Doctor Who: Saga of the Companions: Leela

My next companion vid is the super hot, skimpy savage.... Leela of the Sevateem!

Music is "The Warrior" by Scandal..
(OK, the song might be a little lame, but it fits Leela well)

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• Doctor
• Who
• Baker
• Tom
• Leela
• Companions
• Warrior
• TARDIS

[Metroanime]

really wish that they could bring Leela back, or a child thereof. They brought Sarah Jane back after all. Having a somewhat bloodthirsty warrior type would make for a better contrast against the Doctor's own attitude.

[TheBigBlueBox]

I don't know... what is Lucy Lawless doing these days? ;)

[LindseyHabibi]

What a magnificent character Leela is. Trouble was she was only written properly by Boucher and Holmes. Everybody else wrote her as thick(including Terrance Dicks in his novelisations) which she most certainly was NOT. If everbody else had written her properly together with Jameson's superb performance this characters potential could have been tapped a LOT better.

[TheBigBlueBox]

If you want a strong/smart Leela, listen to the Gallifrey audios. She's very good in them...

[whenisayrun]

Wonderful wonderful Leela! What a gutsy bird. The first female companion never to scream.

[billyysands]

BEFORE I DIE I'LL SEE THIS RAT HOLE ANKLE DEEP IN BLOOD! yeah thats my kinda women!

[Hecatean]

@Metroanime Well we got the next best thing, starting next year she and Tom Baker will reprise their roles in a series of Big Finish Doctor Who productions.

[glnelson1956]

@Hecatean It seems that Tom's attitude went downhill immediately after Lis Sladen left. I feel that Tom is "at the edge" stability-wise emotionally and mentally. Not unusual for those in the acting profession. I base my view on Tom's writings, interviews and DVD commentaries.  He is very strange and off-the-wall at times.

Lis was remarkably stable, with a normal family life. Tom trusted her and her stability "anchored" him. It is VERY noticeable to me in their DVD commentaries together.

[Hecatean]

@Hecatean *their roles

[Hecatean]

@Hecatean Also there was some fairly poor and lazy writing to blame as well. To be fair though they did have a great season lined up with some (appearantly) cracking scripts with a vampire theme, but then the BBC got all precious about their production of Dracula that year and pulled the rug from under their feet at the last minute leaving the writing team with little choice but to route around in the dustbin for scripts which quite rightly got thrown out and clean them up as best they could,.

[Hecatean]

@glnelson1956 Indeed Baker was something of a bully towards young Louise at the time. Eventually she stood up to him and he backed off a bit but they never quite got on by all accounts. Recently though they've become friends he even apologised to her for his behaviour back then and now that they've reprised they're roles for some Big Finish productions we'll no doubt see what Leela should have could have and still can be.

[Hecatean]

It'll be great having her back alongside Tom Baker in the upcoming Big Finish plays. Now that the shackles that bound her character ie poor and lazy writing, bad attitude from Tom Baker (Baker and Louise are friends now) we should really see what she can do if the Gallifrey series, her Jago and Litefoot and companion chronicles appearances are anything to go by.

[20meerkat]

Now... if Leela doesn't prove that girls arn't just the stupid screaming sissies that they are usually broadcast as then i don't know what will.

[BinroWasRight]

@elfhermie Yeah, I never liked that second costume of hers

[Howyaduing]

@TheBigBlueBox Hey what ever happen to the Alien for X-mas Video U had that was the coolest

[elfhermie]

Brown eyes Leela kicked butt and was jaw droppingly beautiful. When here eye color and costume changed, it was a sad, sad day.