Yeah, we've had Doctor Who airing since almost the same time as England. I grew up on a steady diet of British teev. I always felt bad for American children, to be deprived of the experience of growing up with Doctor Who. We had all the novelisations of the early shows, too, in case we missed an episode.
Ace was frickin' awesome. She was the first real companion who was able to really help herself, and not spend a lot of time yelling "Doctor!" We were gutted when the show was cancelled after one season of 7. It lived on in the "new adventures" books & audios, some of which were good, but partway through the writers "reinvented" Ace's future and wrote her as a battle-scarred veteran in a rubber catsuit. At this point I started throwing the books under passing buses. I wish I could sit you down right now and show you "Rememberance of the Daleks", the 25th anniversary episode. I'd have to explain all the canon-dependent references, though, so it might not be as enjoyable for you as for me!
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Ace was frickin' awesome. She was the first real companion who was able to really help herself, and not spend a lot of time yelling "Doctor!" We were gutted when the show was cancelled after one season of 7. It lived on in the "new adventures" books & audios, some of which were good, but partway through the writers "reinvented" Ace's future and wrote her as a battle-scarred veteran in a rubber catsuit. At this point I started throwing the books under passing buses. I wish I could sit you down right now and show you "Rememberance of the Daleks", the 25th anniversary episode. I'd have to explain all the canon-dependent references, though, so it might not be as enjoyable for you as for me!