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Originally Posted by Demoncrat  Reperusing The Hand Of Fear
An ending. Thorne. That outfit. Radiation that isn't that lethal  . Tupperware.
Yet again in the comm they refer to Holmes' desire to "scare the little buggers to death" 
Thank Cthulhu he did. |
Allowing Lis and Tom to write the ending was a good decision. I prefer Jo Grants departure in The Green Death or Rose's in Doomsday but its still well done.
Sarah Jane had been in the show since late 1973. Between then and The Hand of Fear in 1976, fans at the time had invested their affections for the character, arguably the best companion of all time. I wasn't around for that, so I can only imagine what a wrench it was for Sarah leaving in The Hand of Fear when it went out. School Reunion was the perfect story to bring that particular aspect of Doctor Who to a close. I mean yeah she has return appearances and her own show, which you could argue diluted what could have been the one, true, proper goodbye in School Reunion but its good for what it is.