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Subject: Re: Dr. Who companions
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Date: Thu, 14-Mar-85 23:53:37 EST
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From: Alastair Milne <milne@uci-icse>



   How could you leave out Sarah Jane Smith !!??!!  Introduced on various 
occasions by the Doctor as "my best friend" (eg, in Seeds of Doom); a 
journalist; independent and high-spirited; rescued him on a couple of 
occasions; and, on at least one occasion, blew him a raspberry when she 
thought he needed it.  Nothing like his technical ability (which Romana had),
but she at least knew what "proficient" meant (which Leela didn't): a good
foil, but not too much of one.
 
   I don't have a favourite companion, since there are things about all of 
them that I like (even Harry, though he was surely one of the most 
ineffectual), but Sarah is certainly one of the best.

   (And if you thought the Doctor looked upset when he said "Good-bye,
Savage," at the end of Invasion of Time (to Leela), how about his leave-taking
of Sarah at the end of Hand of Fear?  He was not at all pleased, and neither 
was she.  In fact, I really expected him to come back to pick her up again, 
after he had finished with Gallifrey.  Which shows what I knew of the rest 
of the series at the time.)

				Alastair Milne