This isnothow this ends, says Leela, before transporting herself to the safety of the TARDIS.
Theres a sense of officiality to these licenced BBC promotions and productions.
There is a temptation, voiced by McTighe, to right these wrongs.
Can a contemporary addition really do this?
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Boring answer: no.
The best it can do is acknowledge the problem and come up with a better story.
At the episodes end, Sarah Jane lists the fates of other companions, giving updates on their whereabouts.
Poor Liz.).
As with any idea briefly mentioned in televisedDoctor Who, people began to latch onto it and develop ideas.
Glossing Over Trauma
Whenever currentDoctor Whorevisits olderDoctor Who, the current form dominates.
Sometimes, sadly, its the only solution.
The idea of Ace founding a charity is not a story so much as a LinkedIn profile.
Tegans departure due to the overwhelming amount of violence the character saw isnt addressed.
I didnt understand the burden you carried.
He was just a kid, the Doctor says.
Youd need a whole episode to do the story justice.
Non-consensuallywiping Donna Nobles memoriesand leaving her with great chunks of herself missing was a cruel ending for the character.
The specials restored Donna and gave the Fourteenth Doctor time to heal.
There is a tension between this and the different versions ofDoctor Whothat the show used to be.
Indeed, theres a clear tension between the current show and the version of it from two years ago.
Steven Moffatleaned into this tension for his last story as showrunner, 2017s Twice Upon a Time.
And so back toLeela, departing the Time War and arriving back in the Fourth Doctors TARDIS.
Nothing can be done to reverse this.
Doctor Whois available to stream on BBC iPlayer in the UK and on Disney+ around the world.
