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   From: noel.von.schneiffel@fats.teunc.org   
      
   On 3 Mai, 16:02, doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > solar penguin   wrote:   
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   > >On Thu, 02 May 2013 20:04:52 +0000, The Doctor wrote:   
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   > >> In article , solar penguin   
   > >>  wrote:   
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   > >>>So who do you think would win a fight between Tom Baker and Tom   
   > >>>Bombadil?   
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   > >> Bombadil   
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   > >Why?  And how would he do it?   
   >   
   > >The fun of these "who would win" discussions is the explanations of how   
   > >and why.  Just a simple answer is boring.   
   >   
   > Make a change from the Foul Mouth Baker!   
      
      
   Oh you uneducated kids! This has long been decided. The truth is, Tom   
   Baker *did* win against Tom Bombadil. They both applied at the BBC for   
   the role of The Doctor in 1973. But as we know, Baker got the role,   
   mostly because he did not add "ring-a-ding-dillo" after each line like   
   Bombadil did. The BBC people were quite mad about this, I think they   
   believed Bombadil was making fun of the Tardis' exterior with   
   telephone noises. (Wrongly so: Bombadil had sung like this since long   
   before the telephone was invented.)   
      
   In fact, the only larger role Tom Bombadil could ever secure was the   
   one as "Lobin" in a very bad Chinese Batman parody in 1964. And under   
   a pseudonym and with his head hidden in a box he was once able to win   
   two votes as a Very Silly candidate in Harpenden. But this is another   
   story entirely.   
      
   Noel   
      
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