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 16:59:40 -0000 (UTC) Organization: TWA Lines: 46 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2024 16:59:40 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e1703e0db6c4a24667f503e7977ed3c9"; logging-data="3152348"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+7tI6d5NRDXTkqpZSvVbywVNbCIT0avPI=" User-Agent: Xnews/5.04.25 Cancel-Lock: sha1:JkKH8Gvw7JK6PhxN0D3sBcYMKEw= Bytes: 1991 doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) wrote in news:ut4h61$2iot$2 @gallifrey.nk.ca: >>>>> But not unstable! >>>> >>>>IYIO. >>> >>> How were they unstable? >> >>YMMV. > > The No Comment approach It takes one to know one. >>> When did The Doctor first meet Xoanon? >> >>One night 'near the beginning of that business with the Giant Robot', >>the Doctor took off in the TARDIS for a little ride; this led him into >>his original adventure with the Mordee and Xoanon. Afterwards, the >>TARDIS returned him to Earth within a few minutes of his departure, >>[so] no one ever knew that he'd been away.' > > Doubt it! Are you calling Terrance Dicks a liar? He wrote 4th Doctor's first adventure, as well as the novelization for Face of Evil. >>>>> JNT >>>> >>>>8th Doctor was not JNT. >>> >>> But neither were a radical departure. >> >>So what? Radical departures aren't always bad, as long as they're >>justified on screen. > > IYIO Just like your idea that it's always bad is IYIO. So we're at an impasse. Agree to disagree.