“The theatre couldn't match what was going on in a court of law or at football grounds. The theatre has never been able to match what goes on anywhere, that's why so few people go.”Tom Baker
“Not everybody knows that looking at people in 'a funny way' is the commonest cause of sudden murder. I happen to know that because I read a Home Office brochure once.”Tom Baker
“But it was drama, high drama: fires at night, the fires that burned people's houses away; bombs fell and left exotically shaped fragments in the form of shrapnel. And we collected it and traded it. As long as we were not hurt -- and I wasn't -- life seemed wonderful.”Tom Baker Describing The Blitz
“Who was it that designed brown envelopes? I feel sure that he hated people whoever he was. I wonder where he's buried?”Tom Baker
“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. Why people would suspect that the King might be working in Tate and Lyle's sugar factory is beyond me, but there you are.”Tom Baker
“Of course, for a lot of people, death was a welcome change. Grinding poverty takes the edge off most things, including life.”Tom Baker