Talk:Nyssa (Doctor Who)

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What about a photo of her in Trakenite garb (either the "fairy skirt" or the pants version) rather than that Snakedance disaster?

That would probably be better; our images of Adric and Tegan feature them in their JNT "uniforms". Granted, Adric never got a chance to wear anything else. In any case, I don't particularly care enough; if someone else does then I won't argue.--SB | T 16:24, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Believe me, I've tried looking on-line for one of those, since I like her in pants, but I haven't been able to find a decent one at a decent resolution. I may start trolling my old maagzines and see if I can find a scannable pic, but if someone can find a decent one, do go ahead. (But please, not the one with the tiara!) --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 17:12, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why don't you like the tiara?

Because along with the skirt and the overly poofy fairy princess outfit, it makes her look stupid. Really. Sarah Sutton is an extremely attractive young woman, the the Traken fairy princess outfit made her look like a chocolate meringue. The pants showed off her figure better. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 22:46, 18 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

chocolate meringue?

Anyway i looked through Tragical History Tour etc - there seem to have been far more publicity photos taken of her in the faiiry skirt than the pants - we might need to swallow our dislike of it if we want to have her Trakenite outfit up. J.J. Popplewick 05:44, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Reformat[edit]

I've reformatted the page, and no doubt made it a damn sight uglier. What's the general opinion on the way it looks now? --El Zoof 04:47, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Character info[edit]

What was wrong with this info that used to be on the page?

"Nyssa was a child of aristocratic privilege, gifted with a brilliant intellect, an expertise in bioelectronics, and a gentle, sensitive and compassionate soul. She was often the peacekeeper among the crew of the TARDIS, serving as a calm centre to her fellow companions, Adric and Tegan."

This info was there when I first looked up the article, and found it helpful to actually have something on her personality rather than just what happened to her during the series. Besides, if the article is ABOUT Nyssa, surely it's important to go into what the character was like, and this account seems like an accurate and well-written one. Should the text be put back? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.19.114.0 (talk) 12:51, 12 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Nyssa "of Traken"?[edit]

Now I accept that we should have Shockeye of the Quarncing Grig, but this seems a little strange. Isn't it just Nyssa? Or should we then have "Jamie of Earth", "Susan of Gallifrey", as titles for those characters? DavidFarmbrough (talk) 09:09, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You are correct I think. I checked the official BBC homepage entry on her and they do not use the "of Traken" as well. So I moved the article to "Nyssa (Doctor Who)" and removed the bit from the article. So#Why 20:54, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sure her name is 'Nyssa of Traken', I think its some kind of title, seeing as her father was a council member. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.192.157.226 (talk) 12:45, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]