14 Doctor Who Urban Legends That Are Actually True
7. The Odds Were Against Him
Its often suggested that Sylvester McCoys portrayal of the Seventh Doctor was directly responsible for Doctor Whos controversial cancellation in 1989 (more on that later) but its unfair to assume that he was the only factor that contributed to the shows untimely demise. Actually, thats just not true at all. To say he was initially unpopular, though, isnt entirely without evidence. The results of the BBCs internal research into his debut series at the helm of the TARDIS were interesting to say the least. 30% of the audience claimed to like absolutely nothing about his incarnation of the titular Time Lord as he received a personal summary index figure (which is basically the BBCs posh way of asking people to rank how good he was) of 46 which was said to be considerably less than his only moderately popular predecessor Colin Baker. Oh dear. It wasnt just bad news for poor old McCoy, either. His first companion Melanie Bush, played by Bonnie Langford, also suffered as a result of a turbulent tenure in the TARDIS - both on and off screen. In fact, a landslide 56% of questionnaire respondents revealed that they wished shed actually been eaten during the 1987 serial Paradise Towers. Tell us what you really think, why dont you? They never stood a chance.