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From: jerry@uwmcsd1.UUCP (Jerry Lieberthal)
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Subject: Re: Favorite Romana & Doctor
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Date: Fri, 2-Aug-85 01:55:36 EDT
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>      Allow me to express an opinion which I have often been told
> is entirely my own.  My favorite Romana, and indeed my favorite
> Companion, is Lalla Ward.
> 
>      A while back, KTEH (Channel 54, San Jose) broadcast a "special"
> episode featuring all (then) 5 doctors.  They used #2 in person,
> and had someone else play #1.  However, Baker & Lalla Ward
> remained suspended after just a brief bit of film that might have
> been culled from the archive.  Does anyone know why this was?
> Did Baker object to a publicity episode such as this?


The reason was that Baker pulled out of the project in the early going,
(I don't remember the exact reason), and the BBC used a short bit of film
from an episode that was never aired (SHADA, I think).  Too bad, because
I wanted to see Baker in the special..