Tom Baker has admitted that he may be persuaded to make an appearance in the revived series of Doctor Who.

The 74-year-old actor, who played the fourth incarnation of the Time Lord between 1974 and 1981, told Kent News: “Perhaps I might make a guest appearance – perhaps. Providing they ask me nicely, of course.”

However, Baker revealed that he has never watched the hit BBC One series on the television: “I donÂ’t actually watch it. I didnÂ’t even watch it when I was in it, for all sorts of reasons… but I do get messages from David Tennant and I have seen him in other things of course. He has been a huge success and I am very pleased about that.”

Last year, Baker’s successor Peter Davison reprised his role as the Fifth Doctor alongside the show’s current star David Tennant in a special Children In Need episode entitled ‘Time Crash’.

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