He largely did so already, of course, in Mork And Mindy, which like plenty of Tom Baker Doctor Who stories was largely a space for the star to be strange and funny. I grew up with it as much as Doctor Who, so my view of alien visitors is probably a bit skewed towards lovable eccentrics with dubious taste in clothes. The braces were totally Doctor, for one thing. Exiled to our world by his wise fancy-hat-and-robe-wearing superiors, a seemingly human alien befriends a very down-to-earth young woman...
Robin Williams, 1951-2014
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