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From: andre@nrcvax.UUCP (Andre Hut)
Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho
Subject: Re: how many Romana's are there?
Message-ID: <573@nrcvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 17-Mar-86 14:13:39 EST
Article-I.D.: nrcvax.573
Posted: Mon Mar 17 14:13:39 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 21-Mar-86 04:46:23 EST
References: <774@well.UUCP>
Reply-To: andre@nrcvax.UUCP (Andre Hut)
Organization: Network Research Research Corp.  Oxnard,CA
Lines: 47
Keywords: tom baker,romana,mary tamm,lella ward

In article <774@well.UUCP> mom@well.UUCP (Gremlin) writes:
>	(I know there's only one Romana but ...) I just started watching Dr.
>Who here in San Jose Calif. (7:30 PM PST channel 54 KTEH for the person who
>wanted to know some stations around the country) Any way I 'm getting off the 
>track here. What I wanted to know is last night when I was watching the first
>episode of 'Destiny of the Daleks' (tom baker) I noticed that they pulled a 
>fast one on me by replacing Mary Tamm as Romana with Lella Ward as Romana who
>just happened to be Princess Astra in the previous series 'The Armagedon
>Factor'. I was just getting used to Mary Tamm as Romana (and she is much better
>looking) after the Dr. had left his previous sidekick on some planet a few
>stories back (she ran around in some kind of lepeord looking short skirt and 
>K9 #1 also stayed with her). Anyway, how often does this happen? how many 
>Romana's are there? Whats the meaning of life? oops , sorry that's another
>show.
>

There were only two actors that played Romana.  Romana simply liked the
body of Princess Astra, so in her regeneration, she chose that form.

>	Also, refering back to a few previous shows ... why in the h... did 
>the Dr. spend all that time chasing down all the pieces to the key to time only
>to scatter them all over the universe again? (at the end of Armagedon Factor).
>

Far better to scatter the pieces than to have the Black Guardian get ahold
of it...

    It did seem like a big waste of effort though.  I liked the key-to
-time episodes, because for once the show had a definite purpose, instead of
the Doctor randomly showing up someplace (in the nick of time) to fix
something or somebody.  You knew what they were after, and once they had a
piece, you would know what they would do next.

Stay Tuned!
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