I remember Patrick Troughton, from when I was three.
Sarah came back and got her own series precisely because she was different from the rest and competent and challenging (though towards the end she does end up doing a bit more screaming, as the writers ran out of interesting things to do with her) - Leela and Romana were too, or at least started off that way, but they both degenerated much more quickly. I think that Sarah was an ever better character back in the day, as there was none of the "my life is incomplete because I could never have the only man I ever loved/never had children" nonsense that RTD has imposed on her. She's brilliant, and a major reason why I've always preferred intelligent, capable and forthright women.
You're in for a treat if you stick with UKTV Drama - the first three Baker years are widely, and let's face it, correctly, seen as a, if not the, highpoint of the series. There is some dross in there ('The Android Invasion' comes to mind), but do not miss 'Ark in Space', 'Genesis of the Daleks', 'Pyramids of Mars', 'The Masque of Mandragora', 'The Hand of Fear' (if only for the last ten minutes), 'The Deadly Assassin', 'Robots of Death' and the one with the giant rat.
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Sarah came back and got her own series precisely because she was different from the rest and competent and challenging (though towards the end she does end up doing a bit more screaming, as the writers ran out of interesting things to do with her) - Leela and Romana were too, or at least started off that way, but they both degenerated much more quickly. I think that Sarah was an ever better character back in the day, as there was none of the "my life is incomplete because I could never have the only man I ever loved/never had children" nonsense that RTD has imposed on her. She's brilliant, and a major reason why I've always preferred intelligent, capable and forthright women.
You're in for a treat if you stick with UKTV Drama - the first three Baker years are widely, and let's face it, correctly, seen as a, if not the, highpoint of the series. There is some dross in there ('The Android Invasion' comes to mind), but do not miss 'Ark in Space', 'Genesis of the Daleks', 'Pyramids of Mars', 'The Masque of Mandragora', 'The Hand of Fear' (if only for the last ten minutes), 'The Deadly Assassin', 'Robots of Death' and the one with the giant rat.