Would kind of so love this too be true if it just wasn't for the fact that Tom just isn't the man he once was & I don't want a 4th Dr story any other way than how the 4th Dr always looked. Unfortunately the only way to bring back the 4th Dr would be old footage inserted & maybe Tom can dub lines according to the script.

There's an ageing Tennant clone in the Whoverse now - why could Tom not have one too?

Let's face it, the guy isn't the Byronic beanpole he once was. Can't see how they could do it and not have it look a bit sh*t.

If you read the Sky News report more carefully, it mentions that Series 5 may feature a story involving the Doctor meeting Winston Churchill. Tom Baker now resembles old Winston more than his Doctor - and Tom today is no doubt as equally crusty and bombastic as Winston was during wartime. Therefore, I'd be putting my money on Tom playing WC, not just rehashing the fourth Doctor! I think casting TB in a different role would be great - and really challenge his range as an actor (let's be honest, in his last couple of years as the Doctor, even TB found the role tedious! I think he'd find playing WC a hoot and much more interesting!). Plus, the Cardiff production team would still have a great selling point for the series - Tom Baker is back in Doctor Who nearly 30 years after he left it - but not as the Doctor! Anyway, if there's a strong case for bringing back a former Doctor as the Doctor, I'd rather see Paul McGann make an appearance as the Eighth Doctor in flashback, as the Sun was mooting recently, but which the BBC denied!