Posted by Stuart Manning on January 22, 2002 at 17:56:10:
In Reply to: Re: what was deciding factor in who got to play josette posted by Gerard on January 21, 2002 at 09:01:42:

It's something that seems obvious with the benefit of hindsight, that Vicki should be the Josette reincarnation, which is largely why it happened that way in 1991.

Remember that Barnabas was originally meant to have been disposed of by November 1967, before the 1795 flashback. The episodes seen at the moment were the result of a short-term sotryline stretched out drastically with little pre-planning to satiate audience demand -- Maggie was a secondary character, and in the eyes of the producers far more expendable as a victim for this storyline than the central figure of Victoria. Of course the irony is that it was this decision that ultimately led to the drastic downsizing of Victoria's role that would follow.