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From: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
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Subject: Nuke Adric, Teegan, Nyssa and Pertwee
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Date: Wed, 21-Mar-84 00:00:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 21 00:00:00 1984
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Actually, I don't hate Pertwee, but I would like to see Adric, Nyssa
and Teegan blown apart.  I hear we get to see it happen to Adric.

For me, Pertwee is too pompous and not irreverent enough.  I still enjoy
his shows, but not as much as Tom Baker or some of the Peter Davison.
(Davison's companions ruin it for him.  Nathan-Turner wants to turn the
show into an action-adventure show, I think)  From what little I have
seen of Patrick Troughton, I liked him.

I would tend to agree with the suggestion you are loyal to your first
Doctor, but I vaguely recall seeing Pertwee episodes when I was young.
I started Baker several years later as an adult.

In my opinion however, what makes the show good is the actor.  It's
surely not the SFX, acting of some of the companions or the writing.
And the character I fell in love with was the subtly omnipotent yet at
the same time absent-minded and irreverent Tom Baker.   How can you take
things seriously when you land on alien planets in a Police Box?

Tom Baker had a truly "alien" quality about him.  His actions and reactions
were not quite what you would expect from a human.  I can't imagine
Jon Pertwee saying "Never trust gimmicky gadgets!" or any other of the
more memorable lines from the Baker years.  But alas, it's one man's opinion.
I have only seen 12 episodes of Davison, and while I didn't like Castrovalva
or Kinda, I really enjoyed "Four to Doomsday" - it showed real potential.
-- 
	Brad Templeton - Waterloo, Ontario (519) 886-7304