From: thetruemelissa@gmail.com   
      
   Verily, in article <10je82m$252ju$3@dont-email.me>, did ahk@chinet.com   
   deliver unto us this message:   
   >   
   > The True Melissa  wrote:   
   > >did ahk@chinet.com deliver unto us this message:   
   > >>BTR1701  wrote:   
   >   
   > >>>I watched some old Tom Baker DOCTOR WHO episodes on YouTube, with the   
   > b>>>est companion of the entire series: Sarah Jane Smith. Yes, even better   
   > >>>than Pond.   
   >   
   > >>They tried something during those seasons: excellent writing. She was a   
   > >>fully-drawn character, with a wonderful performance by Elisabeth Sladen.   
   > >>Robert Holmes wrote many episodes during this period, with producers   
   > >>Barry Letts and Philip Hinchcliffe. I liked her Season 11 Jon Pertwee   
   > >>episodes too.   
   >   
   > >>She was marvelous, complete contrast to Katy Manning as Jo Grant.   
   >   
   > >I liked Jo, too. Wasn't she the most popular compaion before Sarah Jane?   
   >   
   > She replaced Liz Shaw (Caroline John), a scientist, an intelligent woman   
   > meant to challenge and play off The Doctor, the main companion in Season   
   > 7. Jo, introduced in Season 8, was helpless woman in peril, little more   
   > than a plot device, who rarely moved the plot along. She really didn't   
   > work as the point of view character to whom The Doctor explained the   
   > absurdities of the plot.   
      
   I may be conflating Jo and Liz. I haven't watched that era much in a   
   while.   
      
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