Sally said:

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.

I think it's Tarrant who would have the really scary Lady Bracknellian aunts...not just because Steven Pacey played Bertie Wooster, either.

Nebrox really should have been Cancer, though, to maintain Avon's perfect record of being smashed flat for every errant decent impulse.

-(Y)

"Sally Manton" smanton@hotmail.com wrote:

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.

How about Aunty Wainwright from Last of the Summer Wine? (and is Vila related to Compo as was?)

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