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It Never Occurred To Me That I’d Be Typecast, Although I Was. And I Never Thought Of The Role As A Commercial Product, Because I Was… Well, I Was Playing This Slightly Messianic Alien. He Isn’t Violent, He Doesn’t Get His Leg Over The Girl, He Doesn’t Steal, And He’s Rather Wry, And Adorable, And Mysterious. He’s Lived For 900 Years Or Something. He Lives The Life Of The Old Patriarchs Of The Old Testament. That’s Not Commercial. He’s Special.

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It Never Occurred To

Tom Baker

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It Never Occurred To Me That I’d Be Typecast, Although I Was. And I Never Thought Of The Role As A Commercial Product, Because I Was… Well, I Was Playing This Slightly Messianic Alien. He Isn’t Violent, He Doesn’t Get His Leg Over The Girl, He Doesn’t Steal, And He’s Rather Wry, And Adorable, And Mysterious. He’s Lived For 900 Years Or Something. He Lives The Life Of The Old Patriarchs Of The Old Testament. That’s Not Commercial. He’s Special.

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