Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ih1ap.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ih1ap!worp From: worp@ih1ap.UUCP (Roger Espinosa) Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho Subject: Favorite Romana & Doctor Message-ID: <497@ih1ap.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Jul-85 12:45:32 EDT Article-I.D.: ih1ap.497 Posted: Mon Jul 1 12:45:32 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 2-Jul-85 05:31:34 EDT Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 40 *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR CLOISTER BELL *** First, I would like to come to the defense of Pertwee. I think the way he portrayed the Doctor was great. If only he had been given good scripts. I mean, just try and read some of the books based on Pertwee stories: they reek! Sure, the books are targetted for the junior market, but a plot is a plot. (i.e. THE GREEN SLIME. Sure, green slime from nowhere?) Doctor #3 had a great cast, with UNIT and Jo and Sarah (never saw Liz), but the plots were horrid most of the time. Davison has always been attacked. It's too bad he followed Baker, who I believe was the longest running Doctor and the most frequently seen one in America. I, too, wasn't sure about his performance in CASTROVALVA. And we in Chicago only saw the first five, up to TIME FLIGHT. Then it was back to Pertwee. Recently I saw all the Davison, and enjoyed them immensely. I felt more a loss when Davison "died" than when Baker did, actually. And Colin Baker's first words (cringe) "A change...and it's about time" (cringe again). Was this supposed to be sarcastic???? Anyway, my favorite Romana (to answer the poll) is Lalla Ward. Even though the polls at school favored Mary Tamm, she didn't seem to act as well as Ward. And the chemistry (obviously) between Ward and Baker was great, especially in CITY OF DEATH (which I lost the last ten minutes to, thanks to Mister End of Video Tape). Ah well. That's it for me. -- Life is a foreign film, and I can't understand the subtitles. Roger Espinosa, YASS [Yet Another Summer Student] ih1ap!worp