Well this is fucking shit. If I ever wanted someone from Doctor Who to make it to a full hundred, it was him. So close. Immensely glad now that Russ got to make one final appearance, however brief, in Jodie Whittaker’s last episode. I think this person on Bluesky summed up his importance:
Very important point. Hartnell’s Doctor is very much in antihero mode for those first few stories; I think it’s notable that, halfway through “The Daleks”, he would’ve abandoned the Thals to their fate had he not discovered the Daleks still had that fluid link. It’s Ian who actually convinces the Thals to put up a fight and solve the issue. I’ve often wondered what happened to the Doctor before the series began to make him like that…
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