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- Subject: Re: The Doctor's Love Interest
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.202829.557@rivers>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 20:28:29 -0600
- References: <1hqdiuINNh8u@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> <1hr1pbINNaie@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> <1992Dec30.151024.19711@cid.aes.doe.CA> <1992Dec30.215407.23368@news.columbia.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec30.215407.23368@news.columbia.edu>, krim@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Karl Rim) writes:
- >
- > For those who are confused with the Susan-Grandfather relation between
- > the Doctor and Susan, if I remeber she is NOT related in any way to the
- > doctor, but rather she calls him Grandfather as a sign of affection.
- > If I remember correctly, from the book: The Five Doctors,
- > Susan was just another of his companions he picked up and decided that she
- > needed schooling and enrolled her into school in England.
- > That's where he picked up Ian and Barbara, her school teachers.
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- There has never been any such indication in the series itself, which is all
- that counts, so I consider Susan to still be his real granddaughter.
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- >
- > As for the subject of a female Doctor, I always thought that ROMONA,
- > fit the bill. After all, in a lot of ways she shares very similar
- > qualities. She's extremely clever and intelligent (in some ways more
- > so than the Doctor), she has an air of charisma, class and charm,
- > and most importantly a deep curiosity and a tendency to but into affairs that
- > do not concern her. Opinions?
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- I've always wanted to see a limited spinoff series about her quest to free
- the Tharils in E-space. 'Twould be sweet.
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- Steven.K.Manfred
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