Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Agent Jakanov Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho Subject: Re: The Lemonade Treatment Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2024 17:55:40 -0000 (UTC) Organization: TWA Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2024 17:55:40 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e1703e0db6c4a24667f503e7977ed3c9"; logging-data="3175291"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+oXtrDkr1NbBim+/mrEbZ+HYFietOBJdg=" User-Agent: Xnews/5.04.25 Cancel-Lock: sha1:2Y6UQq46nCGS10tg4vxp1Trd+Sw= Bytes: 2243 doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) wrote in news:ut4f2g$ahs$1 @gallifrey.nk.ca: > In article , > Blueshirt wrote: >>In fairness, a regeneration crisis doesn't have to mean >>physically attacking your companion. It's just Saward/JNT >>thought it'd be a good idea for the Sixth Doctor. >> > > IT was a bad idea! > >>The Third Doctor attacking Liz Shaw would have been unthinkable! > > Exactly!! The difference is, we're stuck with the first one, because it actually happened on screen. So the question becomes, how to we make it more palatable by adding more context to it? It's fine for the Doctor to be unstable and erratic, but it should have been balanced out with more lucid moments. The Doctor should have apologized to Peri by the end of the story, even if he didn't fully remember what he had done. There also should have been some scenes between Peri and another character (such as Hugo) questioning why she tolerates the Doctor's behavior towards her, hinting about her previous abuse and dependency. The Doctor was still suffering from the after-effects of the Spectrox toxemia. The 5th Doctor sacrificed his life so Peri could live, so indirectly that makes her responsible for his death.