Doc fans still know who I am
BY KARL GRAFTON DOCTOR Who star Louise Jameson still gets fan mail – 40 years after leaving the show.
She played leatherclad Leela in some of the most popular episodes of the Tom Baker era.
Louise said: “I get letters from people now who wrote to me then.
“Hardly a day goes by when I don’t have a Doctor Who discussion.”
The actress looked back with affection at the show’s flimsy sets and basic technology.
She added: “There was a lot of polystyrene and laid-on laser beams but we didn’t have CGI.
“Given the special effects available back in the day, I think they did incredibly well.”
“Then the records are correct. Which is reassuring, I suppose. From your point of view.”
He sighed again and took another breath and went on with the story, quite candidly. My interrogation mojo was working. Or maybe the painkiller cocktail was acting like a truth serum. He said the place was busy but he had gotten a seat with his back to a wall, so he could see the room and both its doors all at once. An old habit. Military cops do a lot of their work in bars.
The waitress had scooted over and taken his order. He had asked for coffee and settled for beer. Rolling Rock, in a bottle. He was no kind of connoisseur.
He was happy to take what places had to offer.
Then he had watched the man at the bar. He was a heavy-limbed guy, tall, with dark, vivid features, sitting there commandingly and complacently. With everyone else looking away from him.
Reacher defaulted to his instinctive position, which was to hope for the best but plan for the worst.
And the worst with a guy like that wouldn’t be too bad. He would come off the stool into a yard of clear space.
There would be a certain amount of huffing and puffing. Bullies got by on reputation alone, and the worse the reputation, the less practice they got in actually doing anything. Because other people always backed off. Therefore, a bully’s skills were rusty and eroded.
A simple cigarette punch would take care of the problem. Named way back in the day when everyone smoked. A guy’s
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