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The Fourth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He was portrayed by Tom Baker for seven consecutive seasons and remains the longest-lived incarnation of the Doctor in the show's on-screen history, counting both the classic and modern series. Further to this, he is considered to be the most recognisable and iconic incarnation of the Doctor both in the United Kingdom and internationally. Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old Time Lord alien from the planet Gallifrey who travels in time and space in his TARDIS, frequently with companions. When the Doctor is critically injured, he can regenerate his body, changing his physical appearance and personality in the process. Baker portrays the fourth such incarnation, a whimsical and sometimes brooding individual whose enormous personal warmth is at times tempered by his capacity for righteous anger. His initial companion was intrepid journalist Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen), who had travelled alongside him in his previous incarnation, and she is later joined by surgeon Harry Sullivan (Ian Marter). His later companions included robotic dog K-9, savage alien warrior Leela (Louise Jameson), female Time Lord Romana (Mary Tamm and Lalla Ward), alien aristocrat Nyssa (Sarah Sutton), boy genius Adric (Matthew Waterhouse), and Australian flight attendant Tegan (Janet Fielding). ==Overview== The Fourth Doctor appeared in 172 episodes (179, counting the regeneration in ''Planet of the Spiders'' and the aborted ''Shada'') over a seven-year period, from 1974 to 1981. This makes him the longest running on-screen Doctor of the series. He also appeared in the specials ''The Five Doctors'' (via footage from the incomplete ''Shada'') and made his final appearance as the Doctor in the charity special ''Dimensions in Time'' (aside from a series of television advertisements in New Zealand in 1997).〔(Alden Bates' NZ Doctor Who Page - older news items:Tom's Visit - At the beginning of 1997, Tom Baker visited New Zealand in order to film some advertisements for National Superannuation )〕 Tom Baker reappeared in the 50th anniversary special as a mysterious curator. This incarnation is generally regarded as the most recognisable of the Doctors and one of the most popular, especially in the United States. In polls conducted by ''Doctor Who Magazine'', Tom Baker has lost the "Best Doctor" category only three times: once to Sylvester McCoy (the Seventh Doctor) in 1990, and twice to David Tennant (the Tenth Doctor) in 2006 and 2009. The Fourth Doctor's eccentric style of dress and speech – particularly his trademark long scarf and fondness for jelly babies – made him an immediately recognisable figure and he quickly captivated the viewing public's imagination. Producer Philip Hinchcliffe has often stated that the Fourth Doctor's Bohemian appearance and anti-establishment views appealed to older, college-age students. The Fourth Doctor's time enjoyed a significant boost in viewing figures, averaging between 8 to 10 million viewers in just his first year (20–25 percent of the entire viewing audience of Britain).〔"Planet of Evil" DVD〕 By 1979, the figures averaged between 9 to 11 million, going as high as 16.1 million for the final episode of ''City of Death'' (though this was during the ITV technicians strike of 1979 which meant the BBC was the sole broadcaster on the air for several weeks).〔''The Doctors, 30 years of Time Travel''〕 There are also novels and audio plays featuring the Fourth Doctor. Two early audio plays featuring Tom Baker voicing the Fourth Doctor date from Baker's television tenure as he had mainly declined to appear in any further audio plays since leaving the series. In 2009, however, it was announced that a new five part series would be produced by BBC Audio (see below). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fourth Doctor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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