Hadn't realised before just how long he'd been in Doctor Who - from his appearance as Brett Vyon in November 1965 to the "Liberty Hall" video short in September 2009, just shy of 44 years! One of the things that particularly affected me in his final appearances in the SJA was the way that, like Sarah Jane herself, he gave the Whoniverse a sense of continuity and humanity and underlined the thread of the show's theme that's about the passage of time - a thread that can be easily overlooked when watching a young-looking Doctor and his young companions.
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Date: 2011-02-23 05:36 pm (UTC)Hadn't realised before just how long he'd been in Doctor Who - from his appearance as Brett Vyon in November 1965 to the "Liberty Hall" video short in September 2009, just shy of 44 years! One of the things that particularly affected me in his final appearances in the SJA was the way that, like Sarah Jane herself, he gave the Whoniverse a sense of continuity and humanity and underlined the thread of the show's theme that's about the passage of time - a thread that can be easily overlooked when watching a young-looking Doctor and his young companions.
RIP