Re: Why WAS the 6th Doctor era SO BAD?!

On 1/26/2025 3:09 AM, Daniel70 wrote:

On 12/01/2025 10:52 am, Blueshirt wrote:

The True Doctor wrote:

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Is there a single companion that these degenerates haven't had
suffer a terrible fate as a result of being with the Doctor?

 Wasn't one of the Classic Companions left back on (pick a planet, any planet) to 'marry' her love who was the King or some such??
 

The episode aired in 1986 and I haven't watched it since I'm guessing around 1987, so my memory may be a little fuzzy  But here's what happened:
In Mindwarp (part of The Trial of a Time Lord), Peri (Nicola Bryant) was written out.  Her character had a tragic end when an evil alien replaced her brain.  The king then shows up and kills her.  A later episode, "The Ultimate Foe," retconned that to say it was all a trick and she was really living with the king.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e20Wn7Z7uAI
The whole thing was a mess.  In one episode Peri is his companion. She's awkwardly written out/killed.  Then in the next episode the Doctor has a new companion (Mel).  And as far as I can recall, at least in the episodes I've watched, this was the first time he had a new companion without that companion being properly introduced.  Then later they reton Peri is not actually dead, but completely gloss over that means the Doctor left her.  It's a just a throw away line.  It was a trick, she's not dead, moving on.
But the bigger question is, how in the world do I still remember all of this?!?