19 Jun
2001
19 Jun
'01
7:45 p.m.
Ellynne wrote: <Avon is stuck with Nebrox, his adopted grandfather.>
and Andrew: <Tom Baker once suggested that the Doctor should have a frail old lady as a companion, because it would add to the drama and tension. She'd be hobbling away from the Daleks, for example, unable to move too quickly, and of course the Doctor would be unable to abandon her.>
I'm reminded of the notion of Avon's Aged Aunts again :-) though one finds it hard to think that any of them, being Avons, would be frail and helpless - more like terrifying old battleaxes.
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