Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uwmacc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!demillo From: demillo@uwmacc.UUCP (Rob DeMillo) Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho Subject: Re: Black Orchid(well, davison..) Message-ID: <397@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Oct-84 13:32:19 EDT Article-I.D.: uwmacc.397 Posted: Tue Oct 16 13:32:19 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Oct-84 00:42:43 EDT References: <1526@cornell.UUCP> <1605@nsc.UUCP> Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center Lines: 34 > > The other main advantages of the Davison stuff is the companions. I'm not a > big fan of Teegan or Turlough, but Adric (until they waste him in > Earthshock) was good for keeping the Dr. on his toes, and Nyssa is simply, > to lack of a better word, scrumptous. Intelligence, witty, self-assured, of > royal blood, and quite attractive-- now I know what I want for Christmas... > You can keep your grey haired gents, folks-- I know who the real sex symbol > of the series is.... *grin* I agree that Davison makes a fine Doctor. But I DO have a complaint about his companions: (a) There are far too many. 3 companions is hard to keep track of and even harder to write a story line for. Get at least two of them off the payroll. (b) What's all this I keep hearing about Sarah Sutton!? My God, she's absolutely awful!! She can't act, she can barely speak her friggin' lines - and she is NOT particularly attractive, in my opinion, either....as a matter of fact, the only thing she seems to be good at is being a wimp. ("I'll stay in the TARDIS," "let's wait and here what the Doctor says", or, more regularly: "SSSCCRREEAAAMMMM!!") Which brings me to a different topic: Why are the majority of women with the Doctor completely wimpy useless humanoids? The only exceptions that come to mind are Leela (she was great), Romana (although she seemed to do her fair share of screeching), and (barely) Tegan. Any thoughts about this? -- Rob DeMillo MACC ...seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!demillo