uri@mit-amt.MIT.EDU (Stuart Freedman) (02/12/86)
I just talked to a friend of mine who has a friend who got a letter from a friend in England who said that it's official: Nicola Bryant (Peri) is leaving the series. I believe that the new companion was also named, but I don't remember (I certainly didn't recognize the name; I think the person's first name was Connie, but who knows?). Could someone who is in-touch post the 'real scoop' and illuminate us all? Thanks. Stuart Freedman Work: decvax!mcnc!rti-sel!dg_rtp!freedman Voice: +1(617)870-9659 or rti-sel!dg_rtp!freedman@mcnc.CSNET Home: c/o uri@media-lab.mit.edu (put my name in the Subject line) (disregard .signature tacked on below) -- Uri Feldman uri@media-lab.mit.edu MIT Media Laboratory E15-321 (617)253-0326 20 Ames St., Cambridge, MA 02139
percus@acf4.UUCP (Allon G. Percus) (02/13/86)
Well, if that decision is true, I'm definitely not unhappy. However,
how will they do the transition to the new companion? (The way they
did Romana's regeneration was rather nice, but what could be done
here, short of a complete jump in continuity.)
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-------mom@sfmag.UUCP (M.Modig) (02/13/86)
> I just talked to a friend of mine who has a friend who got a letter from a > friend in England who said that it's official: Nicola Bryant (Peri) is > leaving the series. I believe that the new companion was also named, but I > don't remember (I certainly didn't recognize the name; I think the person's > first name was Connie, but who knows?). Could someone who is in-touch post > the 'real scoop' and illuminate us all? Thanks. > Nicola Bryant will be leaving sometime during the upcoming season. The new companion will be played by Bonnie Langford; she has little acting experience, but she is well-known as a singer and dancer. According to DWFCA, British fans are not too happy with this change-- they accuse JN-T of selecting someone he could take to U.S. cons and put in the cabarets. No details yet on the new companion's character, but I'm sure we'll hear more. Mark Modig ihnp4!sfmag!mom
mom@sfmag.UUCP (M.Modig) (02/14/86)
> Well, if that decision is true, I'm definitely not unhappy. However, > how will they do the transition to the new companion? (The way they > did Romana's regeneration was rather nice, but what could be done > here, short of a complete jump in continuity.) > Well, maybe they'll turn Peri into a Cyberman or a Dalek.:-) As for new cpmpanions, they'll probably just be picked up along the way during the course of the story like they always are, tho I agree some transitions are more abrupt than others. Mark Modig ihnp4!sfmag!mom
nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken) (02/14/86)
Nicola Bryant is being replaced by Miss Bonnie Langford. Bonnie was in
the original version of Cats in London, and has appeared on Broadway.
I have a friend in London (who knows Bonie) who is working on a complete
set of her credentials, this shall appear in the next issue of "A Mouth
on Legs", the official newsletter of The Jersey Jagaroth.
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James C. Armstrong, Jnr. {ihnp4,cbosgd,akgua}!abnji!nyssa
"But Doctor, we're on that island!"
"Oh my word!" who said them, what story?dkl@usl.UUCP (Dwayne K. Lanclos) (02/20/86)
The title of these series of articles seems a mite suggestive to me . . .
especially conisdering Peri encountered the Doctor in a bikini. :-)
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{akgua, ut-sally}!usl!dklayers@convex.UUCP (02/24/86)
>The title of these series of articles seems a mite suggestive to me . . . >especially conisdering Peri encountered the Doctor in a bikini. :-) The Doctor in a bikini! And I missed that!!! <Maybe next time> blues, II