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From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho
Subject: Dr. Who's and his assistants
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Date: Wed, 21-Mar-84 13:00:44 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 21 13:00:44 1984
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In the last year or so that I have been watching the good Dr. I have had
the ability to see episodes from the latter part of Tom Baker's time (with
K-9 and Romana) and a good number of the Peter Davison episodes (with
Adrick, Teegan, and Nyssa). Currently, they are showing early episodes with
Sara Jane and Baker.

When it comes to picking a favorite doctor, I find it real hard to choose,
because both of the ones that I have seen are quite good at playing the
Doctor in their own way. Davison started very slowly, and it looked like it
took him a while to figure out what he wanted to character to look like.
Once he got going, he is quite good. One thing I didn't like as much about
Baker was his very flippant attitude. He didn't seem to care that the fate
of all reality was at stake because he knew he'd muddle through somehow.
Davison isn't nearly as sure of himself, and that makes things a lot more
interesting to me.

The key of the show to me isn't the doctor at all, though. It is the
assistants. Put a good assistant up against the doctor and you have a real
combination. There is nothing quite so funny/interesting as the interplay
between Romana and Baker unless it is K9 and Baker. Both were very good at
taking him down a notch when neccessary. Adrick, as abrasive as he was, was
also good for this, and I do miss him. Sara jane, Nyssa, and Teegan are all
screamers, great at getting in trouble, terrible at things like intelligent
thought. They might as well be cardboard cutouts, and the episodes they are
in are much less interesting because of it...

chuq

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