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From: nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken)
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Subject: Re: recycled characters
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Date: Tue, 24-Dec-85 07:30:28 EST
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>To forestall questions: I think that the Doc's sidekicks built up to Leela,
>who was the greatest, and went downhill from there (with late Nyssa as a
>short-term reversal of the slide).  K9 doesn't count; I like him anytime
>John Leeson did the voice.

Actually, I think they've been going down hill since Jamie, but that
is my personal opinion.

I also suspect that had I been ten years older, I'd have fallen madly
in love with Anneke Wills, then Deborah Watling...

Speaking of Deborah Watling, did anybody notice her in "Danger UXB"
about 5 years ago?  Another character in that series later appeared
as a guest star in a Peter Davison story.  Who was it, and what were
his roles?

>Is it my imagination, or did the BBC give the Doc younger sidekicks as a 
>reaction to the age of the viewers?

Not entirely.  It was part that, but also an attempt to get away from
the know-it-all companions, Romana and K9.  Adric was for the younger
viewers, Nyssa for the young men, and Tegan for the fathers.
-- 
James C. Armstrong, Jnr.	{ihnp4,cbosgd,akgua}!abnji!nyssa

"Getting a bit rough, is it?"
"Remain silent, or you will die"  Who said them, what story?