jeffe@uoregon.UUCP (jeffe) (04/15/85)
>Has anyone noticed that when more recent companions leave the Doctor, they >often attempt to remove as much of their clothing as possible? Actually, as it seems lately, companions seem to leave with fewer clothes than when they joined. Perhaps that is how the Doctor gets such a large wardrobe. Anyway, it leaves open the question of what is Peri going to wear when she leaves? When she joined, she was wearing a bikini! Jeff Eaton ..!ogcvax!uoregon!jeffe
gts@wjh12.UUCP (G. T. Samson) (04/15/85)
Has anyone noticed that when more recent companions leave the Doctor, they often attempt to remove as much of their clothing as possible? Example from MY experience are Nyssa (dropping her skirt on Terminus because "It's so hot...") and Turlough (down to boxer shorts because of the heat on the Trion prison planet). -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: G. T. Samson Quote: "No matter where you go...there you are." -- B. Banzai Other_Quote: "You speak treason!" "Fluently!" -- The Doctor ARPA: gts@wjh12 [preferred] OR samson%h-sc4@harvard USMail: Lowell H-41, Harvard U., Cambridge, MA 02138
nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken) (04/17/85)
>Has anyone noticed that when more recent companions leave the Doctor, they >often attempt to remove as much of their clothing as possible? Which brings up the question, what does Peri take off??? >Example from MY experience are Nyssa (dropping her skirt on Terminus because >"It's so hot...") and Turlough (down to boxer shorts because of the heat on >the Trion prison planet). Actually, it was on earth, he took off his shorts to dive into the water to save a drowning Peri. -- James C. Armstrong, Jnr. ihnp4!abnji!nyssa In the sight of the Great Video, and of Varos, who gave his name to our planet, we pray that you accept the lives of these humble deviants, in recompense for their sins. We also pray that you look benignly upon us, and down upon your people as servants.
ckuppe@spock.UUCP (Charles A. Kupperman '87 ) (04/20/85)
The removal of clothing by Nyssa was because of the fact that all along when she was a companion, fans of the show classified as young and male, kept asking, especially in Dr. Who Monthly, to put her in a skirt, considering she wore pants after Castrovalva. In Snakedance, JNT "granted their wish" and decided to "show lots more leg! " Which Sarah Sutton, in an interview simply thought was good if it pleased the fans. In Terminus, they took things to extremes. Also, fans were always begging for pinups of Nyssa (And Tegan.) Eventually, as one of their famous jokes, the Monthly staff showed Nyssa and Tegan pinups in one issue... both 100 years old, as in Mawdryn Undead! Turlough, I think was an in-joke, a reference back to this, and for a while there was a group dedicated to equal rights, and insisting that Turlough, too, and even the Doctor himself, had great legs! Let's have a new debate: Was Katarina really a companion? She had the savagery of Leela, the naivete of Vicki, the courage of Jamie, and the sweetness of Victoria. I regret to never having seen her, but I saw one scene with her- the famous Kirksen airlock scene, which I have on VHS somewhere. Come on, let's have your opinions on Katarina- they don't have to be firsthand, do you think she, and maybe Yates and the Master could enter into it too, do you think they were companions or not? Charles Kupperman, "Doctor, sometimes you amaze me! " "Only sometimes?" New Contest: No prize to the guy who names every quote in every note! Previous note's quote was from the Awakening, part I.
nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken) (04/26/85)
>Let's have a new debate: Was Katarina really a companion? >She had the savagery of Leela, the naivete of Vicki, the courage of >Jamie, and the sweetness of Victoria. I regret to never having seen >her, but I saw one scene with her- the famous Kirksen airlock scene, >which I have on VHS somewhere. >Come on, let's have your opinions on Katarina- they don't have to be >firsthand, do you think she, and maybe Yates and the Master could enter >into it too, do you think they were companions or not? Katarina qualifies as a companion, as she was a person who travelled on the TARDIS as a friend of the Doctor's, regardless for how long a time, with the intention of continuing on to later journeys and adventures. (Hence, Sarah Kingdom qualifies, whereas the Master doesn't (he fails point one), and the BA crew in Timeflight doesn't (they fail point two). I make an exception for UNIT, as that organization should qualify for an equal status with the companions, although they almost never travelled. -- James C Armstrong, Jnr. ihnp4!abnji!nyssa Chap with wings there, five rounds rapid!