2. The Newly Regenerated Sixth Doctor Strangles His Companion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcwiXY7YCyY It's tempting to say that all of The Twin Dilemma was a surreal mistake but even worse than all the migraine-inducing colours in the costumes was the enormous misstep of having the Doctor attack his own travelling companion. His throttling of Peri is so utterly bizarre because, without any reasonable cause, the audience has been robbed of a hero with one or two minor personality defects and given, in his place, a protagonist made up almost entirely of horrific, unwatchable flaws with only faint glimmerings of the man they were hoping to see. Also, it was not a smart move to cast twins with lisps when their characters' names are, apparently, "Womulas and Wemus".
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Mike has lived in the UK, Japan and the USA. Currently, he is based in Iowa with his wife and 2 young children. After working for many years as a writer and editor for a large corporation, he is now a freelancer. He has been fortunate enough to contribute to many books on Doctor Who over the last 20 years and is now concentrating on original sci-fi & fantasy short stories, with recent sales including Flame Tree, Uffda, and The Martian Wave. Also, look for his contribution on Blake's 7 to "You and Who Else", a charity anthology to be released later this year.
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