Reunion? No, I feel a degree of contempt

TOM Baker captivated a generation of children fighting Daleks and Cybermen as Doctor Who in the 70s.

- NICOLA METHVEN

But he is one of the few former Time Lords not to have popped up in an anniversary special.

Now the fourth and longest-serving Doctor has revealed why he has steered clear of joining his successors - it simply does not interest him.

He said: "I avoid them, you know. Not with any malice. A degree of contempt, perhaps. But mildly Mildly contemptuous." Baker, 89, has regularly declined lucrative invites to appear at conventions with other Doctors.