom Baker News - Tom Baker Information
Tom Baker, best known for portraying the 4th Doctor in the long running children's tv series Doctor Who was born in Liverpool, England in 1934.
Tom was working on a construction site at the time as he had trouble making ends meet by dedicating all his time to acting.
Tom Baker: In the end it was not hard to leave the programme.
www.tv.com /tom-baker/person/3321/summary.html   (769 words)

  
 Tom Baker - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Tom Baker was a human who was kin to descendants of Claire Raymond.
Tom Baker's name was read out in a computer display of the Raymond family's genealogy, along with others such as Colin Baker, Peter Davidson, William Hartnell, Jon Pertwee and Patrick Troughton.
Tom Baker and others in the list seem to be references to actors who have played the lead role of "The Doctor" in the British Sci-Fi series Doctor Who.
memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/Tom_Baker   (110 words)

  
 TXU - Tom Baker
Tom Baker, 61, is vice chairman of TXU Corp., a position he assumed in April 2007.
Baker was elected vice president and then senior vice president of TU Electric and TU Services in the late 1980s.
Baker serves his community with the same energy and leadership he brings to his professional commitments.
www.txucorp.com /about/leadership/tom_baker.aspx   (362 words)

  
 Tom Baker - Wiki 24   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Tom Baker was a CTU field agent who often accompanied Jack Bauer and later Chase Edmunds on field assignments.
Baker assisted in the capturing of terrorist Stephen Saunders, who threatened to release vials of the Cordilla Virus in major US cities if President Palmer didn't meet his demands.
Baker striked the door down with explosives and Chase discovered that Saunders was using a device to relay his calls from there.
24.wikia.com /wiki/Tom_Baker   (1020 words)

  
 PBA.com - Official site of the Professional Bowlers Association
Tom Baker honored his hero Dick Weber with a win in the PBA Senior Dick Weber Invitational.
But it was Tom Baker who came away with his eighth PBA Senior Tour title and perhaps his third consecutive PBA Senior Player of the Year award.
Tom Baker remembers fondly the days when he used to run home to catch the latest PBA telecast on ABC hoping Dick Weber made the finals.
www.pba.com /senior/seniorhome.asp   (268 words)

  
 Entomology-Faculty: Tom Baker
Baker, T. Mechanism for saltational shifts in pheromone communication systems.
Electrophysiologically and behaviorally active volatiles of buffalo gourd root powder for corn rootworm beetles.
Olfactory reactions of the twelve-spotted lady beetle, Coleomegilla maculata and the green lacewing, Chrysoperla carnea to semiochemicals released from their prey and host plant: Electroantennogram and behavioral responses.
www.ento.psu.edu /Personnel/Faculty/baker.htm   (774 words)

  
 BBC - Doctor Who - A Brief History of a Time Lord.
Tom Baker became the Doctor in late 1974.
The now legendary scarf was a happy accident - the result of a freelance knitter not realising she didn’t have to use all the wool she had been given.
Tom bid farewell to the role by falling off a radio telescope in a bid to thwart the Master.
www.bbc.co.uk /doctorwho/classic/news/briefhistory/tbaker.shtml   (202 words)

  
 Tom Baker Home
Tom Baker Quartet will celebrate the 59th birthday of former Vice-president and Oscar-winner Al Gore with a show at Gallery 1412.
Tom Baker, Brian Cobb (bass) and Karyn Schwartz (vocals) will be performing three sets of jazz music at Serafina Restaurant in Seattle.
Tom Baker Quartet will be performing on the opening night of the Seattle Microtonal Festival (a sort of mini-festival featuring Neil Haverstick and Jon Catler on the weekend).
www.tombakercomposer.com /calendar.htm   (543 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Medical Malpractice Myth: Books: Tom Baker   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Baker's slim, accessible, engaging, and well-written volume argues that the prevailing myths concerning medical malpractice and doctors' liability-insurance premiums are the stuff of urban legend.
Baker approaches his study with an open mind and transparently - he shows the reader the evidence, the bases for his interpretation of the evidence, and honestly identifies where the data are uncertain, limited or unclear.
Baker argues that the data show that insurers rarely pay claims that do not substantially indicate malpractice and reports that claims take roughly seven years from premium collection to claim payment, thus giving insurers the opportunity to make their 9 percent investment return (total, not annualized) to be profitable.
www.amazon.com /Medical-Malpractice-Myth-Tom-Baker/dp/0226036480   (2692 words)

  
 Tom Baker Trivia - Tom Baker Facts - Tom Baker Notes
In the late 1990's, it was reported that Tom Baker was a candidate for the role of Gandalf in Peter Jackson's epic adaptation of The Lord of the Rings.
Tom was largely unknown, unemployed actor who had actually written to the BBC seeking work shortly before he was cast for in his most famous role as The Doctor in Original Doctor Who.
Tom Baker: (In a guest column for the Radio Times, regarding the new Doctor Who series) I did watch a little bit of the new Doctor Who and I think the new fella, Tennant, is excellent.
www.tv.com /tom-baker/person/3321/trivia.html   (782 words)

  
 Tom Baker - Tardis
Baker had somewhat notoriously rejected reprising the role in the 1983 twentieth-anniversary special, "The Five Doctors," a decision he later said he regretted.
In a 2005 interview regarding the series revival, Baker suggested that he be cast as the Master, an in-joke referring to his role in the original series.
Baker does have a reputation, acknowledged in his autobiography, of being a heavy drinker like fellow Doctor actor William Hartnell, and sometimes makes humorous reference to it.
tardis.wikia.com /wiki/Tom_Baker   (1236 words)

  
 M station --> Interview - Tom Baker - Aug 04
Tom Baker: Well, I began buying records at around the age of 12, mostly electro and early hip hop like Cybotron and Grand Master Flash.
Tom Baker: I won a DJ competition in Mixmag magazine back in 1994, it was the first time a Dance DJ Competition was run in the music press (or anywhere else I think) and I won first prize from around 1,000 entries.
Tom BAaker: Well, I would argue that a few years ago it was pretty much the same crowd, but as the acid house generation got older they started to seek out more relaxed vibes, in the form of underground house, (or so-called "tech house"), instead of the fast-paced intensity of club techno.
mstation.org /tombaker.php   (1855 words)

  
 Tom Baker information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
His father, John Stewart Baker, was a sailor who was rarely at home, resulting in Tom's being raised largely by his mother, Mary Jane (nee Fleming), in her Irish Catholic faith.
In a 2005 interview regarding the series revival, Baker suggested that he be cast as the Master, although in an interview with The Sun newspaper, he claims that he has not watch any episodes of the new series because he "just can't be bothered".
Baker's first marriage in 1961 was to Anna Wheatcroft (daughter of the rose grower Harry Wheatcroft), with whom he had two sons Daniel and Piers.
c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Tom_Baker   (1453 words)

  
 CD Baby: TOM BAKER: Sounding the Curve
Tom Baker has been active as a composer, performer and music producer in the Seattle new-music scene since arriving in 1994.
Tom is the co-founder of the Seattle EXperimental Opera (SEXO) and the artistic director of the new-music concert series, the Seattle Composers' Salon.
Tom has created an interesting CD with many layers, it takes some listening to and I still feel I've only just put my toes in the water.
www.cdbaby.com /cd/tbaker   (702 words)

  
 Tom Baker or Normal - A Game of Trust
It originally surfaced as a means to occupy those lulls in drunken conversation in the pub, but it soon spread to find its feet in the workplaces and school yards of the Staffordshire town of Newcastle Under Lyme.
The game starts with Player 1 having to mask his or her face with a piece of A4 (ish) sized card or paper (curry house hot towels and beer mats have been known to be used but with limited success).
However, it may be a good idea to draw the line at the family dog (they tend to be a little predictable and always seem to opt for 'normal') or biscuits for that matter.
www.freewebs.com /tombakerornormal   (410 words)

  
 Doctor Who - Tom Baker   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Most likely people think of Tom Baker's who as the Doctor who faced crisis, danger, and even death with a wry sense of humor and almost disrespectful gaze.
Of course another important reason is that Baker was able to hold onto the role longer than any other actor (actual number of episodes or air time), and thus was probably seen by more fans.
Another device that appears to be used to separate the Davidson Doctor from Tom Baker's protrayal, was the unravelling of the Tom Baker Doctor's famous scarf.
www.scifig.com /baker.html   (406 words)

  
 TXU Electric Delivery - About Us - Leadership - Tom Baker   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Tom Baker is Chairman and CEO of TXU Electric Delivery.
Baker launched his career at TXU in 1968 and served as chief financial officer of TU Electric from 1986 to 1991.
Baker serves as a board member for Circle 10 Council of Boy Scouts of America and the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce.
www.oncorgroup.com /about/management/tom_baker.asp   (132 words)

  
 TXU Electric Delivery - About Us - Leadership - Tom Baker   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Tom Baker is Chairman and CEO of TXU Electric Delivery.
Baker launched his career at TXU in 1968 and served as chief financial officer of TU Electric from 1986 to 1991.
Baker serves as a board member for Circle 10 Council of Boy Scouts of America and the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce.
www.txuelectricdelivery.com /about/management/tom_baker.asp   (132 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Doctor Who: The Ark in Space: DVD: Tom Baker,Elisabeth Sladen,Ian Marter,Wendy Williams,Kenton ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Tom Baker's second outing as the renegade Time Lord is a solid entry in the venerable British science fiction series' history, and its overall quality is well-matched by the wealth of supplemental material on the DVD.
Though Baker's contributions to the track are sporadic, his participation is valuable nonetheless, considering that his involvement with the series since his 1981 departure has been infrequent at best.
After the Tom Baker intro story, "The Giant Robot", "The Ark in Space" really cemented Tom Baker in the role of the Doctor and was re-written by Robert Holmes who had become the script editor for the next three seasons under the command of Phillip Hinchcliffe.
www.amazon.ca /Doctor-Who-Space-Tom-Baker/dp/B000067FPC   (2669 words)

  
 Tom Baker
Tom Baker, Connecticut Mutual Professor of Law and Director, Insurance Law Center.
Professor Baker teaches torts and insurance law, and serves as the faculty advisor to the Connecticut Insurance Law Journal.
Professor Baker is active in the Law and Society Association and is a co-founder of the Insurance and Society Study Group, an informal association of scholars from law, humanities and the social sciences who write about risk and insurance.
www.law.uconn.edu /faculty/tbaker   (260 words)

  
 Tom Baker : Who On Earth Is Tom Baker? : book reviews : spike magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It seems Baker's worst enemy during his years of national fame wasn't the Daleks, the Cybermen, or any of the other low-budget latex terrors, but the Shagmonster.
But although he's understandably irked to be accosted by strangers about the havoc he wreaked on the grammar schools, Baker seems curiously flattered when people remark, as they often do, that he reminds them of a favourite aunt.
But while Baker wallows in his own perversely appealing creepiness, he doesn't get anywhere near an answer to the question posed by the book's title.
www.spikemagazine.com /0300tombaker.htm   (1145 words)

  
 Tom Baker (person)@Everything2.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Tom Baker, the fourth Doctor, was the most popular of all the Doctor Whos; his wild hair and eyes, his spectacular striped scarf, his sonic screwdriver and his sense of melodrama - not to mention his Radar-eared robotic dog K9 - have endeared him to several generations of Who-watchers by now.
His was the first Doctor to make the show a hit in the United States and he played the part the longest - spanning 41 stories over the course of seven years (1974-1981).
I saw Tom Baker once in a book shop in Bristol; he looked ready to start signing copies of his autobiography, Who on Earth is Tom Baker?
www.everything2.com /index.pl?node_id=1368121   (525 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Actor Baker becomes voice of text
Former Doctor Who actor Tom Baker is to be the voice of a talking text message service for three months.
Baker, 72, who also narrates sketch show Little Britain, was chosen for his instantly recognisable voice.
It took him 11 days to record 11,593 phrases and sounds which could then be broken down and reassembled by a computer to make new words.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/4665254.stm   (215 words)

  
 Tom Baker - The Woebegotten Wonderland: The Official Website of Tom Baker - COMPANY STORE
This limited edition CD was released in 2006 and features Tom Baker's composition and songwriting skills over his ability to play virtuosic guitar solos.
Tom shows off his versitility with styles ranging from intricate finger picking to free jazz to avant garde noise rock that almost sounds industrial at times.
This album, released in 2004, was Tom Baker's first solo album after the breakup of Dave's Not Here.
www.tombakerguitar.com /products.html   (441 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars: DVD: Tom Baker,Elisabeth Sladen,Gabriel Woolf   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The popularity of this Tom Baker-era Doctor Who serial among fans led directly to its release on DVD (it ranked first in a Doctor Who magazine poll about stories to be released on disc), and once again, the WB/BBC DVD doesn't disappoint with a sparkling presentation and a wealth of supplemental features.
Tom Baker for once manages to stick to the script most of the time and is not guilty of massive overplaying as he is in many other episodes.
Funny lines from Tom Baker: "deactivating a generator loop without a correct key is like repairing a watch with a hammer and chisel.
www.amazon.ca /Doctor-Who-Pyramids-Tom-Baker/dp/B0002F6BSS   (1747 words)

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