Tom Bombadil should have been in the first book CB but, as in the earlier animated version, was excluded as not being crucial to the plot. Pity as I liked him but with so many things going an I guess they couldn't include everything.

As to seeing a real Orc. Just come up to Ingleton in Yorkshire during the winter and watch some of the cavers...;-)

Cheers

Dave the (non-orcish) Gnome