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- From: trump@iastate.edu (The Trumpster.)
- Subject: Re: Is Susan really granddaughter?
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 17:25:22 GMT
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- In article <1hte4fINN6k8@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> aa396@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bill Henley) writes:
- >
- >In posting #25261 Karl Rim states as an established fact that
- >Susan was not really the Doctor's granddaughter but just another
- >companion. This has been a matter for argument and speculation
- >among Who fans forever, but my own impression is that nothing in
- >any actual aired Who episode has explicitly contradicted Susan
- >being related to the Doctor. Supposedly, the original writer
- >of the first episode did originally intend for her to be only
- >a companion, but the producers decided at the last minute to
- >make her a granddaughter.
- >
- >There are arguments either way, but personally I choose to
- >take the Doctor and Susan at their word and assume they are
- >grandfather and granddaughter. It's actually more fun
- >that way, speculating on who Mrs. Doctor was...
- >--
- >Bill Henley, Assistant Sysop, Cleveland Free-Net Science Fiction
- >& Fantasy SIG (aa396)
-
-
- Stop that. Stop that right now. It's like restarting the Romana regeneration
- thing. We've been through it a THOUSAND times and don't really want to again.
-
- And, for all those who thought I was gone for good...
-
- The Trumpster
- trump@iastate.edu
-