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From: shz@hlexa.UUCP (Sally Handy-Zarnstorff)
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Subject: Re: The Five Doctors, Logopolis, et. al.
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Date: Wed, 14-Mar-84 20:20:21 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 14 20:20:21 1984
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Several people commented that Peter Davison seemed personality-less
in the Five Doctors.  He is much better in the regular episodes.
I thought all the doctors were pretty blah in Five Doctors due to
the skimpy plot and dialog, but I did like the idea of having them
all in one show.

Is there anyone whose favorite doctor is different than the one they
knew first?  That seems to be the pattern...

I also found Logopolis confusing, and would like to hear others'
analyses.  I have not seen other regenerations, but offer my
interpretation despite ignorance:
   Imagine that it is possible to separate the regeneration process
   into two processes:  physical and non-physical.  
   Somebody (like the Time Lords) realized how dangerous the
   situation could be for the Doctor, so they made a partial re-
   generation (the physical part), and sent this ghostly creature
   (the Watcher) to the Doctor.   The Doctor met with the Watcher
   near the beginning of "Logopolis", and gave him a backup copy of
   his essence (soul?  knowledge?), which would be needed to complete
   the regeneration.   At the end of the show, when the current doctor
   passed out of worldly existence, the Watcher passed into existence.

 			Excuse me, but you're standing on my scarf...
--Sally Handy-Zarnstorff         
  AT&T Bell Laboratories, Short Hills, NJ
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