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  1. Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!news
  3. From: Dave Horlick <drh2@cornell.edu>
  4. Subject: Re: Quantum Leap = Old Dr. Who?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov24.002127.27515@mail.cornell.edu>
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  12. References: <1eok25INNc9b@cat.cis.Brown.EDU> <Nov.22.22.46.16.1992.9235@genesis.rutgers.edu>
  13. Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 00:21:27 GMT
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  16. In article <1eok25INNc9b@cat.cis.Brown.EDU> Charon,
  17. ST101229@brownvm.brown.edu writes:
  18. >Anyone watch Quantum Leap nowadays?  IMHO, it's extremely stupid, but
  19. most of
  20. >my friends seem to love it.
  21.  
  22. Have you seen the show lately? The first couple of seasons weren't all
  23. that great. Leap is it times corny and contrived, but it can be pretty
  24. charming and I for one enjoy it. And while I agree that it is not
  25. technically a science fiction program, its best episodes were sci-fi
  26. stories.
  27.  
  28. Dr. Beckett's no Doctor Who though. The show wouldn't work if he were:
  29. the whole point of that Dr. Beckett has no control over his time
  30. travelling.
  31.