Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site uwvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!uwvax!derek From: derek@uwvax.UUCP (Derek Zahn) Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho Subject: Re: Dr. Who Companion Poll Results Message-ID: <22@uwvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 31-Oct-84 11:51:35 EST Article-I.D.: uwvax.22 Posted: Wed Oct 31 11:51:35 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 3-Nov-84 20:11:30 EST References: <20@mot.UUCP> Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 20 > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > In light of the fact that the net voted Leela as most popular > Dr. Who companion, the following quote is interesting: > > "I didn't like the Leela character at all-- I thought it was out > of place, that this savage who goes around killing people wasn't > in context." > --Tom Baker in an interview in the Sept 1984 "Official Dr. Who Magazine" I think it likely that Baker just didn't like being upstaged -- Leela was the only companion he ever had that had (except K9) who seemed to have any personality when standing next to him. derek -- Derek Zahn @ wisconsin ...!{allegra,heurikon,ihnp4,seismo,sfwin,ucbvax,uwm-evax}!uwvax!derek derek@wisc-rsch.arpa