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From: avsdT:deborah@avsdS.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Dr. Who -- pre/post Baker episodes
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Date: Wed, 31-Aug-83 17:08:07 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 31 17:08:07 1983
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Ah, the question of Tom Baker versus Peter Davison.  I live in Menlo Park,
Cal.  Dr. Who shows here in the Bay area on 2 stations at three times.
KTEH (channel 54, San Jose ) shows full length movies at 11:15 Saturdays.
They have shown three Davison episodes so far. 54 also shows 23 minute
episodes 5 days a week at 6pm. They have just started the 'Key to Time'
series, which is the third to last season with Tom Baker.  According
to my local tv guide, KQED (channel 9) shows Dr. Who at about 2:30 pm
on Saturday afternoon.  Since I'm rarely home then, I've never seen it
on that station, and don't know where they are in the series.

The mention of Tom Baker getting 'surly' in the later episodes is something
I never noticed. However, KTEH recently showed an interview with Baker,
taped in May when he was in Palo Alto for a Dr. Who convention. He sounds
like a rather unhappy fellow on the whole. He liked working with the Dr.
Who team, but wanted to move on to something else. Did you know Tom Baker
was in a seminary for 6 years, and was discovered by Laurence Olivier?

I believe KTEH's motivation for showing the Davison episodes was from
viewer feedback. I made a point of calling up and joining the station
particularly during Dr. Who, so as to vote with my money.

-deborah gronke bennett
fortune!dsd!atd!t:deborah