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From: worp@ih1ap.UUCP (Roger Espinosa)
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Subject: Favorite Romana & Doctor
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Date: Mon, 1-Jul-85 12:45:32 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul  1 12:45:32 1985
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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.


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Life is a foreign film, and I can't understand the subtitles.


	Roger Espinosa, YASS [Yet Another Summer Student]
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