Quote: sootyj @ May 30 2011, 1:09 PM BST
But still answer my original question. Why if it's so good, when the 2 lead characters are together do they have nothing to say?
Or look at how irritating and pointless Liz Sladen was in Old Who and how much more magnificent and rounded a character in The Sara Jane Adventures. A show with no sex but acres of heart and character.
I can't answer your question Sooty, I don't really get what you're on about.
Leela is a really clever character who most of the writers managed to use well. She is scornful of the lad in Fang Rock because he's scared, she attacks Magnus Greel with a knife and has to be told off by the Doctor for killing people on a number of occasions.
I don't agree that Sarah Jane is irritating and pointless either. I've never felt anything close to this emotion watching Liz Sladen. I'm always impressed by how well she acts, sometimes with mind-numbingly weak lines (Terry Nation).
I've never seen the Sarah jane adventures so I can't comment on that, but it is a modern programme. Thirty + year old TV shows must be watched with an awareness of the climate they were made in.
Quote: sootyj @ May 30 2011, 1:35 PM BST
That's fair comment, I'm starting to join with you in seeing the McCOy era as underrated. Certainly he was a pretty good actor.
There was nothing wrong with McCoy, he wouldn't have been my choice - but neither would Davidson or Colin Baker. I thought they were all good and worked hard at the part and deserved respect.
Baker and McCoy were especially hampered having ridiculous costumes and having to work when the prog was under fire from management and being produced by widow Twanky.