Doctor Who: 10 Things Everyone Always Gets Wrong About The Doctor
4. Jelly Babies Originated With Tom Baker
Jelly babies are synonymous with Tom Baker, there's no argument there, and most appearances of the delicious confection are, of course, nods to the iconic Fourth Doctor. Jelly babies are found on the Seventh Doctor's person when he's shot in San Francisco, while the Ganger Doctor offers jelly babies to the real Eleventh Doctor - in the voice of Tom Baker, no less.
However, the Doctor's love of jelly babies didn't actually originate with Baker's Doctor, and it goes back much further than the 1970s.
The first reference to a jelly baby in Doctor Who actually dates back to 1968's Second Doctor serial The Dominators. Here, the Second Doctor munches on some jelly babies while waiting inside one of the travel capsules. When Troughton returned to the show for The Three Doctors, the Second Doctor offers the Brigadier a jelly baby in the TARDIS.
The Second Doctor still has jelly babies to hand in The Five Doctors, so it's the Doctor's second incarnation who first got a taste for them, rather than the Fourth.