I agree- it depends if you watched the whole way through from beginning to end or started later down the track. For me, growing up with Prisoner on TV, Queen Bea equals Prisoner, along with Lizzie, Doreen and Judy. But that's the beauty of the series, each character stands alone, and there was always so many side line stories happening that it was hard to miss old characters too much.
But I have a soft spot for the original top dog, always will
