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From: ericf@uwvax.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho
Subject: The Five Doctors, Logopolis, et. al.
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Date: Mon, 12-Mar-84 01:21:10 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 12 01:21:10 1984
Date-Received: Mon, 12-Mar-84 07:22:59 EST
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Well, WHA just had a Dr. Who marathon consisting of The Five Doctors,
The Three Doctors, The Planet of the Spiders, Logopolis, and whatever
the first episode with Davison is called.  Oh, I almost forgot, they
also showed the movie "The Daleks' Invasion of Earth", with Peter
Cushing (it's actually worth forgetting, but after 10 1/2 hours
of Dr. Who, it's hard to get up out of the chair).

I don't like to play critic, but in response to a recent net article
I would like to say I enjoyed The Five Doctors very much (though I
wish Tom Baker hadn't gotten "stuck" in a time vortex.  I know that
the reason for this has already shown up on the net).  I never take
any doctors very seriously, which is what makes them so enjoyable.
I particularly liked seeing all the doctors, since I've seen primary
Tom Baker, with a bit of Jon Pertwee (sp?) way back (about 6 years ago).

Enough of playing critic (which I said I don't like to do, but did
anyway, since after 12 hours of The Doctor I'm seeing Daleks or
The Master around every corner).  I have a question.  In "Logopolis"
(I think... it becomes a blur after a while), where Tom Baker is
regenerating, this odd white mummy-like creature sort of helps him
along.  This "Watcher", as he comes to be called, has been hanging around
during the entire episode.  When The Doctor actually does regenerate,
someone exclaims "Why, he's been the Doctor all along".  My question
is who or what was that white thing?  What does he have to do with
the Doctor's regeneration?

Thanks in advance (sorry to be so long)...

				"Egg-salad" (which is what the
						Cybermen sound like when
						they say "excellent")

-- 

					-Eric Feigenson

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