{"id":45664,"date":"2024-02-10T10:00:47","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T09:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1989851"},"modified":"2024-02-10T11:11:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T10:11:19","slug":"doctor-whos-louise-jameson-on-leelas-exit-she-should-have-died","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-whos-louise-jameson-on-leelas-exit-she-should-have-died\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who\u2019s Louise Jameson on Leela\u2019s exit: \u201cShe should have died\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jameson has a theory as to why Leela’s departure was somewhat underwhelming. <\/p>

By Morgan Jeffery\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Saturday, 10 February 2024 at 09:00 AM<\/p>

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Doctor Who fans were delighted to see Louise Jameson recently reprise her role of iconic companion Leela \u2013 46 years after she departed the television series.<\/p>\n

A warrior of the savage Sevateem tribe, Leela travelled in the TARDIS alongside the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) in nine stories \u2013 40 episodes \u2013 between January 1977 and March 1978.<\/p>\n

The character departed in The Invasion of Time<\/a>, with her sudden decision to remain on the Time Lord home planet Gallifrey and marry Andred (Christopher Tranchell), Commander of the Chancellery Guard, proving divisive amongst fans.<\/p>\n

Leela vs the Time War<\/a>, a short film released in January 2024 to promote the Doctor Who \u2013 The Collection: Season 15<\/a> Blu-ray set, revisited her in the dying days of the Time War, with writer\/executive producer Pete McTighe explaining that the action-packed short was \u201can opportunity to right [the] wrong\u201d of Leela\u2019s abrupt exit.<\/p>

Speaking at a BFI Southbank screening of 1977 story Horror of Fang Rock<\/a>, McTighe said:\u00a0\u201cI felt like one of the great injustices across 60 years of Doctor Who<\/a> was how Louise\u2019s departure was handled. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor such an iconic character and such an amazing actress \u2013 one of the best actresses we\u2019ve ever had in the show \u2013 to be married off to a posh Gallifreyan guard she\u2019s had six words with never quite seemed right to me, as a kid. So I felt like this was an opportunity to right that wrong.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Doctor Who Blu-ray short films to be \u2018rested\u2019, producer confirms<\/a><\/li>\n
Doctor Who\u2019s Louise Jameson reveals why she turned down a return to the series<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Jameson herself agreed:\u00a0\u201cIt was a c**p ending, wasn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n
\u201cI think she should have died saving the Doctor\u2019s life \u2013 something really heroic. Or you travel forward and she\u2019s got a football team of children\u2026 something dramatic, anyway. I mean, it\u2019s so clich\u00e9, isn\u2019t it, that she\u2019s fallen in love, that\u2019s how we get rid of her.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n
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