percus@acf4.UUCP (Allon G. Percus) (11/09/85)
> >> In a companion I look for a character that works well with the > >> Doctor, entertains the audience, and does not bring the show into > >> disrepute. Based on that, ... bad companions have been: > >> Adric (brings show into disrepute) Oh, goody. Another Adric argument. > >Come now, what's wrong with poor Adric? Maybe you didn't like him > >but "disrepute"? He died bravely saving the prehistoric earth. It seemed that as the show went on, Adric became more and more poorly scripted. He had, without a doubt, some of the best and funniest lines (which most people overrlook), but the character became increasingly Black and White (figuratively, that is). I don't think he brought the show into disrepute, and I don't see what bearing the statement "he died saving earth" has on the performance of his character. I do, however, think that Matthew Waterhouse would have been infinitely better if he was allowed to do more of what he wanted. He could easily, for example, have had a Tom Bakerish attitude towards things after the regeneration, to compensate for the "Tom Baker backlash" at that time. > Fine, but many times before that he worked to the detriment of the > Doctor. Remember Castrovalva? Kinda? Four to Doomsday? Come on now, James. That's the whole fun of a character. However, I agree that it didn't work out in Adric's case. I only wish that it was Nyssa on board the freighter crashing intoo Earth, not Adric. Better still, the Master should have killed her in "Keeper of Traken." However, I don't want to pile a Nyssa argument on top of this. (I'm sorry, but I can't help this [chuckle :-), chuckle :-)]. I had a great idea on how to get rid of Nyssa: when the Doctor jettisoned part of the TARDIS in "Castrovalva," Nyssa should have been in that part. Then, bye bye.) . ------- |-----| A. G. Percus |II II| (ARPA) percus@acf4 |II II| (NYU) percus.acf4 |II II| (UUCP) ...{allegra!ihnp4!seismo}!cmcl2!acf4!percus |II II| ------- "I love your butler -- he's so violent :-)" [Which story?]