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    Doctor Who icon Tom Baker celebrates 91st birthday with TARDIS cake
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    The Fourth Doctor actor celebrated the big day in style.

    Photo of Tom Baker:
    <https://i.imgur.com/jLDBx8d.jpeg>

    Doctor Who legend Tom Baker has celebrated his birthday in style -
    with a spectacular TARDIS cake.

    The actor, who is known for his iconic run as the Fourth Doctor,
    turned 91 on 20th January, with his family and friends sharing a
    new photo to celebrate the occasion.

    Baker was pictured grinning as he stood behind a cake decorated
    like the TARDIS, with a mini cutout of himself as the Fourth Doctor
    and the number '91' on top.

    Photo of Tom Baker with birthday cake:
    <https://i.imgur.com/denLdCn.jpeg>

    The sweet photo was shared by Cygnus Alpha Events, who captioned
    the snap: "We have just been asked by Tom's friends and family to
    share this picture of Tom Baker MBE with his birthday cake.

    "Tom thanks everyone for [their] warm wishes and kind words. The
    cake was lovely and was bigger on the inside!"

    It's been a special few weeks for Baker, who was honoured with an
    MBE earlier this month. Last month also marked the 50th anniversary
    of his first full Doctor Who serial, Robot.

    Baker's run as the Fourth Doctor, from 1974 to 1981, has gone down
    in history as a golden age of the show.

    Photo of Tiom Baker:
    <https://i.imgur.com/JDIGUPl.jpeg>

    In 2023, he sat down with Radio Times to celebrate the 60th
    anniversary of Doctor Who, during which he was asked about any
    advice for his successor, Ncuti Gatwa, who plays the current
    incarnation of the Doctor.

    "Knowing anything is a bit dangerous when you play Doctor Who," he
    said. "It's better to know nothing. And to be good-natured. The
    trick is to respond generously to other actors, which halves your
    task because you don't have to be driving it all the time."

    As for any reunions with his fellow Doctors? "I avoid them, you
    know. Not with any malice. A degree of contempt, perhaps. But
    mildly. Mildly contemptuous."

    He added: "Nobody failed as Doctor Who, did they? Well, we
    mustn't be ungenerous to anyone. But certainly I didn't."

    
<https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-tom-baker-birthday-tardis-cake-newsupdate/>