From: as010b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (andrew david simchik)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Re: The Twerpee Years: Avengers Rip-Off
Date: 15 Dec 92 05:05:43 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

In <Bz9zL1.FzL@news.cso.uiuc.edu> twr43417@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Trevor W. Ramsey) writes:

> [Lots of stuff about why Pertwee Who was like the Avengers]

Yeah, well, there's probably a reason why I watched Pertwee Who and not the
Avengers.  And might I add that rip-offs, though hardly respectable, can
often be better than what they're ripping off?  I haven't watched enough
Avengers to say that about this situation, but I strongly suspect...


>   I might as well say that, although I enjoyed a few of the Twerpee stories,
>   I was not a great fan of the Twerpee years.  Most of it was silly and trite,
>   full of cliche', even for television sci-fi.  Twerpee himself was a little
>   hard to swallow as the Doctor, which I have now, after actually meeting the
>   man, attribute to his enormous arrogance and ego, one I daresay is only 
>   rivaled by William Shatner (emphasis on "shat").  Mind you, he maintains
>   this arrogance, despite the fact that he had to have his lines hidden all
>   over the set because he couldn't be botherd to learn the script.

All I can say is that it's very human to dislike a show/album because you
have differences with the performer's offstage persona/life.  It is *not*,
however, very objective, and to disparage the Pertwee years because of a
personal dislike of the lead actor is hardly a fair or even accurate
judgement.

I agree that there were silly and trite Pertwee serials.  I can't recall a
single Who incarnation which didn't have a comparable number of silly and
trite episodes, and I don't think the Pertwee stories showed any unusual
number of cliches.  We love Who anyway, though.

(Mind you, if the lead actor is an obnoxious twit and *also* cannot act, we
are permitted, nay, obliged to loathe the show because of it.  This is why I
can't *stand* old Trek: William Shatner, as we all know, couldn't act his
way out of a Rutan's belly.  (Bad metaphor alert: who *could* act their way
out of a Rutan's belly? :)))

>   Oh well, thus ends my critique of the Twerpee years.  Anyone who agrees,
>   feel free to write in.  Drewcifer, though I know you won't agree, I'm
>   sure you'll disrespect my wishes.

Well, there's a fine how-do-you-do.  (CLICHE)  Sentenced and hung before I
even make my plea!  I was sorely tempted to write something rude and
obnoxious just for that display of bad grace.  I forgive you, though,
because I'm *such* a nice guy.  But in future, please give me a chance to
respond before you get angry at me!

Nice precognition on my disagreement with you, though.  :)

>   "But I liked "Warriors of the Deep!!!"
>   Trevor W. Ramsey

Wait...you liked "Warriors of the Deep" but not the Pertwee years?  Well,
according to Monty Python, you can order a new brain from Harrod's.

Just kidding...I liked WotD too.

Drewcifer
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