Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site abnji.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!mhuxv!abnji!nyssa From: nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken) Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho Subject: Re: Greatest Fight by the Doctor Message-ID: <846@abnji.UUCP> Date: Tue, 3-Sep-85 12:54:57 EDT Article-I.D.: abnji.846 Posted: Tue Sep 3 12:54:57 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 4-Sep-85 06:38:19 EDT References: <201@uw-june>, <192@laidbak.UUCP> Organization: Terminus Hospital, Incorporated Lines: 66 Keywords: Compressability test. >>ask "What is your favourite Doctor fight". This should be easy to answer >>as there aren't that many. In fact I can only think of one recent >>hand-to-hand combat featuring the Doctor. Valid entries must be physical >>combat, no guns, sonic screwdrivers or anything else of that nature. > >The first to pop to mind is the fourth Doctor vs. Lt. Styre >in <>. The fact that he used >strategy rather than Venusian Karate has to put >this near the top of my 'favorite' list. > >Seems the third Doctor was more physical, but I don't >remember many examples right off. A good example was with the Draconians in the Draconian Embassy. >Didn't #4 also have a prolonged stay in the Matrix, >resulting in hand to hand? You are thinking of Deadly Assassin. As an aside, I'm sure the Doctor would state that he'd prefer people not to remember his fights, but remember the times that he used his "diplomatic skills" (who said that?) to prevent fights from occurring. In Frontier in Space, remember how his diplomacy avoided an inter- stellar war. >Jonathan E. Quist > > > ``Have you tried a Fourier analysis? > Something to write with.'' ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| # # ## # #### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## # # # # #### # # # ##### ##### # #### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ####### # # ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # ##### # # # #### ### #### # # #### ##### ###### #### ### # # # # # # # # # ### # # # # # # # ##### #### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ### ### # #### #### # ###### #### ### -- James C. Armstrong, Jnr. {ihnp4,cbosgd,akgua}!abnji!nyssa Maybe they'll want one of your women to experiment on, perhaps I shall take this one to them! -who said it, what story? (Get the reply to me by Thursday!)