Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site looking.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!looking!brad From: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho Subject: Nuke Adric, Teegan, Nyssa and Pertwee Message-ID: <139@looking.UUCP> Date: Wed, 21-Mar-84 00:00:00 EST Article-I.D.: looking.139 Posted: Wed Mar 21 00:00:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 22-Mar-84 01:42:31 EST References: <174@siemens.UUCP> Organization: Looking Glass Software, Waterloo, Ont Lines: 27 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