Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sunybcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!sunybcs!acsgjjp From: acsgjjp@sunybcs.UUCP (An L space Time Lord) Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho Subject: Confessions of a former non-Whovian Message-ID: <194@sunybcs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 31-Jul-84 17:33:32 EDT Article-I.D.: sunybcs.194 Posted: Tue Jul 31 17:33:32 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 1-Aug-84 00:30:05 EDT Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science Lines: 41 [They say the evil one eats babies...] Well, I saw for the second time last night, my first Dr. Who episode, "Horror of Fang Rock", episode 2. The first time I saw it, I hated it. I didn't know what the h--l was going on. And where were the special effects? It's supposed to be a science fiction show, right? These were my opinions back in 1981, or 1982. After a while, and at the urging of one of my friends, I decided it to give it another chance. The second episode I saw was episode 3 of "The Face of Evil". And that was the show that turned things around for me. I didn't consider myself to be a true Whovian until early May of this year, when I had met another fan of the show. Now I am seeing all I can of the good Doctor. If there's anyone whom I should thank for bringing me into the fold, it's my friend, the hobbit[@sunybcs]. He wasn't too crazy about Horror of Fang Rock either; it was written for Sarah and not Leela. (Leela screams? Leela does not scream!) And now, with two DW cons under my belt, I am glad I'm a fan. It is also my feeling that the Doctor is an excellent role model for children of all ages, from 4 to (pause) 743. He's not a bully (like Mr. T.), he doesn't crash cars, and he doesn't go around stealing other men's wives. The only weapons he ever uses are those of wit and logic. But I doubt that Doctor Who would have survived this long (21+ years and counting) if it had started on a privately-run network (recall that the Beeb, a.k.a. the BBC, is government-operated). Remember the show "Voyagers!" a few years back on NBC? It was always dead-last in the ratings, so the network junked it. (What do you expect when you go against 60 Minutes?) Also, when Luke Spencer (of General Hospital) was trying to get the Ice Princess from Mikos Cassadyne, the show (GH) had its highest ratings ever. (How about "Doctor Who and the Ice Princess"? Let's ask Gloria Monty....) That's all I have to say for now; I must leave so I can catch part 3 of Horror of Fang Rock. -- From the Big Briar-modified terminal of nfqstuwxy; Jim Poltrone (a/k/a "Poltr1: The Last of the Raster Blasters") UUCP: {cmc12,hao,harpo}!seismo!rochester!rocksanne!rocksvax!sunybcs!acsgjjp {allegra,decvax,ihnp4}!watmath!sunybcs!acsgjjp ARPA, CSnet: acsgjjp.buffalo@rand-relay