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From: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
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Subject: Companions.
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Date: Fri, 19-Oct-84 00:00:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 19 00:00:00 1984
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I can't understand how people like Adric, Nyssa and Tegan unless they
just started watching them.  They are no comparison to Leela, Romana I,
Sarah Jane or Romana II.   Hell, I even liked Jo, even though she was
the typical helpless female, because at least Katy Manning played the
character appropriately.  She and the Doctor had a well-played father-
daughter type relationship.   Characters like Romana(s) had a good
equals relationship.  Leela was just superb and Sarah at least had
a personality even if she sometimes got in the way.

The newer companions just seem to be there for the ride.  They don't
interact well with the Doctor, even in the few episodes that Davison
really shined.  You could never see any love at all between them.

Previous companions were really that - companions.  AN&T are more
like stowaways - the Doctor's always wondering just why he has
them along.

Even Harry, my least favourite of the Pertwee/Baker series, was superior
to them in this way.
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Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473