All Tom Baker Doctor Who Prime Computer Ads
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- These are all the Prime Computer Ads done by Tom Baker and Lala Ward in their Doctor Who costumes in 1980.
These are in very good quality and are uncut. Enjoy.
Doctor Who belongs to the BBC, though I'm not sure of the exact copyright for these clips, they don't belong to me, that's all I know... No copyright infringement is intended.
Tom and Lalla making fanfiction before fanfiction existed
not quite
They got married you know
Sadly their marriage didn't last long...
The Trek fandom basically invented fanfic back in the 60s because of how quickly it was canceled... As Doctor Who stayed on air until '89 its fans didn't get _that_ desperate until much later.
@@deadmetalbr it's amazing that they were so quick to start with their pencil and papers...
even the term 'mary sue' came from them
"I've seen them on Gallifrey in the constellation of Kasterborous." I'm sure Romana knows where Gallifrey is, Doctor.
Considering she's a Time Lady from Gallifrey herself, I should think so!
+HowlingSnail Daleks run on Macs we are superiour to the TARDIS ALL HAIL MAC ALL HAIL MAC
+Cecil Macs are great but you SUCK1
she had early onset Alzheimer's
@Aussie Nerd
Does that mean Cybermen runs on Windows?
I love that he explains to Romana that Gallifrey is in the constellation of Kasterborous. It's not like she's born there or anything.
Well maybe that’s just the way the Doctor likes to discribe Gallifrey regardless of whether she knows it or not
Ah unless that wasn't Romana but Princess Astra taken from his past while Romana was taken prisoner by those over-excited Prime Buyers... and he knew. :p
@@CrazyHorseTheSiouxW4rrior No 'maybe' about it. It was so ubiquitous, on the show "Dead Ringers" the actor _impersonating_ the Doctor always found a way to work that schtick in!
It's theatre. He's telling the audience.
"Don't patronize me Doctor. I'm a prime computer." That plus Tom Baker's reaction afterwards.
And when he puts his hand in front of Romana as if to say Don't look at it!
😁
They really did get married. Good thinking Prime Computer!
Sadly it only lasted two years.
The Phantom of the Paradise please make get them together please
@@thephantomoftheparadise5666 And then she married Richard Dawkins. 🤮
Fun Fact: Tom Baker wrote the script for these commercials himself.
YES! Tom Baker shipping the Docmana ship
timeladyjamie I imagine that's because they were married at the time
I don't believe that, because I never heard that before.
Baker and Ward *were* married, for a couple of years, but I'm not clear if they were married *yet* when these were shot.
Not so fun. More like 'shameful'. These are TERRIBLE!
That last commercial was funny as hell. "We just want to buy one."
If only all the episodes were that simple to solve! Daleks: We really just wanted a Prime computer!
A little spooky, too.
They kidnap and threaten the Time Lady companion to a feared, unpredictable galactic legend merely to extort a brand name from him for comparison shopping. What would these aliens employ at Black Friday sales? Interplanetary fighter craft at the least.
Reeks of Douglas Adams.
"Romana, will you marr-"
"Yes"
"Oh, Prime!"
Clever prime
@@Howyaduing You could say that again
OVA is better than Anime “clever prime”
Now here's the really fun question - was this written before he proposed to her? Was that his actual proposal? :-)
Imagine Michael Craze and Anneke Wills getting married when he was still alive
Tom Baker had an incredible acting presence even in these cheesy ads.
"Ok Prime, how long's my scarf?"
Ok Google, how long is Tom Baker's scarf?
Keaton Smith Prime did it before it was cool.
+Keaton Smith Daleks use apple computers they are superior and the doctor stays away
Tom Baker's scarf is as long as a nine year old boy.
+JUSTIN “JUSTINtheTRAIN” O.K. You must have a sucky computer. Google says it's 25ft. long.
Ok Siri how long is Tom Baker’s scarf?
"Clever prime."
"You can say that again!"
"Clever prime."
XD
The Doctor talking about how great a computer from the eighties is, is possibly the most hilarious thing I've ever seen. And it told him to marry Lala Ward?! No wonder their marriage didn't work out.
FatalDownpour it's too bad. Lala Ward was sooooo cute! I actually had a crush on her back then. ❤
She's married to Richard Dawkins now. That lucky old dog.
Friedrich der Weise you got that right brother.
Not anymore lol
@@mikekean8344 Hell, I have a crush on her _now._ Actually, it didn't occur to me how hot Mary Tamm's Romana was until recently, I'd have gladly let either of them board my TARDIS.
hhooookay when Romana gets real close to the camera and gets this suggestive face on and says 'it's terribly interactive' makes me LAWL. EVERY TIME.
1:51 This is the biggest: The Doctor and Romana Relationship teaser I'f ever seen! funny that he needed a commputer to tell him that, that's so like him, never sees what's right in front of him! The oldest child in the universe! :)
+regishel Great description of Tom's brilliant Doctor. He is still the best ever! I really miss the 4th Doctor. Always a pleasure to watch.
Linda Taylor
There's no one like Tom Baker's Doctor he is one of a kind.
Can't wait to read the Doctor Who: The Fourth doctor comic mini this month.
it is with Sarah though, but I am anticipating nothing less than awesome.
+regishel Can't wait either. Sounds like some great talent working on it! I 'M going to start calling the local comic book shops and Barnes & Noble to see if they know what day it's arriving. You can't even pre-order it because of demand and limited printing. Can't wait to see what Tom has up his sleeve when he comes back from his 2 month sabbatical in April. Tom reminds me of a big Teddy Bear. Just watched "The Sunmakers". Very good episode and his Doctor was so adorable in it. Especially the first scene with him and Leela in the Tardis and the very last scene when he grins with a "I was naughty boy just now" after he jerked the Tardis on purpose and pretended to apologize to K9. His Doctor was just to cute.
Tom Baker's face at the end of the third ad as he quickly looks at Lalla Ward is priceless. Wether this is canon or not, you can't deny the Doctor and Romana's chemistry in several episodes, even if it was mostly from Tom and Lalla being in love. Asexual? Yeah right, I heard Lalla once said something to the effect that she and Tom fell in love because the Doctor and Romana were.
I am actually against romance for the most part, and acting "asexual", but Romana was his own species so it made sense that they would have a romance... it always seemed right to me.
1:56
**Later**
Doctor: So when will we hold the wedding?
Romana: haha yea
Doctor: ...
Romana: oh wait you were serious back there
"lm finally up to date"
(spongebob narrator) : 24 years later.........
It probably would have worked better on the show than it did in real life.
All kidding aside, Tom and Lalla had excellent chemistry. You only have to watch "City of Death". It's one big date. Four and Romana is part of my personal canon.
Well... this convinced me to buy a prime computer.
same i want to buy one too...gonna use it to play fallout 4 there...
(6 years of loading, later.)
TheLearningCurveBoi
lol 😂
@@MondySpartan What: are you gonna sit inside it like a cockpit?
MARRY THE GIRL, DOCTOR!!
So, does this count as cannon?
+The Eleventh Doctor not for long though :(
+Jim Tiberius CLEVER PRIME !! I Had a serious crush on LALA WARD as a youngster I wasn't too crestfallen when she married my fav DR TOM BAKER !! just a tad jealous of course!!
Where's River! Somebody call River!
Lala Ward was cute.
I really wish Romania would've worn that pink costume more often. It fits so well with her. As well as The Doctor's burgundy costume.
I love both of those costumes, and I share your wish. These two are great together.
wow! I am a big Dr. Who fan, and also a programmer who programmed on Prime Computers for years. These computers were prevalent in government, manufacturing, and sales for many years. The operating system and languages on these boxes were used even in Nuclear Power Plants and are still a strong component of computer software for Higher Education. I never knew my favorite doctor hawked them on TV.
Romana looks so cute in that hat!
Tom Baker's I'm all up to date" and Lalla Ward's "It's terribly interactive" to me just screams potential for internet memes. :D
Ironically, Lalla Ward did end up marrying Tom Baker. It was fairly short though, but either way.
Wasn't it a year that they were married for?
Three actually.
Damn!
18 months I think
@@arguspanoptes9510 wikpida said 16 months
Great to see good ol' Tom Baker again in the Doctor Who role during the height of his time... still the greatest.
Agree. Greatest Doctor of them all!
It was odd they had Tom follow Colin. Tom was the second Baker to play the role of Doctor Who.
@@fjccommish And he'd already played a Time Lord... who'd _pulled a gun_ on the Doctor!
He was a member of the guards in "The Deadly Assassin".
1:56 And he did. Didn't last, though....
Lalla Ward looks very beautiful here.
I get the feeling one of them was written by a DoctorxRomana shipper fan. :P
Nope, they were written by Tom Baker who, at the time, was courting Lala Ward.
Stanley Pines can you blame him? She was soooooo cute.
@Me I know. I was a huge fan back in those days. I don't know what she looks like today, but back then she was so adorable!! 💖
@@stanleypines1026 "courting" LOOOOL is that what the kids these days call it?
Vishaan Singh Probably not. I just say it cause I think it sounds stupid and childish to say “going out”
2:51 Wow her screaming is very concerning more chilling than an entire Dr Who episode !
And The Doctor Says "It's A Prime!"
Second to last one is canon, absolutely, i don't cate
Lalla is too adorable for words.
Aliens hack onto TARDIS systems; Can't understand how to hack into Pr1me computer.
Prime was that good
Lalla Ward is beautiful!
cute will give you that
1:46
More real than anything New Who ever produced.
Watch out its an extreme classic who fan that hates all things new who
Angus Tomney Dude, Eccleston is my favourite Doctor.
I just meant that the romantic connection feels far more real than the Doctor's dalliances with either Rose or River.
+DarthRushy HAHAHAHA mine is Throughton
Angus Tomney What's your favourite story of all time?
+DarthRushy The Invasion
These are in a class beyond Priceless. I'm just seeing these for the first time.
His typing is sooo funny, also it's implied that Gallifrey has time travel but no computers.
Wow one day hopefully we will have computers as powerful as that Prime in our homes.
Was that the voice of Rowan Atkinson as the alien who wanted a computer? Really sounds like him.
I actually was convinced it was Sylvester McCoy for a minute. It sounds like an amalgamation of their two voices.
Sounded a bit like Phil Davis to me ...
Sad that their marriage didn't last. Thank you for sharing this!
Haha, I love Tom's face at 1:31.
+Amir Elkassed Love Tom's face as well. Still such a kid at heart. I still think his Doctor had the most natural sex appeal of any of them.....especially with that hair, those blue eyes, big smile and phenomenal voice!
Sol isn't a constellation, it's a star system...
Six years late to the party, but DW named the constellation that earth is in (i.e. the one constellation we humans cant see) "Sol" after the sun.
Why? Wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff.
Though really it's something science fiction writers, astronomers, and astrophysics have been discussing for years.
What exactly is "our" constellation.
And media like DW, that took the characters far from earth, often gives our constellation a boring name like "Sol".
@@TheGreyTurtleEntertainment And it's a constellation that depicts... what, exactly? In Doctor Who, probably a giant "HELP!" !
oh my god i really love those ads
i think that no one in our days could think of doing something like this.
one more point goes to the 80's
P.S. I'd forgotten how beautiful Lalla Ward was
Really enjoyed seeing this. Flashbacks to the mid/late 80's, when I worked at Pr1me.
Romana's scream is for real! Scary, man!😳
This >>>>>>> any of the romance in "New Who".
1:25, I love the way Tom says "Prime". It''s like in "Top Gear", how they say "Jag", and that if you've got a jag, you can get away with anything. I wonder if the same could be done with the Prime:
"Sir, I've just crashed the entire office's computer system"
"What?!"
"With my Prime"
"Well, it was a rubbish system anyway"
2:08 They finally told you the name of the Doctor!
Im surprised the BBC let them do commercials in character
Why not? - It would have made them tune into the BBC for more Dr Who episodes.
They were made for the Australian market so they probably allowed it cause it was international
This is absolutely canon IMHO
To be honest, I haven't seen the classic series yet [I'll get around to it....as soon as I get around to it!] but, really, this did make me speechless...can't wait to see what classic will do to blow my mind either negatively or positively!
Theese adverts are sooooooo cheesey
There so damn adorable!!!!
yeah the do give that classic advert charm.
James McBrierty It's so bad it's funny
+Karl Hiramanek Here we go again. If it involves Tom Baker you will hate it. I don't really care who they put in these.....they would still be really fun and adorable ads as long as the two people involved had an ounce of charm. Compared to half the commercials run in America today these are much more enjoyable and intelligent.
Linda Taylor Yeah, I totally hate Tom Baker, that's why he's my profile picture. You're like the modern Tennant fangirls except for Baker. It doesn't matter how the quality is. I'm not even criticizing him, we're joking about how bad the ads are, not the actors. Yet you take offense because you think everything he's ever been in is automatically perfect. Can't take any criticism at all.
0:50 He talks about Gallifrey like he only been there once. Telling you where the planet is. I guess the writer did not know that was his home planet.
1:47 O_o Tom and Lalla in character while being out of character.
CARROT JUICE!!!!!
So that was like the best three minutes of my life.
I'm sure he meant to advertise the ZX-81 computer, lol
Prime computers were really out of this world... I remember more than 48 people at the same time running s2020 (like excel, but at least functional)
When 4MB ram was enough for more than 48 people at the same time...
One of our sales ladies in the Bellevue Washington Pr1me Computer office had a framed print still from this ad series. As a 14 year Pr1me Computer veteran, Thank You Tradisgirlfrance, very much for posting this! Today I just got a message from a fellow former Pr1me employee that I had not heard from since the late 1980's, sending him the link to this, in case he has not seen it yet.
Better than season 11...
or series 11 as some people call it.
Honestly if these were the commercials that interrupted my programming I wouldn't mind in the slightest 😂
I love that in the last one Romana is clearly tied to a regular Earth dining room chair! 😹
Also, how sad it didn't work out. They were so cute together!
I hope he didn't try to run his TARDIS with these things...
2:06: The "I MUST find out why Superman peanut butter is so delicious!" of computers.
This is quite possibly the funniest thing I've ever seen. It's just so dated.
"It talks to other computers?"
"Of course it does! It's a Prime!"
That's even closer than you think, they married IRL in December 1980.
This was seriously great.
Brilliant series of commercials. So fun to watch.
Brilliant, well done. Good to see this is still around.
that awkward moment when the camera work is better than the real show.... (seriously its ussally a single shot with it slowly zooming on one chrathers face. get your shit together, BBC)
...And the fact that he was married to her in REAL life just makes me smile every time...
THE Doctor Tom Baker and his ex-missus. I think we used Prime's at junior school briefly. That concrete jungle was The Barbican in London ?
How technology has changed now
I believe it was the third doctor who called computers "sophisticated idiots", yet here's his successor trying to sell them,
Yeah, not so loud you'll wake Al and Murph in the repair lab of Bldg 21.
This fucking ROCKS
Is is amusing to see the Doctor gushing over this primitive computer.
He saw these on Gallifrey? well then how does Gallifreys computers compare to ours today eh? XD Computers in the 80s were a bit crap wernt they compared to todays :P
***** lol Im not trying to make a point, I just found it a bit funny cuz It gave me the initial impression that Gallifrey's computers were a bit, you know crap XD
Jeremy Xu
Or Outdated, since we have computers with new Operating Systems and new parts coming out (I'm looking at you, GTX Titan and Intel core I9 *If Core I9 is the next Intel Processor*
Most probably he saw them in a museum somewhere.
Sakuramaiden1993 Like his TARDIS? :P
DoctorCrossover possibly :P
the marrying scene forshadowed the future.
Never seen these before. Brilliant, thanks for posting.
These are fantastic. Really fun. I didn't even know they existed.
A community college I worked at had a bunch of Prime mini's like this ;) (they were running Datatel Colleague on Unidata).
0:37 "In emergency dial 999"
I thought the whole point of the dedicated Police phone box was that it could only be used to contact the police.
I mean, that's also not what the sign says in the show.
He should've stayed until 1984, then he would've been the Doctor for 10 years and would've played a part in the 20th anniversary.
Even in short commercials Tom Baker aces his script(s)
Omigosh these are so cute! Love Tom Baker. I hate that these two couldn't make it work.
This was still in the era when computers were little more than a toy or a novelty item. Anyone’s smart phone could do so much more today.
Toy? It was an expensive toy at $165K.
More like a hundredth the size. And more like 30 years ago. (Colour, pictures, even video were around on computers in 1989.) ☺
Yes, I'm aware that Lalla remarried with the famous astronomer and outspoken atheist(and one-time Doctor Who guest star!).
"But can it play DOOM, Doctor?"
I don't remember these at all! I'm surprised they didn't infringe Doctor Who copyright.
I love the Romana/Doctor shipping! :D :D :D
They are such a cute couple.
Probably the only time you'll ever hear a classic Doctor use a swear word ("damn"), lol
+Kerry Pike Well, except the clip of him swearing at K9.
HowlingSnail this is true! Lol!
I hadn't counted that, cause it was an outtake, but yeah. True, so very true! XD
+Kerry Pike Or the three doctors..
+Dbn There are several outtakes of Tom swearing in Doctor Who on TH-cam!
Doctors swear, companions swear its nothing new (see the commentary for Warriors Gate Lalla Ward did and it got to the scene of Romana hiding with Adric).
The two best Timelord actors ever.
That sock monster is about to nuzzle Romana to death!
I like how back before VCRs were ubiquitous, no one saw "Step into the 80's!" as a slogan that would be around long enough to seem dumb.
LMAO! Nice Tennant/Davison sideslip! :D
The Doctor marrying Romana is weird, yet intruigingly interesting. That might have been a good idea for the show. Personaly I loved them thogether.
I only saw the shipper's one, where she moans "clever prime". I never knew there are so many of them.
LALLA WARD IS MY FAVOURITE ACTORS TO PLAY RAMMON